Senior Lead Network Architect - AI-Ready, Scalable Backbone

Lumen; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen seeks a Senior Lead Network Architect to transform large-scale network infrastructure. You will design resilient Internet/MPLS core networks, VPN edge services, and Metro Ethernet technologies, with focus on automation, streaming telemetry, and AI-enabled operations to boost reliability and efficiency.

You will lead cross-functional teams, set architectural standards, and guide platform selection while collaborating on vendor strategy and multi-year commitments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a 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.

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, 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, performance, capacity, and service-level assurance.
• Design and develop event-driven workflows for provisioning, validation, anomaly response, and remediation.
• Lead AI-enabled operational capabilities such as anomaly detection, capacity forecasting, and incident correlation.

Skills

Routing & Switching

BGP

MPLS

IGP

Multicast

VPN

Segment Routing

Python

Ansible

NETCONF/YANG

RESTCONF

gNMI

gRPC

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/CS/Math

CCIE or JNCIE certifications

Tools

Python

Ansible

NETCONF/YANG

RESTCONF

gNMI

gRPC

Job description

Lumen seeks a Senior Lead Network Architect to transform large-scale network infrastructure. You will design resilient Internet/MPLS core networks, VPN edge services, and Metro Ethernet technologies, with focus on automation, streaming telemetry, and AI-enabled operations to boost reliability and efficiency.

You will lead cross-functional teams, set architectural standards, and guide platform selection while collaborating on vendor strategy and multi-year commitments.