Senior Lead Solution Architect

Lumen is the trusted network for AI. We’re transforming how businesses connect, secure, and scale in an AI-driven world.

By connecting people, data, and applications quickly, securely, and effortlessly, we help organizations move faster and unlock what’s next.

At Lumen, people power progress. Our culture is built on teamwork, trust, and transparency, giving you the flexibility, support, and opportunity to make a lasting impact. We’re looking for top-tier talent ready to take on the challenge. Join us in building the future.

The Senior Lead Solution Architect role will work in partnership with the Business Units, leading innovative conversations that help shape the growth of our business. The successful Solution Architect must have a strong desire to leverage their technical and communication skills, including business acumen, to understand business requirements, develop a technical architecture, and effectively present solutions that address our business partner’s requirements and provide business value.

This is a work from home position within the US.

• Standard Architecture Patterns, Blueprints, and Cost Profiles (Core Accountability)

• Define, publish, and maintain approved cloud and application architecture patterns/blueprints, including

• Platform and landing zone patterns

• Application and domain reference architectures

• Data, integration, and workload patterns

• Pair each pattern with explicit cost models, including

• Baseline and scalable cost assumptions

• Key cost drivers and levers

• Expected unit economics where applicable
  
  Ensure architecture patterns enable rapid delivery, consistency, and predictable financial outcomes across teams.

• Continuously evolve patterns to reflect new cloud services, pricing models, and optimization opportunities. Shape

• Embed cost awareness into architecture from the earliest design stages, treating cost as a first class architectural quality attribute.

• Apply Fin Ops principles to ensure architecture decisions support:

• Accurate forecasting and budgeting

• Partner with engineering teams to design solutions that align workload characteristics to the most cost effective architectural options.

• Support commitmentbased strategies (e.g., savings plans, reservations) through standardized, predictable architecture choices. Shape

• Participate in and influence architecture governance and review processes to ensure cost, value, and financial impact are evaluated alongside technical considerations.

• Create decision artifacts (architecture options, cost comparisons, tradeoff analyses) that enable leadership to make informed technology investment decisions. Promote adoption of standard patterns through enablement, documentation, and direct

• 10+ years of experience in cloud, platform, and application architecture, with demonstrated senior level ownership and influence.

• Proven experience designing and governing enterprise scale, multi cloud architectures across both platform and application layers.

• Strong expertise in cost aware architecture, cloud economics, and applying Fin Ops concepts in real world delivery.

• Demonstrated ability to define and drive adoption of standard architecture patterns and reference architectures.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders.

• Fin Ops Certified Practitioner (FCP)

• TOGAF Certification (or equivalent enterprise architecture framework experience)

• Cloud Architect – Professional level certifications, such as:

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

• Experience working closely with Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), or Architecture Review Boards.

• Exposure to large scale cloud financial management, forecasting, and optimization initiatives.

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

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