Senior Director Of Cloud Engineering - Remote Eligible

Technology Forward Leader

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 is looking for a technology forward leader responsible for implementing innovative engineering solutions for our fast-paced business. This individual must have experience successfully leveraging Lean/Agile practices to engineer platform development and product solutions for customers while managing multiple teams across multiple software platforms, consistently delivering under pressure. This role requires an ability to adapt to evolving technologies, changing project priorities, and guiding the team through the journey in close partnership with our business stakeholders and engineering teams. This is a technical leadership role that requires expert understanding and implementation of modern software design practices, object oriented, highly integrated software systems operating in cloud native/cloud ready implementations.

Location

This is a remote opportunity open to candidates located anywhere in the U.S.

The Main Responsibilities

• Manage a team to decompose Platform and Product requirements into Features and User Stories which define acceptance criteria and work alongside the team to ensure consistency and completeness.
• Lead both wholly owned teams and matrixed individuals.
• Collaborate with Software, Network and Compute Engineering resources to define priorities, adapt to changing priorities and team capacity.
• Provide Lean/Agile Coaching.
• Team Building: Integrating a diverse and geographically dispersed staff into a single cohesive team.
• Professional Development of employees focusing on individual needs, training, and skill level.
• Drive accountability by helping team define deliverable timelines and measuring progress.
• Implement strategies that will increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve customer experience.
• Ability to act with a sense of urgency and consistently demonstrate leadership and a high level of engagement with other managers and team members.
• Ensuring customer focus with user communities, both internal and external.
• Interaction with leadership within the company to ensure open communication and relationships.
• Proven leadership background with supervisory experience.
• Ability to handle situations involving conflict while promoting a positive company image.
• Act as a servant leader to support and empower their team.
• Technical leadership including software design patterns, cloud native/ready architectures, software platform concepts and product/network technology concepts, etc.

What We Look For in a Candidate

BS/BA or equivalent education and experience

7-10 years related experience in cloud and network development

3+ years acting in a lead role

Training in Lean/Agile Methodologies

Experience in the System Engineer or equivalent Lean/Agile role highly preferred

Experience in implementing cloud native/cloud ready architectures

Experience in cloud networking and implementing architectures that support complex networking requirements to support cloud services architecture

Experience in building systems through API communication to facilitate end-to-end service workflows, in highly scalable fashion, across internal and external API consumers.

Experience in building scalable software platforms to be built upon internally and by partners/customers.

Experience with Golang, Java, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Vue.js, Temporal, OpenTelemetry (OTEL), Grafana, Prometheus, Tempo; modern integration technologies such as REST, Kafka, gRPC.

Excellent communications skills to include verbal, written and presentation

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: $171,447 - $228,596 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. $180,020 - $240,026 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI. $188,592 - $251,456 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.

Background Screening

If you are selected for a position, there will be a background screen, which may include checks for criminal records and/or motor vehicle reports and/or drug screening, depending on the position requirements. For more information on these checks, please refer to the Post Offer section of our FAQ page.

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

The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions. In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. Please be advised that Lumen does not require any form of payment from job applicants during the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings will be posted on our official website or communicated through official company email addresses. If you encounter any job offers that request payment in exchange for employment at Lumen, they are not for employment with us, but may relate to another company with a similar name.