Remote Director, Metro Ethernet Engineering

Lumen; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 167,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life benefits

Bonus structure

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Director of Metro Ethernet Engineering to lead engineering, certification, deployment readiness, and lifecycle management for Metro Ethernet platforms and services. You will translate architecture into deployable standards, validated configurations, and production-ready offerings while guiding a multi-disciplinary team across Architecture, Product, Planning, Operations, and Vendors.

The role requires 10+ years in telecom/network engineering, 5+ years of leadership, and strong

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• Experience: 10+ years in telecommunications or network engineering; deep Ethernet, IP/MPLS, optical transport, routing, switching, and carrier operations.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams, programs, or initiatives with talent development and change leadership.
• Experience bringing network technologies from architecture to production deployment, including certification, vendor management, and deployment readiness.
• Strong program management, executive communication, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing Metro Ethernet engineering team responsible for network technologies, platforms, service readiness, deployment standards, and lifecycle execution.
• Provide technical leadership across Metro Ethernet, Packet Optical networks, MetRON, colorless networking, NID platforms, Ethernet services, coherent optics, routing, switching, and related access technologies.
• Direct certification, qualification, interoperability testing, and production readiness for new hardware, software releases, optics, platforms, and network capabilities.
• Own engineering execution of Metro Ethernet roadmap initiatives, including MetRON deployment, Metro 3.0 enhancements, Ethernet Fabric services, service automation, and next-generation access capabilities.
• Translate architecture and strategy into engineering work packages, implementation plans, operational deliverables, standards, and repeatable deployment practices.
• Partner across Architecture, Product, Planning, Operations, Systems Development, Testing, Service Delivery, and vendors to align priorities, resolve dependencies, and deliver customer-centered outcomes.
• Serve as an engineering escalation leader for complex production issues, deployment challenges, technology limitations, and service-impacting events.
• Build trust, communicate with clarity and transparency, foster teamwork and accountability, develop talent, and lead teams effectively through change, ambiguity, and transformation.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Ethernet networking

IP/MPLS

Optical transport

Program management

Executive communication

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Telecommunications/CS

Master's degree in Engineering

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Director of Metro Ethernet Engineering to lead engineering, certification, deployment readiness, and lifecycle management for Metro Ethernet platforms and services. You will translate architecture into deployable standards, validated configurations, and production-ready offerings while guiding a multi-disciplinary team across Architecture, Product, Planning, Operations, and Vendors.

The role requires 10+ years in telecom/network engineering, 5+ years of leadership, and strong