Full-Time
Senior Lead Network Information Security Architect
Posted on 11/15/2025
CenturyLink
10,001+ employees
Global telecommunications and IT services provider
Compensation Overview
$129.6k - $190.1k/yr
Remote in USA
Remote
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- 7+ years of relevant experience, including threat modeling, security design reviews, and security architecture
- Proficiency with next-generation firewalls from major vendors such as Palo Alto, Fortinet, and Checkpoint.
- Strong understanding of IDS/IPS technology, including signatures.
- Knowledgeable in Network Detection and Response (NDR).
- Thorough understanding of routing and switching (Access Control Lists (ACLs)).
- Experience with routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, etc.).
- Understanding of proper device hardening (routers, switches, etc.)
- Insight into proper segmentation concepts and enforcement methods.
- Comprehension of Zero Trust principles and their application to functional designs.
- Foundational knowledge of identity and access management concepts/principles, including Authentication and Authorization processes.
- Experience with web application firewalls (WAF)
- Knowledge of design and hardening for bastion/jump hosts
- Proficiency with remote access methods such as user VPN and ZTNA.
- Experience with VPN configuration (IPSEC)
- Understanding of software-defined networking (SDWAN).
- Knowledge of proper methods to secure enterprise and guest WIFI.
- Experience with security architecture and deployment models.
- Experience with securing highly sensitive data.
- Demonstrate knowledge of security technologies, trends, leading practices, and regulatory requirements and government security standards such as FedRAMP and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) standards, along with best practices such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001-27002 and other applicable security and privacy laws.
- Strong teamwork and communication skills to collaborate with development, operations, and security teams. Ability to instill a security-first mindset throughout the organization.
- Commitment to stay up to date with emerging industry updates, trends, security vulnerabilities, and new tools that can enhance security. Willingness to experiment with and adopt innovative solutions to improve security posture.
- Lead assessments of potential risks specifically targeting network infrastructures, including applications, databases, cloud environments, and provide security requirements and recommendations for risk mitigation related to network security.
- Consult as a network security subject matter expert with architects, engineers, third parties and others on potential solutions.
- Recommend new network-oriented information security systems and controls to mitigate emerging threats and risks across the company's network infrastructure.
- Ensure reports and findings on network security are delivered in a timely and appropriate manner to management, operations, and executive leadership.
- Recommend new network security policy, standards, best practices, and system configuration standards. Consult with internal clients on network security topics and policy interpretation.
- Coordinate activities across multiple departments and business units, emphasizing network security principals and practices.
- Stay up-to-date with emerging security trends, vulnerabilities, and best practices, and recommend adjustments to security strategies as needed.
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CenturyLink, now known as Lumen Technologies, provides telecommunications and IT services for businesses and government. It offers voice communications and network services such as VoIP, SIP Trunking, hosted VoIP, SD-WAN, MPLS, and IPVPN, along with cloud and IT solutions like Big Data as a Service, IoT, and cloud management across hybrid, private, and public clouds. It differentiates itself by offering a broad, integrated portfolio that combines traditional communications with modern network and cloud services at scale, backed by global data centers and infrastructure. Its goal is to help customers communicate, connect, and digitally transform through secure, scalable, and manageable network and cloud solutions.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Monroe, Louisiana
Founded
1930
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Sold ILEC business in 20 states to Brightspeed for $7.5B in October 2023, focusing on enterprises.
- Divested EMEA operations to Colt for $1.8B in November 2023, streamlining core clients.
- Higher-margin security, cloud, IP, UC services generated $4.5B revenue in 2023.
What critics are saying
- Tycko & Zavareei lawsuit over Quantum Fiber 'Price for Life' false ads erodes trust now.
- 940 Mbps fiber speeds lag Verizon Fios 2.3 Gbps and AT&T 5 Gbps, losing SMB share.
- Legacy copper reliance forces FCC-mandated fiber migrations without rival scale by 2028.
What makes CenturyLink unique
- Lumen Platform integrates global fiber, edge cloud, and security for 4th Industrial Revolution apps.
- Quantum Fiber delivers high-speed fiber services to residents and SMBs via CenturyLink brand.
- 450,000 route miles fiber network supports enterprise high-performance networking worldwide.
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