Chief Technology Advisor - Telco at World Wide Technology
Atlanta, GA
$175,000–$225,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical advisory role embedded within a global technology solutions provider's telecom-focused CTO organization, serving the largest strategic telecommunications carriers. The position owns industry-wide technology strategy spanning AI, 5G/RAN, cloud, security, and data, while engaging directly with C-suite and VP-level executives at Tier 1 telcos to shape solutions and drive business outcomes. It suits a candidate with deep carrier network architecture expertise combined with executive-level communication and cross-functional leadership experience.
Senior level · National · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
This role is a Chief Technical Advisor — a senior individual-contributor advisory/pre-sales position, not a people-manager with direct reports, budget, or hiring authority. 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) is the closest available code given the executive-level scope and revenue influence, but 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is a plausible alternative since the primary day-to-day work is technical advisory and architecture, not managing a team. SOC confidence is Low as a result.
No location is specified in the posting beyond 'Strategic Telco customers' in the US; the CBSA and state fields are left blank. The compensation range note references 'certain states and localities,' implying a US-based role.
The technical competencies section reads as a required profile (the role 'owns' these domains and must have 'deep, current understanding'), so the core Telco and security technologies are marked required. More specific sub-technologies (InfiniBand/RoCE, Open RAN, MEC, network slicing, multi-cloud, DDoS) appear as illustrative examples within those competency descriptions and are marked preferred.
The title 'Chief Technical Advisor' carries a 'Chief'-level framing, which maps to Principal in advertised seniority. However, the actual scope — a senior individual contributor on a CTO team, not an org-wide technical authority — supports Senior as the required level.
Variable incentive compensation (bonuses/commissions) is mentioned as possible but not quantified; it is not reflected in the offered comp range.
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