Cloud Architect

Lumen
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 132,232 - 193,940 annuallyFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Architecture leadership","Mentorship","Ability to integrate AI tools","Ownership","Cross-team guidance"]

Design and govern cloud architecture for a network-as-a-service (NaaS) platform, setting standards and reference patterns across AWS (primary), GCP, and Azure. Own cloud-native design decisions spanning compute, networking, storage, containers, serverless, and service mesh. Build IaC standards, architect Kubernetes/EKS and cloud networking, define security, observability, and cost governance, and guide teams through architecture reviews and artifacts.

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Cloud Architect

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Job Summary

Design and govern cloud architecture for a network-as-a-service (NaaS) platform, setting standards and reference patterns across AWS (primary), GCP, and Azure. Own cloud-native design decisions spanning compute, networking, storage, containers, serverless, and service mesh. Build IaC standards, architect Kubernetes/EKS and cloud networking, define security, observability, and cost governance, and guide teams through architecture reviews and artifacts.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define cloud architecture standards and reference patterns for NaaS services across AWS (primary), GCP, and Azure.
  • •Own cloud-native design decisions across compute, networking, storage, containerization, serverless, and service mesh patterns.
  • •Design and govern IaC standards (Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK) and produce reusable, auditable infrastructure code.
  • •Architect Kubernetes/EKS environments and cloud networking (VPCs, transit gateways, peering/interconnects, CDN, load balancing).
  • •Ensure cloud security posture, observability architecture (OpenTelemetry-aligned), cost governance (rightsizing/FinOps), and evaluate AI/ML platform hosting capabilities.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 132,232 - 193,940 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kGym MembershipLearning BudgetWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Deep, demonstrated AWS expertise designing and operating production systems on AWS at scale.
  • •Bachelor’s degree (computer science/engineering or related) with 10+ years of relevant experience, or a Master’s with 8+ years.
  • •Infrastructure as Code production experience with Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CDK.
  • •Kubernetes/EKS environment design experience, including operational patterns, Helm, and service mesh (Istio or equivalent).
  • •Cloud networking, security, and observability experience (VPCs, transit gateways/peering, IAM/encryption, and OpenTelemetry-aligned observability).
Experience:8+ yearsEnterpriseGovernmentTelecomCloud infrastructureMulti-cloud
Education:
Skills:Architecture leadershipMentorshipAbility to integrate AI toolsOwnershipCross-team guidance
Certifications:AWS Solutions Architect ProfessionalFinOps certifications
Tech Stack:AWSGCPAzureTerraformPulumiAWS CDKKubernetesEKSHelmIstioOpenTelemetryCloudWatchDatadogKafkaSQSEventBridgeIAMKMSVPCTransit Gateway

Company Brief

Lumen
Provides integrated communications, network, edge cloud, and security services to enterprise, government, and carrier customers, operating a global fiber network and delivering connectivity and managed IT solutions.
Industry: Telecommunications
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Monroe, United States
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