Solution Engineer

Are you passionate about leveraging technology innovation for the betterment of humanity? Lumen Solution Engineers work in partnership with our Sales & Customer Success Teams and Partners, leading innovative conversations that help shape the growth of our customers. You will leverage your technical and sales skills to understand business requirements, develop a technical sales strategy for hyperscalers and large cloud companies, and effectively present solutions that address our customers' requirements and provide business value.

• Prepares and delivers technical proposals and presentations with the appropriate level of business acumen for the large customer audience.
• Analyzes and identify our customer's business and technology objectives, conducts full technical discovery, and architect (with the technical team) client solutions to meet the requirements gathered.
• Acts as customer advocate, participating in pre-sales efforts including technical sales presentations, architecture design discussions, proof-of-concept engagements, RFP/RFI responses, solution demonstrations, and technical workshops.
• Design and present solutions for dark fiber networks, including long haul and metro networks.
• Collaborate with sales teams to understand customer needs and present technical solutions.
• Engage in outside plant (OSP) and inside plant (ISP) engineering functions, including construction of new routes and building risers and cross connects.
• Work with hyperscalers and large cloud companies, focusing on large-scale production environments.
• Create complex network diagrams and present them to customers, explaining the design and its benefits.

• Outside Plant Engineer experience.
• Technical pre-sales and/or consulting experience.
• Strong understanding of dark fiber network design and the technical details involved.
• Fundamental understanding of Unified Communications Fundamental understanding in Colocation, Dark fiber, and DWDM.
• OSP experience for Long Haul projects.
• Fundamental understanding in Transport solutions. Strong verbal, and written communication. Ability to lead & engage in complex deal discussions with internal ecosystem, driving solutions & outcomes with sales, customer success, product & engineering.
• Strong presentation skills as well as the ability to build and present high-quality solutions to both technical and executive audiences.
• B.S. Degree in a related field or equivalent work experience in the private sector or military.

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:

$99,225 - $132,300 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.
$104,192 - $138,915 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
$109,148 - $145,530 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.

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