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AT&T

Deputy Chief Engineer – Network

AT&T

. Define and evolve end-to-end network architectures, engineering standards, and technology roadmaps across WAN, LAN, transport, cloud, and software-defined networking environments.

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeChantilly • Virginia • United StatesLead💰 $143,700 - $276,900 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and integrating complex network architectures, including SD-WAN, with a strong focus on performance, resiliency, and security. Proficient in developing engineering standards and technical documentation while collaborating across multiple technology platforms and stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Network Architecture DesignSD-WAN IntegrationIP Networking and Routing ProtocolsNetwork Performance AnalysisNetwork Security Principles

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Hard Skills
Network EngineeringNetwork ArchitectureSD-WAN SolutionsRouting ProtocolsNetwork SegmentationTraffic EngineeringCapacity PlanningPerformance OptimizationTechnical DocumentationNetwork Troubleshooting
Soft Skills
Strong Communication Skills
Tools & Technologies
Network AutomationOrchestration PlatformsMonitoring ToolsPerformance Management Tools
Certifications & Qualifications
Customer Specific Clearance
Industry Keywords
Telecommunications EngineeringEnterprise NetworkingCloud ConnectivityHybrid Networking ArchitecturesFederal Government Networking Programs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudCyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Define and evolve end-to-end network architectures, engineering standards, and technology roadmaps across WAN, LAN, transport, cloud, and software-defined networking environments.
  • Architect and integrate SD-WAN solutions, including overlays, underlays, routing, segmentation, policy, orchestration, and secure connectivity.
  • Translate customer, operational, and technical requirements into network architecture, engineering requirements, interface definitions, and implementation strategies.
  • Support the Chief Engineer in establishing network technical direction, engineering standards, architectural principles, and design approaches.
  • Develop standardized network designs, configurations, engineering patterns, and implementation approaches while accommodating site-specific requirements.
  • Engineer highly available and resilient network solutions addressing redundancy, diversity, failover, performance, capacity, scalability, and recoverability.
  • Evaluate network architecture alternatives and conduct technical trade studies.
  • Develop network migration and transition strategies that minimize operational risk and support infrastructure modernization.
  • Provide technical oversight through design, integration, testing, implementation, migration, and transition to operations.
  • Collaborate with cybersecurity, systems, cloud, transport, infrastructure, operations, and test engineering teams.
  • Establish network capacity and performance requirements; support analysis, optimization, and troubleshooting.
  • Review network designs, configurations, documentation, interface definitions, test procedures, and vendor/OEM solutions.
  • Provide senior technical expertise during implementation, troubleshooting, performance degradation, and complex incident resolution.
  • Evaluate emerging networking technologies, product lifecycles, capacity demands, and technology obsolescence.
  • Partner with test and evaluation teams to ensure solutions are tested, verified, and validated before deployment or operational acceptance.
  • Support Contractor Master Test Plan activities, including planning, readiness reviews, requirements traceability, test procedures, defect resolution, regression testing, results analysis, documentation, and closure of technical findings.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Customer Specific Clearance (#clearable)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related technical field.
  • Experience in network engineering, network architecture, telecommunications engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and architecting complex WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, transport, and enterprise network solutions.
  • Strong knowledge of IP networking, routing protocols, network segmentation, resiliency, high availability, traffic engineering, and network performance.
  • Hands-on experience designing and integrating SD-WAN architectures, including underlay and overlay networks, routing, policies, orchestration, and secure connectivity.
  • Experience developing and reviewing network architectures, high-level and detailed designs, configurations, engineering standards, and technical documentation.
  • Demonstrated experience integrating network solutions across multiple technology platforms, service providers, OEMs, and engineering disciplines.
  • Experience with network capacity planning, performance analysis, troubleshooting, and optimization in large-scale environments.
  • Strong understanding of network security principles and the integration of security requirements into enterprise network architectures.
  • Ability to evaluate complex technical alternatives and provide engineering recommendations based on performance, resiliency, scalability, security, interoperability, and lifecycle requirements.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex network architectures and technical decisions to engineering teams, program leadership, customers, and other stakeholders.
  • Desired: experience supporting large-scale federal government, telecommunications, or mission-critical networking programs; geographically distributed highly available enterprise WAN environments; multiple enterprise networking and SD-WAN technologies and OEM platforms; carrier transport services, diverse connectivity, cloud connectivity, and hybrid networking architectures; network automation, orchestration, monitoring, performance management, and observability platforms; formal engineering lifecycle activities; large-scale network modernization or technology refresh efforts.
  • Desired: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Caregiver Leave
  • Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
  • Adoption Reimbursement
  • Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
  • Life and Accidental Death Insurance
  • Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Extensive employee wellness programs
  • Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T wireline phone