Technology 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

We are looking for Technology Architects who are passionate about leveraging technology innovation for the betterment of humanity. This exciting customer-facing Architect role on our Edge and IT Agility Architecture team will work in partnership with our Sales, Solution Engineering & Customer Success Executives Technology Architects design and architect solutions utilizing our technology services platform. The successful Technology Architect must have a strong desire to leverage their technical and sales skills, including business acumen, to understand business requirements, develop a technical sales strategy, and effectively present solutions that address our customers’ requirements and provide business value.

The Main Responsibilities

• Specialized Solution Design:  This role is the go-to expert for Solution Engineers at Lumen when very deep knowledge and experience is needed for a particular technology or product.  Clarifies ambiguous requirements with sales and clients, ensuring the solution resolves underlying client issues.  Provides guidance and alternatives to customer’s requirements.  May interpret customer requirements based on limited information. 
• Specialist Expertise:  Within the specialist vertical, provide on-demand design, solution best practices and industry expertise to the sales teams during the Learn/Buy/Get phases of the customer lifecycle experience. 
• Act as a trusted technical advisor during pre-sales conversations with enterprise customers.
• Integrate solutions across data pipelines, AI toolchains, and application modernization efforts.
• Customer Meetings:  Leads and/or attends customer 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 broad scope responses to solution and technology questions. Demonstrates advanced solution selling abilities and effective, pro-active customer communications. Interacts with all levels of customer's management team.

• Professional experience architecting/operating solutions built on public and/or private cloud technologies (Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP, VMWare).  Experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) Strong understanding of CloudOps, DevOps and the value proposition.Familiarity with common enterprise services (Directory Services, Information Assurance, Virtual Desktop, etc.), products (i.e., Oracle, SAP) and frameworks (ITIL, Zachman, TOGAF) 

• Design end-to-end architectures spanning public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), private cloud, application platforms, data layers, and observability solutions.
• Sales Enablement:  Present architecture proposals that clearly articulate business value and technical viability. 

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect Expert, GCP Architect, TOGAF, CDMP, etc.) strongly preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in technical pre-sales, architecture, or consulting roles.
• Demonstrated success designing and selling complex cloud, data, or application solutions.
• Experience in AI/ML frameworks, data lakes, ETL pipelines, and data governance.
• Solid understanding of BCDR principles, tooling, and compliance frameworks.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into simple, business-relevant language. 
• Some travel required.

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:

$115,763 - $154,350 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.
$121,559 - $162,068 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
$127,344 - $169,785 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 ra