SLED Solution Engineer

Lumen is the trusted network for AI. We're transforming how businesses connect, secure, and scale in an AI-driven world. By connecting people, data, and applications quickly, securely, and effortlessly, we help organizations move faster and unlock what's next. At Lumen, people power progress. Our culture is built on teamwork, trust, and transparency, giving you the flexibility, support, and opportunity to make a lasting impact. We're looking for top-tier talent ready to take on the challenge. Join us in building the future. The Role: Are you passionate about leveraging technology innovation for the betterment of humanity? Lumen SLED Solution Engineers work in partnership with our Sales & Customer Success Executives, leading innovative conversations that help shape the growth of our SLED customers. You will leverage your technical and sales skills to understand business requirements, develop a technical sales strategy, and effectively present solutions that address our SLED customers' requirements and provide business value. Location: The professional in this role is ideally based in the Austin, Texas area to enable convenient, in-person collaboration with both the team and customers. The Main Responsibilities: * Prepares and delivers technical proposals and presentations with the appropriate level of business acumen for the SLED audience. * Analyzes and identify our customer's business and technology objectives, conduct full technical discovery, and architect (with the technical team) client solutions to meet gathered requirements. * 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.…