Sr Lead Information Security Engineer (Python)

Lumen Argentina; Virginia (MN); Remote; USD 136,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Senior Lead Information Security Engineer to enhance its security posture by engineering and implementing robust security solutions. The successful candidate will leverage their expertise across cloud and virtualization environments, ultimately protecting customers and infrastructures against threats. This role offers work-from-home flexibility alongside competitive compensation and extensive health benefits.

Benefits

Comprehensive Health Benefits

Life Insurance

Lifestyle Benefits

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship required, eligible for government clearance.
• 10+ years of Python experience with security infrastructure engineering.
• Advanced knowledge of virtualization and cloud-native tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security solutions for infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on security practices.
• Define and execute test procedures, create technical documentation.

Skills

Automation

API Security

Cloud Computing

Networking

Virtualization

Python

Education

Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Security Certifications: CISSP, CISM or CISA

Tools

SonarQube

OWASP ZAP

Burp Suite

Junit

Selenium

Pulumi

Chef

Puppet

Job description

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress. We’re invested in providing the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Apply now to continue digitally connecting the world and shaping the future.

The Role

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Lead Information Security Engineer with expertise in Automation, API Security, Cloud Computing, Networking, and Virtualization to join our Security Architecture & Engineering team. This role involves building security solutions to protect Lumen customers and infrastructure from advanced security threats.

The ideal candidate will certify architecture designs, engineer complex software and APIs, create implementation guides, and coordinate with security operations teams. They will design, deliver, and support low-level engineering designs, as well as automation and virtualization improvements within existing and new virtualized cloud infrastructure environments. This role requires a deep understanding of software automation, API design, cloud delivery, system scaling, virtualization technologies, and best practices in information security.

Additionally, the role involves recurring collaboration with Product Management, IT, Architecture, Engineering, and Operations teams to provide subject matter expertise on various aspects of the business and solutions delivered to them.

Location

This is a work from home position within the US.

The Main Responsibilities

• Security Engineering researchesevaluates, engineers, develops, troubleshoots, and supports solutions and infrastructure for the company’s Managed Security portfolio.
• Technical Documentation and Test Procedures: Defines and executes repeatable test procedures, creates technical documentation, applies security controls, and delivers scalable standards.
• Solution Design: Responsible for independent engineering design, collaborating with Product Management, Product Development, Architecture, and Operations staff on complex security solutions.
• New Capabilities: Provides input regarding multivendor network, compute, virtualization, and security infrastructure capabilities and future possibilities to conceptualize new products, features, and innovations.
• Improve Processes: Assesses operational processes to identify opportunities to optimize, enhance, automate, or secure.
• Security Infrastructure Support: Provides guidance to other teams for ongoing scale, management, and monitoring of deployed solutions.
• Lifecycle Management: Provides information and recommendations to other teams for supporting all platform lifecycle management.
• Vendor Relations: Develops partnerships with key equipment suppliers, communicates requirements, guidance, and vision to develop, implement, and support security solutions.

What We Look For in a Candidate

Required Qualifications: U.S. Citizenship, eligibility to obtain a U.S. Government personnel security clearance.

• Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or 8+ years of related experience.
• Python coding experience: 10+ years of professional experience(Perl, C, Rust, Java).
• Security Certifications: CISSP, CISM or CISA
• Security infrastructure engineering, scaling & deployment.
• Cloud deployment experience, with a focus on service resiliency, scaling, security & networking.
• In-depth understanding of cloud platform infrastructure, networking, storage, and platform services and proficiency in cloud-native tools, virtualization and orchestration.
• Cloud Certifications: AWS/Azure/GCP
• Network & Switching: BGP, GRE, VLAN, IPSec, VPN, VxLAN, MPLS
• Advanced knowledge in cryptography and compression
• Advanced Virtualization Performance: eBPF, XDP, CUDA
• DevOps/QA: SonarQube, OWASP ZAP / Burp Suite, Junit / Selenium
• Cloud & IaC: Pulumi, Chef / Puppet / SaltStack
• DevSecOps: Cloud/Container security, software BoM, scanning, fuzzing, static analysis
• Observability: ELK Stack, Splunk, OpenTelemetry

Preferred Qualifications:

• Federal/DOD accreditation, FISMA, DCID, NIST policy framework, Security infrastructure engineering, cloud deployment experience, cloud platform infrastructure, networking, storage, platform services, cloud-native tools, virtualization, orchestration.

Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

Location Based Pay Ranges:

$129,639 - $172,852 in these states: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, and WY.
$136,121 - $181,494 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
$142,603 - $190,137 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.

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Requisition #: 337872

Background Screening

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Equal Employment Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, ancestry, citizenship, national origin, religion, veteran status, disability, genetic characteristic or information, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, family status, pregnancy, or other legally protected status (collectively, “protected statuses”). We do not tolerate unlawful discrimination in any employment decisions, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, benefits, discipline, termination, job assignments or training.

Disclaimer

The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions.

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Application Deadline
06/26/2025