Sr Lead Infrastructure Engineer

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.

Lumen’s commitment to workplace inclusion and employee support shines bright. We’ve made the Newsweek 2024 Greatest Workplaces for Diversity list and achieved a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the fifth consecutive year. Plus, we’re the top employer in the communications and telecom industry, ranking 12th overall across all industries in The American Opportunity Index.

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 is growing our Cloud footprint as we continue our strategy of retiring legacy onprem systems. The Platform Engineering team is at the heart of Cloud containerization.

 

The selected candidate will be a multi-cloud architect leader, responsible for designing and implementing cloud-based solutions that integrate multiple cloud computing infrastructures. They work with teams of IT professionals to ensure that applications run smoothly across various cloud environments. As part of a small team, learn and work with legacy technologies for day-to-day support while planning and leading migration to multiple Cloud vendors (Azure/AWS/GCP)

 

Provide expert technical direction; partner and collaborate with others in the resolution of interoperability problems to obtain operations across all platforms. Responsible for ensuring the implementation of technical solutions utilizing expertise learned from multiple and complex client environments. Consult and assess industry advances in technical system technologies.

Location

This role is designated as a fully remote position within the United States.

The Main Responsibilities

• Technical leadership including day-to-day operational support for legacy as well as strategic Cloud technologies.
• Provide and document architecture guidance to project teams and application teams
• Develop automation solutions
• Develop and implement project plans, risk assessments, and contingency plans
• Mentor / cross-train team members on existing and new technologies
• Carry out special tasks at Management’s direction
• Participate in the team’s on-call support rotation

What We Look For in a Candidate

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and experience with typically 8+ years in Enterprise-level support and design experience. Strong experience in operations and application administration & design
• Proven large-enterprise experience in the following technologies - Cloud experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP. Certifications are a plus.
• Ability to liaise with executive management and Enterprise Architecture teams
• Kubernetes / Rancher
• Automation / Scripting
• Unix scripting
• Terraform
• Windows scripting - PowerShell / VBScript
• GitHub
• Experience with middleware technologies (WebSphere/WebLogic/Tomcat/Apache/etc)

 

 Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of virtualization concepts and technologies
• Strong documentation & communication skills
• Flexible and able to adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• A broad range of technical skills with a strong desire to constantly expand skillset
• Positive, self-motivated individual who can complete goals independently
• Must be a team-player

Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current na