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# Federal Solution Engineer

- **Company:** Lumen Inc
- **Location:** Sacramento, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $101,210.0 - $134,946.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Network Architecture, Google Cloud, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, Cisco
- **Published:** July 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/B42A350279E349AFAA20AEDF8437A2BC/job/

## About the Role

* Technical pre-sales and/or consulting experience.
 * Technical knowledge across one or more Lumen technology pillars (Global network infrastructure, edge cloud capabilities, connected security, communication, and collaboration services).
 * Fundamental understanding of Unified Communications
 * Fundamental understanding in Cloud & Architecture design - AWS , Google Cloud, Azure
 * Industry certifications: In 1 or more specialized technologies are a plus.
 * Fundamental understanding in Security solutions - SASE, Fortinet, Cisco, Palo Alto
 * 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
 * Must be US Citizen

## Description

Lumen Solution Engineers work in partnership with our Sales & Customer Success Executives, leading innovative conversations that help shape the growth of our Federal customers., * Prepares and delivers technical proposals and presentations with the appropriate level of business acumen for the 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.
 * Support local sales teams in pursuit of key business opportunities, engage customers to address aspects of the data lifecycle.


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