Senior Site Reliability 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.

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

Operate Lumen’s Network as a Service (NaaS) implementation in partnership with traditional operations teams and development counterparts. Provide technical direction and resolution of systemic issues related to Lumen’s Network as a Service (NaaS) implementation across a broad range of network topologies and applications. Plan, design, and implement scalable local and wide-area network solutions between multiple platforms and protocols. Responsible for system performance, supporting / troubleshooting issues and coordinating across multiple organizations and teams. Develop tools and utilities to automate deployment, administration, investigation, and monitoring.

This role will require a strong understanding of software development methodologies and troubleshooting concepts, preferably. A strong understanding of networking engineering and administration concepts as well as edge compute is key to the long-term success in this role. This role will work across the network architecture, engineering, and systems development organizations and teams to ensure alignment to production readiness and operationalization guidance.

Location

This is a work from home position within the US.

The Main Responsibilities

Subject Matter Expert for network automation platform applications, services, and hosting environments. Focused on core components, supports directly with expertise and escalates to responsible team but remains engaged and learns

Collaborative development and driving of new tools, utilities, and capabilities to improve support processes and efficiency. These may include solutions for observability, alerting, production code change management, and more

Ensures applications / services are always running effectively, including continuous monitoring and alerting, empowering operations and development to help manage the services efficiently

Lean in on automation of deployment pipelines (CI / CD), infrastructure provisioning, and scaling to ensure seamless performance of new deployments

Proactive incident management - investigation and resolution of service outages and unplanned downtime; proactive minimization and prevention of incident recurrence.

Participates in blameless retrospectives after incidents to analyze what went wrong, implement fixes, learn from the experience, and prevent future incidents through knowledge and tooling

Documentation for KB / KT / FAQ about the environments. Self-served knowledge on tap so we can “run it together”.

Documentation of standardized operational workflows to ensure adherence to requirements and dissemination best practices for production readiness and operationalization

Estimate the time it will take to perform tasks and deliver or influence the work to be completed within those timeframes

Scale solutions to meet enhanced requirements for growth, new services, or network optimization by applying approved technologies and architectures for enhancements or additions

What We Look For in a Candidate

Bachelor’s or master’s degree or equivalent experience

5 years of related experience in software development, systems engineering, and / or networking

Strong listening and communication skills

Network skills are PREFERRED :

Network technologies including Internet, Ethernet, IPVPN, Edge Compute, and Optical transport

Layer 2 knowledge of ethernet switching equipment and switching architectures used on Lumen’s Internet networks

Working level experience with protocols and standards used on Lumen’s networks such as BGP, IS-IS, MPLS, BFD, LLDP, RPKI, BMP

Understanding of Ansible, Python, or other network automation languages / solutions / concepts

Working Knowledge of :

Asynchronous programming concepts and distributed systems design

Source code repositories and continuous integration and delivery practices

Zero downtime deployment strategies

High Availability and Multi-Region architectures

OpenAPI, Swagger, and other API standards

Distributed Systems Management

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 :

82,969 - $110,625 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.

87,117 - $116,156 in these states : CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.

91,266 - $121,688 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. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and / or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.

Learn more about Lumen's :

Benefits

Bonus Structure

Requisition # : 336849

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 () . Job-related concerns identified during the background screening may disqualify you from the new position or your current role. Background results will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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.

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Application Deadline

03 / 01 / 2025

Salary : $82,969 - $110,625