About Lumen

Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With 450,000 route fiber miles serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure global platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about Lumen’s network, edge cloud, security and communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies.

The Role

Lumen’s Black Lotus Lab’s Reputation and Disruption team is looking for a new member to assist with our mission to keep Internet clean from bad actors. This team is on the forefront of leveraging bleeding edge software stacks to identify and mitigate evolving threats. Our ideal candidate is the person that is passionate about enriching our threat intelligence feeds with timely, actionable, and high confidence IOC’s and integrating it with Lumen’s security products to protect our customers.

The Main Responsibilities

As a software developer, you would closely collaborate with other developers on the team to grow and maintain our threat reputation systems and partner with our security research and analyst teams to proactively improve the cybersecurity of our customers. The person hired in this role will have the opportunity to work with large data sets and use machine learning models to enrich threat intelligence feed with actionable information. We primarily write in Python and leverage modern frameworks and systems to implement our solutions. As a software developer, the types of tools and systems you would work with on this team are:

• Docker, Kubernetes, or other container and virtualization services
• Git or other revision control utilities
• Jenkins/Gitlab CI/CD/ or other automated build and deployment systems
• Mongo DB, Elasticsearch or other NoSQL type databases
• Apache Kafka and other message brokers
• Network and security elements such as routers, firewalls, DDoS mitigation appliances, and SIEM platforms

What We Look For in a Candidate

Ideally, we’re looking for someone that has a strong background in software engineering that exhibits:

• Experience and prior work in any of these languages: Python, Java, or Scala
• Experience in at least two out of the three programming paradigms: imperative, object oriented, functional
• Experience in DevOps, unit testing, and continuous integration
• A strong desire to learn and play with new technologies and techniques
• Experience with iterative development methodologies and practices

The following are not required, but are things that we look for to raise resumes up to the top of our stack:

• Knowledge of AI/ML frameworks, their pros and cons and how they can be adopted to identify and block threats
• Experience with developing solutions that leverage distributed architecture
• Experience with DevOps tools
• Experience with system, network, or security administration in a Unix-based environment
• Broad information security knowledge
• Cybersecurity Certifications
• Knowledge of Internet networking protocols, topologies, and security impacts

It is preferred that the candidate has completed a former internship with Lumen Technologies.

Compensation

The starting salary for this role differs based on the employee's primary work location. Employees typically do not start at the top of the range, though compensation depends on each individual's qualifications.

Location Based Pay Ranges:

$63980 - $90567 in these states: AR, ID, KY, LA, ME, MS, NE, SC, and SD.
$67340 - $101007 in these states: AZ, FL, GA, IN, IA, KS, MO, MT, NM, ND, OH, OK, PA, TN, UT, VT, WV, WI, and WY.
$70710 - $106056 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NV, NH, NC, OR, and RI.
$74070 - $111105 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DE, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA.

As with the pay range variety that's based on the region of a country, specific offers are determined by various factors such as experience, education, skills, certifications and other business needs.

Requisition #: 331498

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Disclaimer

The above job definition information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on changing business needs and conditions.

Salary Range

Salary Min :

63980

Salary Max :

92588

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.

This position is eligible for either short-term incentives or sales compensation. Director and VP positions also are eligible for long-term incentive. To learn more about our bonus structure, you can view additional information here. We're able to answer any additional questions you may have as you move through the selection process.

As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Lumen offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle and other benefits and perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. You can learn more by clicking here.

Note: For union-represented postings, wage rates and ranges are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreement provisions.

Lumen is a global company of approximately 38,000 professionals dedicated to unleashing the world's digital potential. Lumen frees businesses from the legacy communication experiences holding them back today by making IT environments more user-friendly and intuitive. Our experience-first approach to networking, edge cloud and cybersecurity connects people, data and apps―quickly, securely and effortlessly. We ignite business growth and accelerate innovation for 8 of the 10 most valuable brands in the world.