Technology Architect (Remote, US) at CenturyLink · Remote (United States)
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Education
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The ad says: “Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Telecommunications, or a related field, or equivalent relevant education and professional experience.”
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10 or more years of relevant experience in one or more of the following areas: technical pre-sales, solution architecture, API or integratio
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Demonstrated experience leading technical discovery and translating customer business and technical requirements into clear, supportable sol
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Working knowledge of API authentication and authorization concepts, including OAuth 2.0, tokens, credentials, scopes, and secure handling of
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Strong written, verbal, listening, presentation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with developers, engin
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Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to manage multiple customer engagements, enablement deliverables, and competing priori
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Work Environment
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This is a customer-facing role that may require participation in customer meetings, workshops, industry events, or internal collaboration se
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Why they ask: Design judgement.
How to answer: Draw it, name the trade-offs, say what you learned.
Why they ask: Debugging method.
How to answer: Measure first, then caching, queries, indexes, async work.
Why they ask: Quality habits.
How to answer: Unit, integration, and what you would not test.
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Why they ask: Recruiting is named in the posting.
How to answer: One concrete project, one honest lesson.
Why they ask: Opener to see how you frame your story.
How to answer: Two minutes: current role, one achievement that matches this job, why this company now.
Why they ask: Checks ownership and depth.
How to answer: Use situation, action, result. Quantify the result.
Why they ask: Tests accountability and learning.
How to answer: Pick a real failure, own your part, show the fix and what changed afterwards.
Why they ask: Checks judgement under pressure.
How to answer: Describe a concrete framework and one example of a trade-off you made.
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