Remote Senior Lead Architect – AI-Ready Connectivity

Lumen Technologies, Inc.; Northern (KY); Remote; USD 132,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Architect to shape the AI-ready optical network. You will translate emerging technologies into scalable architectures, drive interoperability, and lead high-impact initiatives across multiple disciplines.

In this role, you will develop roadmaps, perform financial modeling, and guide product introductions into production networks. A strong analytical mindset and collaboration with stakeholders at all levels are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, optical, or telecommunications engineering or 5–7+ years of equivalent experience and training.
• MBA or 5–7+ years of equivalent experience in financial modeling.
• Fluent in DWDM, Coherent Optics, ROADM/Open Line Systems, Optical performance modeling, and network resiliency.

Responsibilities

• Translate emerging technologies into deployable architecture, standards, vendor requirements, and operational models.
• Provide technology roadmaps, reference architectures, lifecycle planning, and interoperability requirements.
• Envision future optical network over a 1–3 year horizon and turn ideas into reality.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate research, analytics, documentation, automation, and modeling.
• Engage in standard bodies to drive initiatives (MSA, IEEE, OIF, Open ROADM).
• Perform data mining to extract network data and present trends and demands.
• Develop business cases, financial models, and ROI analyses to support designs.
• Create an automation vision for the Optical Product line.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Data extraction and analytics

SQL

Power BI

C-Level communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, optical, or telecommunications engineering

MBA

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Job description

Lumen Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Lead Architect to shape the AI-ready optical network. You will translate emerging technologies into scalable architectures, drive interoperability, and lead high-impact initiatives across multiple disciplines.

In this role, you will develop roadmaps, perform financial modeling, and guide product introductions into production networks. A strong analytical mindset and collaboration with stakeholders at all levels are essential.