Lumen operates a massive network infrastructure business across metro, long-haul, and edge cloud, now actively adopting RAG to embed AI into internal and customer-facing applications. The hiring acceleration skews heavily sales (36 roles) and engineering (25 roles) alongside security (11 roles), reflecting concurrent pushes on customer acquisition, AI capability build, and compliance—a mix that signals both growth ambitions and the operational burden of migrating legacy voice systems and maintaining 100% uptime SLAs across a global footprint.
Notable leadership hires: Account Director
Lumen is a public telecommunications company operating a global network spanning metro connectivity, long-haul data transport, edge cloud, security, and managed services. The platform is built on carrier-grade infrastructure (SONET, Ethernet, MPLS, VPLS) and modern cloud stacks (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker), paired with enterprise software (Salesforce for CRM, SolarWinds for network operations, Adobe Experience Cloud for digital engagement). With 10,001+ employees based in Monroe, Louisiana and hiring across seven countries, Lumen serves enterprise customers demanding low-latency, highly available connectivity. Current priorities include service migrations, sales territory optimization, new network deployments, and AI-ready framework adoption.
Core infrastructure: SONET, Ethernet, MPLS, VPLS. Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP. Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker. Monitoring: SolarWinds, Grafana, CloudWatch. CRM: Salesforce. Security: SIEM, EDR, YARA. Marketing: Adobe Experience Cloud, Analytics, Target. Development: Python, PowerShell, LangChain, LangGraph.
Service migrations for the network, AI apps and agents development, tier-2 network implementations, territory management and sales productivity systems, OS patch management, AI-ready framework adoption, and new plant construction for network infrastructure expansion.
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