Senior Forward-Deployed Network Architect (Remote UK)

Lumen Technologies, Inc.; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (Alkira) for a remote role based in the United Kingdom.

You will act as the trusted technical advisor, leading evaluation, architecture design, and production deployment for strategic enterprise customers, partnering with networking, cloud, and platform teams. You will design and deploy Alkira-based solutions, develop automation, and deliver technical workshops while collaborating with product management to capture

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a customer-facing technical role such as Solutions Architect or Sales Engineer.
• Hands-on experience architecting and deploying cloud solutions across public clouds.
• Automation/IaC familiarization using Terraform, Ansible, Python and REST APIs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary technical owner for strategic engagements from evaluation to deployment and adoption.
• Lead architecture discussions on networking, cloud connectivity, and security.
• Design, build, and deploy Alkira-based solutions in customer environments using IaC practices.
• Develop automation and tooling to accelerate deployments and integrations.
• Deliver workshops and technical enablement sessions; troubleshoot complex issues with engineering.

Skills

Networking fundamentals

Routing technologies

Cloud networking

Technical communication

Willingness to travel

Education

BA/BS/MS in a technical field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Python

REST APIs

Job description

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (Alkira) for a remote role based in the United Kingdom.

You will act as the trusted technical advisor, leading evaluation, architecture design, and production deployment for strategic enterprise customers, partnering with networking, cloud, and platform teams. You will design and deploy Alkira-based solutions, develop automation, and deliver technical workshops while collaborating with product management to capture