Sr Lead Solution Architect

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 looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

The Role

Lumen Validated Designs accelerate time-to-value, reduce deployment cost, and simplify technology adoption with production-tested architectures built on the Lumen Network. They reinforce Lumen's leadership as a trusted partner in #digitaltransformation , #cloud , #security , and the #AI economy

We are building a team of highly skilled, talented, and customer-focused professionals to work with Lumen Product, Technology, Partner, and Sales teams, and our ecosystem partners, to create Lumen Validated Designs and solutions that address customer needs and industry use cases.

The Sr Lead Solution Architect will be a key member of the Lumen Validated Designs team and will work closely with x-functional team members in Lumen Product, Technology, Connected Ecosystem, and Sales to manage the technical aspects of Validated Design projects from concept to launch. This position requires skilled leadership and technical competency to plan, manage and deliver all aspects of the design, architecture, validation (in the lab and with customers), and documentation of solutions as part of an LVD, crossing multiple disciplines.

The Sr Lead Solution Architect role will collaborate across Lumen and with our partners, leading innovative conversations that help shape the growth of our business. The successful Solution Architect must have a strong desire to leverage their technical and communication skills, including business acumen and industry knowledge, to understand business requirements, develop a technical architecture, and effectively present solutions that address our business partner's requirements and provide business value.

Location

This position is available from any US based location. You must be a US Citizen or Permanent Resident for consideration.

The Main Responsibilities

• The Sr Lead Solution Architect will be responsible for analyzing customer needs and requirements through strategic discovery, utilizing technical thought leadership, discussing industry best practices, and then delivering a technical solution that meets or exceeds the business need - including non-functional specifications, enablers, 3rd party requirements, and delivers the documented business value.
• Business Meetings : Leads and attends business meetings in person and via collaboration tools. Prepares and delivers technical proposals and presentations with the appropriate level of business acumen for the audience. Provides detailed, specific responses to solution and technology questions. Demonstrates strong solution 'selling abilities' and effective, proactive business communications. Interacts with all levels of IT and Business teams.
• Solution Development : Analyze and identify business partner's and customer's business and technology objectives, conduct full technical discovery, and architect business solutions to meet gathered requirements. Assess business and operations impacted by technology. Craft and propose solutions that meet the business's requirements and objectives by asking probing questions that are meaningful to the business to collect information that enables the architecture team to be more effective and responsive to clients' needs. Ability to complete complex custom designs.
• Customer Advocate : Acts as a client advocate, participating in efforts including technical presentations, architecture design discussions, proof-of-concept engagements, RFP / RFI responses, solution demonstrations, and technical workshops. Deliver findings including key pain points, proposed solutions to meet business needs, and ROI where applicable. Design, architect and demonstrate visionary solutions in a way that closely reflects our client's technology roadmap.
• Proven ability to collaborate with diverse roles and teams to achieve clarity in solution design. Collaborating with directors, product managers, solution architects, partner alliance managers, and other leads within the LVD team and across groups, and with ecosystem partners.
• Consistently apply and improve the LVD Framework, including :
• Design and build reference architectures and blueprints.
• Document integration points with Lumen platforms (network, edge, cloud, security) and partner technologies.
• Define design considerations (scale, resilience, compliance, performance).
• Capture technical dependencies and assumptions.
• Develop detailed adoption guides (step-by-step deployment, configuration, and policy workflows).
• Run technical validation in the lab and at customer deployments.
• Document and provide technical enablement assets for field and partners.
• Refine architecture and adoption guides and feed learnings back into the next iteration of the LVD.
• Adapt LVD to new use cases, products, and integrations.

What We Look For in a Candidate

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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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

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Application Deadline

10 / 27 / 2025