Senior Lead Network Architect for AI‑Ready Infrastructure

Lumen; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Network Architect to transform large-scale network infrastructure. You will design resilient, scalable Internet/MPLS/core networks and drive automation, telemetry, and AI-enabled operations to improve reliability and performance.

You will lead architecture decisions, develop standards, and guide cross-functional teams across IP, Optical, security, and software engineering to deliver secure, scalable connectivity for enterprises and governments.

Qualifications

• A 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 networks.

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 network automation using model-driven interfaces, open APIs, infrastructure as code, and automated testing.
• Develop streaming telemetry and observability solutions for network health, performance, capacity, and service-level assurance.
• Lead event-driven workflows for provisioning, validation, anomaly response, and remediation.
• Apply AI-enabled capabilities for anomaly detection, capacity forecasting, incident correlation, and guided operations.
• Lead proof-of-concepts, platform selection, and cross-functional architecture decisions.
• Provide technical leadership across IP, Optical/Transport, operations, security, data, and software engineering teams.

Skills

IGP/BGP/MPLS

MPLS traffic engineering

Network automation

Streaming telemetry

AI-enabled operations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

NETCONF/YANG

RESTCONF

gNMI

gRPC

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Network Architect to transform large-scale network infrastructure. You will design resilient, scalable Internet/MPLS/core networks and drive automation, telemetry, and AI-enabled operations to improve reliability and performance.

You will lead architecture decisions, develop standards, and guide cross-functional teams across IP, Optical, security, and software engineering to deliver secure, scalable connectivity for enterprises and governments.