Principal Systems Architect, Broadband

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As T-Mobile continues building the future of Fiber within the Growth & Emerging Businesses organization, this role serves as the critical link between business strategy, product vision, and technology execution. The Fiber Architect partners closely with Product Management, Engineering, and enterprise stakeholders to translate complex business objectives into scalable, secure, and integrated technical solutions.
This role owns end-to-end solution architecture across the Fiber platform ecosystem, including integrations with T-Mobile enterprise systems and third-party partners. It leads the design of cohesive, reusable, and future-ready solutions that support rapid product innovation while maintaining operational excellence and architectural integrity.
Operating within a business-driven environment, the Architect applies strong systems thinking to align evolving product requirements with long-term platform strategy. The role challenges assumptions, promotes reusable design patterns, and facilitates informed trade-off decisions to ensure technology investments accelerate business growth, improve customer experience, and reduce operational risk.
This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead end-to-end solution design across multiple domains to deliver cohesive and practical technology solutions

• Drive technical design processes and architectural tradeoff discussions to ensure alignment with standards and strategies

• Develop and maintain architectural artifacts and enforce design standards to support solution quality and consistency

• Engage with senior management to align technical solutions with business objectives and translate requirements into designs

• Evaluate third-party products to determine suitability for integration into organizational technology solutions

• Understand and analyze business processes related to assigned projects to align technical solutions effectively

• Also responsible for other duties/projects as assigned by business management as needed

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Leadership: Provide technical leadership across broadband architecture initiatives, guiding cross-functional teams through design, development, and deployment

• Software Development: Drive end-to-end software development efforts, ensuring scalable, reliable, and high-performance system solutions

• Process Management: Establish and optimize process management frameworks to improve delivery efficiency, quality, and operational consistency

• Analytics: Leverage advanced analytics to inform architectural decisions, capacity planning, and performance optimization

• Problem Solving: Apply strong problem-solving skills to diagnose complex system issues, identify root causes, and implement durable solutions

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor's degree plus 7 years of related work experience OR Advanced degree with 5 years of related experience. Acceptable areas of study include Computer science or related discipline. Technology certifications (such as Java, Microsoft, Oracle) a plus

• 7+ years in business environment.

• 7+ years as a software or systems architect, engineer, programmer.

• 4+ years in B2C online e-commerce systems architecture and design, preferably with background in IBM WebSphere Commerce.

• 4+ years in web experience management technologies included but not limited to self-services, content management, search, analytics, and marketing automation preferably with knowledge in Adobe CQ5.

• 4+ years in architecture and design of mobile web applications included responsive design and hybrid model for device native applications.

• At least 18 years of age

• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Base Pay Range: $123,800 - $223,300

Corporate Bonus Target: 20%

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, https://paylookup.t-mobile.com/paylookup?reqID=REQ348336¶dox=1

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