Senior Lead Network Architect - AI-Driven Core & Automation

Lumen; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Network Architect to design resilient, scalable Internet, MPLS core, VPN edge, and Metro Ethernet networks. You will drive automation and AI-enabled operations to improve reliability, performance, security, and efficiency across large-scale infrastructure.

Responsibilities include owning architecture roadmaps, standards, and cross-functional leadership across IP, Optical/Transport, security, and software engineering teams, with a focus on delivering measurable

Qualifications

• 10+ years of architecture and engineering experience in large-scale carrier, web-scale, or service-provider networks.
• Deep expertise in IGP, BGP, MPLS, multicast, VPN, and traffic-engineering technologies, including IS-IS, OSPF, Segment Routing, MP-BGP, RSVP-TE, LDP, PIM, IGMP, M-LDP, Layer 3 VPNs, VPLS, and EVPN.
• Hands-on experience with production network automation and telemetry using Python, Ansible, NETCONF/YANG, RESTCONF, gNMI, gRPC, APIs, event-driven workflows, automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and evolution of 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 and SLA.
• Create event-driven workflows for provisioning, validation, anomaly response, and remediation.
• Evaluate AI-enabled capabilities for anomaly detection and capacity forecasting.
• Lead proof-of-concepts, platform selection, and cross-functional architecture decisions.
• Provide technical leadership across IP, Optical/Transport, operations, security, data, and software teams.

Skills

Network architecture

Carrier/Service provider networks

Routing protocols IGP/BGP

Network automation

Programming / scripting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/CS/Math

Tools

Python

Ansible

NETCONF/YANG

RESTCONF

gNMI

gRPC

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Network Architect to design resilient, scalable Internet, MPLS core, VPN edge, and Metro Ethernet networks. You will drive automation and AI-enabled operations to improve reliability, performance, security, and efficiency across large-scale infrastructure.

Responsibilities include owning architecture roadmaps, standards, and cross-functional leadership across IP, Optical/Transport, security, and software engineering teams, with a focus on delivering measurable