Principal Cybersecurity FirstNet Security Engineering Data & Platform

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

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.

What you'll do:

• Provide expert leadership over security governance, architecture, and risk decisions impacting mission - critical systems for the FirstNet program.

• Design, build, and own security automation and AI-enabled capabilities that reduce manual control execution, reporting, and risk analysis across the FirstNet security lifecycle.

• Design, build, Secure and maintain security control data and AI- driven security capabilities that improve efficiency, consistency, and visibility of the FirstNet security posture.

• Analyze large or complex data sets (e.g., vulnerability, configuration, telemetry, or operational data) to identify security trends, anomalies, and systemic risk.

• Perform security architecture and risk reviews for FirstNet platforms, services, and APIs, translating findings into implementable engineering and data solutions.

• Build and enhance backend services, pipelines, or integrations ( hands - on development expected ) , to orchestrate automated security workflows, control checks, and data-driven decisioning, with minimal emphasis on user interface work.

• Drive secure delivery practices by contributing to and improving CI/CD pipelines , security-as-code patterns, data quality checks, and automated validation and evidence generation for security controls.

• Partner with engineering, product, and operations teams to operationalize security and data requirements into scalable controls, standards, and procedures supporting FirstNet.

• Brief leadership and stakeholders on cybersecurity posture, automation-driven efficiency gains, data - driven risk insights, and remediation progress.

• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science desired.
• At least 7 years of equivalent C ybersecurity experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing security automation (e.g., control checks, data ingestion, reporting, risk scoring, or remediation workflows) to reduce manual effort and improve operational scale leveraging AT&T available AI Technology.
• Strong hands - on experience with data analysis or data driven engineering, including working with structured and unstructured datasets to support security or operational outcomes.
• Advanced proficiency in Python and applied AI/ML , with experience using cloud native services ( AWS and Azure ) to build automations, intelligent analytics, and AI-assisted security workflows ( e.g., Glue, Athena, QuickSight , Sagemaker , Bedrock, Power Automate, Copilot for Git and VS Code) .
• Working knowledge of databases, data models, and data processing concepts relevant to security analytics and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience improving engineering outcomes through CI/CD, automation, and disciplined code review practices.
• Lead at enterprise scale and translate data insights into actionable security decisions.
• Preferred certifications include CISSP, CISM, and CRISC

Our Principal Cybersecurity, earns between $155,400-$233,200 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