Senior Lead Engineer - Public Sector

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

This is a highly technical and hands-on position requiring the selected candidate to both lead and participate in multiple team environments and to provide independent efforts to all aspects of system integration including design, needs analysis, design review, testing, implementation, and validation. The candidate must be a self-starter and can work independently with little to no supervision. Under this position, it's expected the member will be able to rapidly identify and resolve problems, engineer, identify, and become proficient in the latest technology applicable to the position, and conduct critical thinking towards challenges and solutions to meet the objectives of the team. The candidate should be considered the Subject Matter Expert (SME) in multiple technologies, architectures, and solutions utilized by the team.

The Main Responsibilities

• Recommends optimized solutions to support current and long-range planning and collaborates with managers in the selection, recommendation and approvals of tools and technologies to improve efficiencies, reduce costs, and increase customer satisfaction.

• Monitor, analyze, and resolve incidents for infrastructure running in Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services.

• Deploy, configure, and administer systems in Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services.

• Support, troubleshoot, and maintain Kubernetes clusters and containers.

• Designs requirements based technical solutions in support of new projects and assists with transition of the solution and design into production.

• Evaluate, Build, Integrate, Test and Prepare systems for operational use and patches for rapid remediation and deployment.

• Install new/rebuild existing systems and configure hardware, peripherals, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards and project/operational requirements.

• Gather and analyze metrics and customer feedback to formulate system requirements.

• Evaluates and recommends future technologies and methodologies that will enhance future capabilities.

• Designs, builds, and maintains automation solutions (playbooks, roles) for deploying IT Infrastructure, software, managing configurations, and orchestrating workflows using Ansible, Python/Bash scripting, and CI/CD tools

• Develop, maintain, and execute test plans and procedures based upon system security and functional requirements that result in higher levels of fidelity in production implementations.

• The candidate will have demonstrated knowledge and experience in system architecture and engineering disciplines. Specific technical knowledge of enterprise level networking, network security, and architectural security.

• Analyzes, develops, recommends, implements, and supports innovative, cost effective IPS/IDS protection systems.

• Familiar with Unix Scripting language like Ruby, Perl or advanced KSH scripting.

• Maintain products like VMware vSphere ESXi, Virtual Center, Elasticsearch, Postgres, Google Cloud Platform, and Amazon Web Services.

• Supports due diligence activities including site surveys, design, design review, bill of materials creation, statement of work creation, vendor negotiation and coordination, proposal generation, and proposal delivery.

• Maintain existing applications by fixing, upgrading, and adding functionality as needed.

• Quickly develop new applications as the need arises. These applications should follow appropriate best practices.

• Assess existing applications for deficiencies such as slow performance and use of deprecated dependencies and come up with a plan for resolving.

• Keep existing applications current with the version of the programming language and releases.

• Perform application testing to ensure that new features work or that fixes have not caused any regressions.

• Mentor teammates by helping them learn new technologies where needed.

• Provide rapid operational support, troubleshooting, and resolution to production equipment.

• Independently research and become proficient in the latest technologies which could be applicable to the team

What We Look For In A Candidate

• 10+ years current Linux systems engineering experience (Redhat, CentOS, Rocky) and troubleshooting.

• 4+ years of Kubernetes experience to include developing helm charts and deploying applications on Kubernetes.

• 4+ years with Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services

• 5+ years with Elasticsearch experience to include indexing, clustering, managing, and troubleshooting.

• 5+ years with automation in Ansible, Puppet, or Chef.

• Available 24/7 for Network Outages and Maintenance window work.

• Ability to work with coworkers and customers to troubleshoot technical problems

Candidate must be a US Citizen with an active Department of Defense TOP SECRET clearance

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.

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.