Lumen is looking to solve the problem of connecting people, data, and applications quickly, securely, and effortlessly by building a culture and company from the people up, committed to teamwork, trust, and transparency.
Requirements
- 10+ years in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, or technical strategy roles.
- Deep experience across cloud, networking, data center, and emerging technologies (e.g., Gen AI).
- Proven ability to assess technical fit and disqualify misaligned opportunities early.
- Strong consultative skills and ability to influence senior technical stakeholders.
- Excellent communication skills—able to translate between business value and technical feasibility.
- Experience in innovation programs, beta programs, or early-stage product incubation.
- Familiarity with design thinking, agile delivery, and hypothesis-driven development.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and qualify/disqualify opportunities based on architectural fit, feasibility, and long-term viability.
- Serve as the technical conscience of the pursuit—ensuring that proposed solutions are grounded in reality and aligned with customer environments.
- Build trusted relationships with senior technologists (e.g., CTOs, enterprise architects) to understand their architecture, constraints, and strategic direction.
- Translate high-level “why” into actionable “how” for internal teams, ensuring adoption rather than organ rejection.
- Collaborate with Solution Architects, Product Managers, and Innovation Principals to shape offerings that are both desirable and deployable.
- Provide architectural leadership across multi-cloud, networking, data center, and Gen AI domains.
- Influence product roadmaps by surfacing patterns, blockers, and opportunities observed in the field.
Other
- Hybrid position with expectations of being in the Lumen office located at 10401NE 8th Street Bellevue Washington 98004 an estimated 2 to 3 times weekly.
- 10+ years of experience in relevant field.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to work in a team environment.
- Background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements.
