Sr Systems Architecture Engineer - Infrastructure Design/Deployment Coordinator

Company: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Location: Bothell
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

At T-Mobile, we invest in YOU! Our Total Rewards Package ensures that employees get the same big love we give our customers. All team members receive a competitive base salary and compensation package - this is Total Rewards. Employees enjoy multiple wealth-building opportunities through our annual stock grant, employee stock purchase plan, 401(k), and access to free, year-round money coaches. That's how we're UNSTOPPABLE for our employees!

Are you ready to become a part of the Uncarrier journey at T-Mobile?

The Senior System Architecture Engineer is responsible for developing and evolving technical network and service architectures, as well as designing strategies to maintain, enhance, and advance T-Mobile's technology portfolio. Key responsibilities include creating, adapting, or revising detailed schematics for network and service architecture, selecting hardware and software, and defining implementation techniques and processes.

Contributes to T-Mobile success by delivering and implementing large or complex new systems, projects, processes, and/or programs by collaborating with cross-functional business and technology development teams to solve problems and implement new solutions.

The role may involve performing, evaluating, or interpreting network simulations, test results, or studies on innovative technologies. Strong technical documentation and presentation skills are critical for translating sophisticated concepts into understandable terms for diverse audiences. The engineer will also influence and contribute to industry forums.

This position involves moderately complex technical assignments, requiring sound judgment in resolving issues and making recommendations. Assignments demand significant initiative and consideration of broader implications, with the expectation to propose well-informed solutions. While general guidance is provided for new tasks, minimal direction is needed for daily responsibilities.

We are a team that encourages innovation and advocate an agile and open approach, truly working and playing in the Un-carrier way!

Job Responsibilities:

• Understands system protocols, how systems operate and data flows.
• Aware of current technology benefits and independent study is expected.
• Expected to lead and deliver complex network and service architecture, design strategies and standards.
• Deep understanding of the building blocks, interactions, dependencies, and tools required to complete design work.
• Ability to translate complex technical issues in terms of business impact and business benefits.
• Drives engineering projects by active contribution to the application of engineering techniques; conducting tests and inspections; preparing reports and calculations.
• Develops procedures and processes to validate and enhance and optimize network architecture.
• Creates appropriate validation tests and inspection techniques and effectively documents results.
• Able to prepare executive summaries of activities and clearly communicate areas of opportunity.
• Contributes to designs to implement new ideas which improve an existing and new system/process/service.
• Understands and can apply new industry perspectives to our existing business model.
• Review existing architecture, design strategies, standards, and processes to highlight more efficient ways to complete existing workload more effectively through industry perspectives.
• Seeks opportunities to improve designs, processes, or product by reducing cost, improving efficiency, or quality.
• Proactively contributes during brainstorming sessions.
• Drives investigations, leading to new technology concepts that may tackle business problems.
• Technical Writing: Maintains knowledge of existing technology documents.
• Contributes clear documentation on multiple systems and services used.
• Able to document systems architecture, design strategies, standards, business requirements and technical interpretation.
• Develops and provides technical data for incorporation into internal presentations that may translate technical issues into business impact.
• Collaborates with technical teams and utilizes system expertise to deliver technical solutions.
• Continuously learns and instructs others on existing and new technologies.
• Attend and/or host management and project team meetings as required keeping the project team informed and progressing including project reviews with stakeholders as necessary to perform ongoing assessments on the progress of projects
• Influence technology and policy decisions made across the appropriate functional organization around architecture, design strategies and standards.
• Drives lab and field trial activities in support of Proof of Concept.
• Contributes to new and existing technology options that support business goals.
• Evaluates technologies and proposes technology position for the company within own VP organization.
  
  Education and Work Experience:
  
  
  • 5+ Years Technical engineering experience (Required)
  • Experience with RedHat Linux
  • Ansible and Puppet
  • Experience in Data Center infrastructure design and installation
  • Experience in Network design and protocols
  • Experience with technically complex Project Management
  • Experience in development and deployment of internal/infrastructure network technology
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field of study (Required)
    
    Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
    
    
    • Focus: Skilled at communicating goals in support of the business' mission (Required)
    • Drive: Self-motivated and capable of working well under pressure (Required)
    • Teamwork: Demonstrates the desire and ability to work collaboratively with others on a team. Develops, maintains, and strengthens partnerships that can provide information, assistance, and support. (Required)
    • Communication: Proficient at ensuring that information is passed on to others who should be kept advised. Clearly expresses ideas in conversations and interactions with others. Exhibits strong business and technical writing skills. (Required)
    • Customer Focus: Shows dedication to understanding and meeting external and/or internal customers' needs. (Required)
    • Analytical: Adept at tackling problems using a logical, systematic, and sequential approach. (Required)
    • Technical Expertise: Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and skill in a technical area. (Required)
    • Forward Thinking: Excels at anticipating the implications and consequences of situations and taking appropriate actions to prepare for possible contingencies. (Required)
    • Influencing Others: Effective at gaining others' support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions. (Required)
      
      --- At least 18 years of age
      --- Legally authorized to work in the United States
      
      Travel:
      Travel Required (Yes/No):Yes
      
      DOT Regulated:
      DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No):No
      Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No):No
      
      Base Pay Range: $100,100 - $180,600
      
      Corporate Bonus Target: 15%
      
      The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate's actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.
      
      At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee's eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, click here .
      
      At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile's amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com .
      
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      As part of the T-Mobile team, you know the Un-carrier doesn't have a corporate ladder-it's more like a jungle gym of possibilities! We love helping our employees grow in their careers, because it's that shared drive to aim high that drives our business and our culture forward. By applying for this career opportunity, you're living our values while investing in your career growth-and we applaud it. You're unstoppable!
      
      T-Mobile USA, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All decisions concerning the employment relationship will be made without regard to age, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, religious affiliation, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, the presence of any physical or mental disability, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination, retaliation or harassment based upon any of these factors is wholly inconsistent with how we do business and will not be tolerated.
      
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