Senior Lead Network Architect — AI-Driven, Scalable Core Networking

Lumen

Olympia (WA)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Network Architect to transform large-scale network infrastructure. You will design resilient Internet/MPLS core, VPN edge, and Metro Ethernet networks, while advancing automation, telemetry, and AI-enabled operations to boost reliability and efficiency.

You will lead cross-functional teams across IP, Optical/Transport, security, data, and software engineering, delivering scalable architectures and enforceable standards for routing, switching, and service delivery.

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 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, 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 resilient, scalable Internet, MPLS core, VPN edge, and Metro Ethernet networks.
Develop architecture standards and roadmaps for routing, switching, MPLS, multicast, carrier Ethernet, merchant-silicon platforms, optics, and high-speed interfaces.
Design and govern network automation using model-driven interfaces, open APIs, infrastructure as code, reusable service models, automated testing.
Design and develop streaming telemetry and observability solutions for network health, performance, capacity, service-level assurance, 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, root-cause analysis, and guided operations.
Lead proofs-of-concept, technical/economic evaluations, platform selection, and cross-functional architecture decisions.
Provide technical leadership across IP, Optical/Transport, operations, security, data, and software engineering teams.