Lead Solution Architecture

External Job Description

Overall Purpose: Design and implement scalable, secure, and efficient data and analytics solutions that align with supply chain business objectives, while providing technical leadership and facilitating critical decisions related to data architecture, reporting strategy, and analytics capabilities. Lead the development of standardized reporting, third-party spend analytics, Snowflake-based data solutions, and data governance frameworks that enable data-driven decision making across sourcing, supplier management, and supply chain organizations.

Key Roles and Responsibilities: Typical tasks may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Define Data Architecture and Analytics Solutions: Define high-level data and analytics solutions with business stakeholders, technology teams, and data engineers. Determine data models, reporting frameworks, and integration requirements, evaluating technical trade-offs. Identify data sources, interfaces, and dependencies that support third-party spend visibility, supplier performance management, sourcing effectiveness, and operational reporting.
• Establish a Shared Data and Reporting Vision: Create a unified data and analytics vision across the supply chain organization, ensuring alignment of reporting, KPIs, data definitions, and governance standards. Drive consistency and transparency in data-driven decision making. Align Data and Technology Direction: Collaborate with Supply Chain, Finance, Technology, Enterprise Architects, Data Engineers, and business stakeholders to align data architecture, reporting strategies, and analytics capabilities with business priorities and enterprise standards.
• Establish Data Strategy and Technical Foundation: Develop an incremental strategy and technical foundation for supply chain analytics and reporting. Design and optimize Snowflake-based data solutions, data models, and reporting architectures that support scalable, flexible, and future-ready analytics capabilities.
• Ensure Common Practices and Reuse: Promote common data standards, reporting methodologies, governance frameworks, and analytical best practices. Facilitate the reuse of data assets, reporting solutions, and proven analytical approaches while influencing enterprise-wide reporting and data management practices.
• Drive Spend Analytics and Business Insights: Develop and enhance analytics capabilities that provide visibility into third-party spend, supplier performance, sourcing savings, benchmarking, and operational effectiveness. Deliver actionable insights and reporting solutions that support strategic sourcing decisions and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Leverage Modern Analytics Technologies: Utilize Snowflake, SQL, and business intelligence tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) to design, develop, and optimize reporting and analytics solutions. Identify opportunities to automate reporting, improve data accessibility, and accelerate insight generation across supply chain teams.

Job Contribution: An experienced professional, recognized as an expert in data architecture, analytics, and reporting strategy, creatively resolving complex issues with broad and in-depth knowledge. Leads significant projects with strategic autonomy, influencing executive decisions through data-driven insights and analytics. Mentors less experienced staff, implements long-term data and reporting strategies impacting the organization, and frequently collaborates with senior leadership. Supervisor: No

TCP Career Step Differentiator: Creates complex data, reporting, and analytics solutions for strategic, high-value initiatives. Establishes scalable capabilities that improve spend visibility, reporting standardization, operational effectiveness, and data-driven decision making.

Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) desired in Computer Science or related field. 5+ years of related experience. Certification is required in some areas.

Our Lead Solution Architecture jobs earn between $141,300.00 - $237,400.00 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

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Atlanta, Georgia, Dallas, Texas

Salary Range:

$141,300.00 - $237,400.00

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.