Senior Software Support Engineer

The Senior Software Support Engineer plays a vital role in keeping the Kenan Billing environment-and the critical billing processes it supports-running reliably and accurately. At the center of the billing operation, this person helps ensure that essential applications remain stable across Linux and Windows Server platforms, so the business can deliver timely, accurate billing with confidence.

Each day brings opportunities to solve complex problems and make a meaningful impact. When an issue arises, the Senior Software Support Engineer follows the clues: troubleshooting technical challenges, analyzing data, navigating batch processes, and using scripting to uncover root causes and move solutions forward. Along the way, this person partners closely with business, application, infrastructure, and operational teams, bringing people and technology together to restore service and keep critical processes moving.

The Software Support Engineer helps build a more reliable and efficient billing ecosystem for tomorrow. For someone who enjoys solving challenging problems, collaborating across teams, and seeing the direct impact of technical expertise on business-critical operations, this role offers the opportunity to do meaningful work and help shape a stronger, more resilient billing experience., *Provide senior-level production support for Kenan Billing applications, interfaces, batch processes, and related billing functions.

*Monitor and support Kenan billing processes to ensure successful and timely completion of production billing cycles.

*Perform technical troubleshooting across Linux, Windows Server, Kenan applications, batch processing, interfaces, and supporting infrastructure.

*Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot Linux/UNIX shell scripts, including KornShell (ksh) and C Shell (csh), used for automation, batch processing, file management, monitoring, and production support.

*Perform root-cause analysis of application, billing, batch, interface, and production issues and coordinate resolution with appropriate technical and business teams.

*Analyze logs, job output, system processes, files, and application data to identify and resolve production issues.

*Use Microsoft Excel for billing analysis, reconciliation, validation, issue investigation, reporting, and operational tracking.

*Support and troubleshoot scheduled and batch-processing workloads, including Control-M or similar enterprise scheduling tools.

*Lead or participate in incident and outage reviews and develop corrective action and get-well plans for recurring issues.

*Manage change, incident, problem, and production-support tickets in accordance with established operational standards.

*Coordinate production changes and releases while minimizing impacts to billing operations.

*Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, improve production stability, reduce recurring incidents, and increase billing-process efficiency.

*Create and maintain operational documentation, troubleshooting procedures, support processes, and knowledge-transfer materials.

*Provide technical guidance and knowledge transfer to onshore and offshore support resources.

*Serve as a senior technical resource for Kenan Billing production-support questions, issues, and resolutions.

• 5+ years of production or application support experience, preferably with large-scale enterprise billing or financial applications, including Kenan Billing in production.
• Strong Linux/UNIX knowledge and hands-on experience with processes, file systems, permissions, logs, job execution, file manipulation, troubleshooting, and ksh/csh scripting; experience supporting applications and services on Windows Server.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills for data analysis, billing reconciliation, validation, reporting, and troubleshooting, plus experience with batch processing, job scheduling, file processing, and failed or delayed production jobs; experience with Control-M or comparable workload automation tools.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to independently investigate complex production and billing issues; analyze logs, identify root causes, communicate findings to technical and business stakeholders, and coordinate corrective actions across technical teams.
• Experience with incident, problem, change, release, and production-support processes; ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities and critical issues; experience coordinating onshore and offshore resources, documenting processes, and providing technical training and knowledge transfer.

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.

Location Based Pay Ranges

$84,629 - $112,838 in these states: AL AR AZ FL GA IA ID IN KS KY LA ME MO MS MT ND NE NM OH OK PA SC SD TN UT VT WI WV WY

$88,860 - $118,480 in these states: CO HI MI MN NC NH NV OR RI

$93,092 - $124,122 in these states: AK CA CT DC DE IL MA MD NJ NY TX VA WA

Lumen offers a comprehensive package featuring a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. We’re able to answer any additional questions you may have about our bonus structure (short-term incentives, long-term incentives and/or sales compensation) as you move through the selection process.

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Lumen is the trusted network for the AI-powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through our expansive fiber network and connected ecosystem. We enable secure, high-performance connectivity across cloud, edge, and AI workloads for enterprises, governments, and communities.

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