Remote Director, Metro Ethernet Engineering

Lumen; Trenton (NJ); Remote; USD 152,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Lumen, a trusted network leader, offers a remote Director of Metro Ethernet Engineering role in the U.S. You will oversee a senior engineering team responsible for Metro Ethernet platforms, ensuring deployment readiness, certification, and lifecycle management.

You will translate complex strategy into actionable plans and collaborate across Architecture, Product, Operations, and vendor partners to deliver customer outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of telecommunications or network engineering experience with Ethernet/IP/MPLS.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams and technical programs; proven talent development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing Metro Ethernet engineering team.
• Provide technical leadership across Metro Ethernet, Packet Optical networks, and related platforms.
• Direct certification, qualification, testing, and production readiness for hardware and software releases.
• Own engineering execution of Metro Ethernet roadmap initiatives and service automation.
• Translate architecture into engineering work packages and deployment plans.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Product, Operations, and vendors to align priorities.
• Act as engineering escalation owner for complex production issues.
• Foster trust, clarity, and accountability while guiding teams through change.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Executive communication

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical leadership

Networking expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Telecommunications/CS

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

MEF standards

IEEE Ethernet standards

Y.1564 / Y.1731

Job description

Lumen, a trusted network leader, offers a remote Director of Metro Ethernet Engineering role in the U.S. You will oversee a senior engineering team responsible for Metro Ethernet platforms, ensuring deployment readiness, certification, and lifecycle management.

You will translate complex strategy into actionable plans and collaborate across Architecture, Product, Operations, and vendor partners to deliver customer outcomes.