Senior Lead Network Architect — AI‑Ready, Scalable Carrier Network

Lumen; Dover; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Lumen in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Lead Network Architect to transform large-scale network infrastructure. You will design resilient, scalable Internet, MPLS core, VPN edge, and Metro Ethernet networks, while advancing automation and AI-enabled operations to improve service reliability and efficiency.

The role demands 10+ years of experience, CCIE/JNCIE preferred, and hands-on expertise in routing, switching, and carrier Ethernet.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related discipline.
• CCIE and/or JNCIE certifications are highly preferred.
• 10+ years of architecture and engineering experience in large-scale networks.
• Deep expertise in IGP, BGP, MPLS, multicast, VPN, and traffic-engineering tech.
• Hands-on production network automation and telemetry experience.

Responsabilités

• Own the architecture and evolution of resilient, scalable Internet, MPLS core, VPN edge, and Metro Ethernet networks.
• Develop architecture standards and roadmaps for routing, switching, MPLS, multicast, carrier Ethernet, and high-speed interfaces.
• Design and govern network automation using model-driven interfaces, open APIs, infrastructure as code, and automated testing.
• Design and develop streaming telemetry and observability solutions for network health, performance, and compliance.
• Design and develop event-driven and closed-loop workflows for provisioning, validation, anomaly response, and remediation.
• Evaluate and apply AI-enabled capabilities for anomaly detection, predictive analytics, capacity forecasting, incident correlation, and guided operations.
• Lead proof-of-concepts, technical and economic evaluations, platform selection, and cross-functional architecture decisions.
• Provide technical leadership across IP, Optical/Transport, operations, security, data, and software engineering teams.

Connaissances

Network architecture

Leadership / cross-functional

Communication skills

Automation mindset

Vendor management

Formation

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related

CCIE / JNCIE highly preferred

Outils

Python

Ansible

NETCONF/YANG

RESTCONF

gNMI

gRPC

APIs

Description du poste

Lumen in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Lead Network Architect to transform large-scale network infrastructure. You will design resilient, scalable Internet, MPLS core, VPN edge, and Metro Ethernet networks, while advancing automation and AI-enabled operations to improve service reliability and efficiency.

The role demands 10+ years of experience, CCIE/JNCIE preferred, and hands-on expertise in routing, switching, and carrier Ethernet.