at Lumen in Boise, Idaho, United States Job Description 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. At Lumen, you'll work on infrastructure customers rely on today and build for what's next, where performance, security, and resilience matter. This is a high accountability environment where bold ideas drive real innovation for our customers, partners, and industry. The work is challenging, expectations are clear, and trust is built into how we operate. If you're ready to take ownership, deliver meaningful impact, and help shape the future of AI-ready connectivity, join us today. The Role Planning Engineer II is a remote-based full-time position, individual contributor who is part of the Local/ ILEC Edge Planning team in Lumen's North American Operations group. Creates plans to enable Lumen's network in support of multi-gig services/products for residential and business customers. Manages the network elements and evaluates capacity utilization. Forecasts and trends bandwidth growth to produce capacity triggers for bandwidth relief. Submits projects based on capacity triggers. These activities are in support of both Inside & Outside Plant planning activities in the assigned wire centers The Main Responsibilities

+ Research, plan and release projects to engineering.

+ Develop electronics, fiber feeder and distribution desktop costing estimate for new residential & overbuild projects.

+ Develop lit/dark fiber desktop costing estimate for cell tower projects.

+ Develop planning handoff package to engineering partners.

+ Anticipate capacity requirements in the network utilizing forecast data, existing network inventory data, strategic planning data.

+ Perform network analysis and review to determine optimal network architecture for funding.

+ Perform other strategic planning activities including but not limited to Grants, RDOF , as business needs dictate.

+ Perform other support activities including but not limited to road moves, rehab, DSI growth & HSI augment. What We Look For in a

Candidate Minimum:

+ 2+ years in Inside plant, Outside plant & Passive Optical Network.

+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and relevant experience.

+ Experience with Metro/Ethernet network a plus.

+ Experience with GSA (GE Smallworld) or any GIS -based pla To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account