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Lead Cloud Security Architect

Middletown, New Jersey

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Be a part of our elite cybersecurity team that provides strategy,
consulting, and threat detection to a wide range of customers.

"If you want to be continually challenged, always learning and able to shift careers, AT&T is the right place for you! I started at AT&T 18 years ago and never envisioned having an opportunity to transition into a Cybersecurity role."

Connie Bragg — Professional Cybersecurity

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Job Description:

Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Chief Security Office ensures that our assets are safeguarded through truthful transparency, enforce accountability and master cybersecurity to stay ahead of threats. Bring your bold ideas and fearless risk-taking to redefine connectivity and transform how the world shares stories and experiences that matter. When you step into a career with AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future-you’ll create it.

The Cloud Security Architect is responsible for cyber security areas across products, services, infrastructure, networks, and/or applications while providing protection for AT&T, our customers and our vendors/partners. You will work with senior team members on various projects relating to the protection of devices, customers, assets, data, information technology, and networks. Supports innovation, strategic planning, technical proof of concepts, testing, lab work, and various other technical program management related tasks associated with the cyber security programs.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Coordination and partnering with security technology vendors, Software-as-a-Service providers, and public-cloud solution providers to drive security platform improvements. 

  • Continual identification, hands-on evaluation and pilot new technology features to efficiently meet evolving security requirements.

  • Employing best practices to ensure compliance with common standards and organizational security requirements for application and architecture design. 

  • Develop and present/demonstrate solution and feature designs

  • Troubleshoot/resolve security related customer/user issues. 

Qualifications:

  • Preferred Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Engineering, or Cyber Security.

  • Requires 5-8 years of related experience.

  • Requires Daily Office Presence (5 days a week) in Dallas, Texas or Middletown, New Jersey. No relocation assistance is provided.

  • Knowledge in security technology management and operational best practices and the ability to incorporate new concepts for advancing and improving existing methods and procedures is necessary.    

  • Progressive security architecture experience working with startups and large security-mature enterprises.

  • Experience in commercial or web-scale system software development and delivery.

  • Proficient in a modern scripting and programming languages such as Shell/BASH, YAML, C, C++, Java, NodeJS and Python

  • Preferred experience with the Angular web application framework

  • Preferred AWS or Azure Certification in Architecture, DevOps, SysOps or Security

The Lead Cybersecurity earns between $143,800.00-$215,800.00 USD annual; not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

  • 401(k) plan

  • Tuition reimbursement program

  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, 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 phone.

#LI-Onsite – Full-time office role

AT&T is leading the way to the future – for customers, businesses and the industry. We're developing new technologies to make it easier for our customers to stay connected to their world. Together, we’ve built a premier integrated communications and entertainment company and an amazing place to work and grow. Team up with industry innovators every time you walk into work, creating the world you always imagined. #cloudsecurityarch

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Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Middletown, New Jersey

Salary Range:

$143,800.00 - $215,800.00

It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.



Job ID R-45139 Date posted 03/25/2025

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