Lead Cybersecurity - Security Platforms
Charlotte, North Carolina
Job Description:
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.
The Lead Cyber Security candidate will be responsible for leading the technical management, creation, and delivery of Cyber Threat Analytical platforms and programs. This position will be part of a team of developers and engineers supporting multiple applications leveraging an agile environment while serving as an SME related to our cybersecurity logging and monitoring environments within AT&T. The candidate will also lead day-to-day tasks leveraging JIRA, automated metrics, reports, and providing program updates directly to senior leadership.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Strong focus on driving automations, AI, and machine learning solutions driving down cyber risks.
- Independently responsible to lead the entire lifecycle of assigned projects and platforms including autonomous development and contributing to the engineering requirements with a duty to ensure that security, reliability, and performance standards are met.
- Drive team members and adjacent teams on development, platform, and system test related tasks leveraging JIRA in an agile environment.
- Coordinate the resolution of development issues and initiate platform innovation.
- Serve as the SME and expert technical escalation point for teams across various business units.
- Generate reports, documentation, contribute to team metrics.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Demonstrated foundational experience working with associated agile and various reporting technologies (e.g. JIRA, MS Project, MS PowerPoint, PowerBI).
- Expert level understanding of security logs and the ability to rapidly search, report, and troubleshoot within various datasets.
- Strong understanding of compliance, controls, risk, change management, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong knowledge with agile methodologies, e.g. SCRUM
- Expert understanding of Cloud architecture & technologies
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
Supervisor:
No
Our Lead Cybersecurity earns between $128,400-$192,600 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.
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Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
USA:NC:Charlotte / Research Dr - Dat:9139 Research DrSalary Range:
$128,400.00 - $192,600.00It 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-78595 Date posted 08/12/2025
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