Principal Enterprise Network Architect

Lumen

13d • $149,084 - $218,657 • Remote

About The Position

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. Join us at Lumen on our quest to transform network infrastructure. As the Chief Network Architect, you will be instrumental in molding our state-of-the-art network infrastructure. Be part of our vibrant team and spearhead innovation across our Internet and MPLS Core infrastructures, VPN edge services, and Metro Ethernet technologies. Location This is a Work From Home position available from any US-based location. You must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident/Green Card for consideration.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related discipline
• A 10+ years of experience in Internet, MPLS, Enterprise, and Metro-Ethernet architecture and engineering in large-scale carrier, web-scale, or service-provider networks.
• Comprehensive knowledge and hands-on experience with IGP, BGP, MPLS, and Multicast protocols, including but not limited to IS-IS, OSPF, Segment Routing, BGP, MP-BGP, M-BGP, RSVP-TE, LDP, PIM, IGMP, M-LDP.
• Extensive knowledge in: Routing and switching platforms; General understanding of the role of silicon, optics, and SERDES in those platforms.
• MPLS forwarding and control-plane mechanisms.
• VPN concepts such as Layer-3 VPNs, VPLS, EVPN.
• Multicast protocols and networks such as PIM, IGMP, Rosen, NG-MCAST.
• Design and support of large-scale BGP infrastructures (e.g., multi-tiered route-reflection, Route scales).
• Direct experience in designing and supporting large-scale IGP infrastructures (>1000 nodes).
• Direct experience in implementing network infrastructures using merchant silicon platforms.
• Experience in design and implementation of Metro-Ethernet technologies and concepts including Ethernet IEEE802.3, OAM, QinQ, Mac-in-Mac/PBB, MEF standards, and service profiles; including the use of MPLS or other technologies to scale carrier-grade Metro-Ethernet infrastructures.
• Experience and knowledge in network Automation, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Virtualization, and its underlying concepts such as automation, programmability, and orchestration (Netconf, gNMI, gRPC, Ansible, Python), Abstraction of control and forwarding planes, Network function virtualization (VMs, Docker, Kubernetes), Knowledge of APIs and telemetry.
• Demonstrated experience in performing and delivering proof-of-concepts, technical and economic evaluations, and platform selection in support of Internet, Enterprise, and Metro-Ethernet infrastructures.
• Provide leadership within the IP and Optical / Transport Architecture groups and across multi-functional organizations.
• Strong negotiation skills; direct experience in negotiating large capital, multi-year vendor contracts.

Nice To Haves

• CCIE and/or JNCIE certifications are highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Extensive knowledge in: Routing and switching platforms; General understanding of the role of silicon, optics, and SERDES in those platforms.
• MPLS forwarding and control-plane mechanisms.
• VPN concepts such as Layer-3 VPNs, VPLS, EVPN
• Multicast protocols and networks such as PIM, IGMP, Rosen, NG-MCAST.
• Design and support of large-scale BGP infrastructures (e.g., multi-tiered route-reflection, Route scales).
• Direct experience in designing and supporting large-scale IGP infrastructures (>1000 nodes).
• Direct experience in implementing network infrastructures using merchant silicon platforms.
• Experience in design and implementation of Metro-Ethernet technologies and concepts including Ethernet IEEE802.3, OAM, QinQ, Mac-in-Mac/PBB, MEF standards, and service profiles; including the use of MPLS or other technologies to scale carrier-grade Metro-Ethernet infrastructures.
• Experience and knowledge in network Automation, Software Defined Networking (SDN), Virtualization, and its underlying concepts such as automation, programmability, and orchestration (Netconf, gNMI, gRPC, Ansible, Python), Abstraction of control and forwarding planes, Network function virtualization (VMs, Docker, Kubernetes), Knowledge of APIs and telemetry.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees