About the Role
We are seeking a Unified Communications (UC) Engineer to manage and grow our global voice and video infrastructure. This role involves delivering smart solutions in a fast-paced IT environment, focusing on collaboration and telephony systems. You will improve tooling, deploy UC products, and execute configuration changes globally while minimizing downtime.
Responsibilities
- Grow, monitor, and manage global voice and video infrastructure.
- Deliver smart solutions in a fast-paced environment.
- Improve tooling and monitoring for UC systems.
- Deploy UC products and services.
- Execute software and hardware configuration changes globally.
- Minimize downtime for collaboration services.
- Monitor alarms generated by voice and video systems.
- Juggle project-related tasks.
- Serve as an escalation point for users and other technology groups.
- Interface with IT Operations, Cybersecurity, and Networking teams.
- Provide capacity planning.
- Develop standards and best practices for UC infrastructure.
- Improve documentation across global UC infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot custom API-based integrations with UC products and services.
- Collect and interpret log files.
- Collaborate with support partners to solve problems.
- Maintain system stability.
- Manage expectations with colleagues and users.
Requirements
- 7+ years of in-depth experience configuring and supporting the Cisco UC and Collaboration Product Suite in a multi-cluster environment.
- Experience with Cisco Unified Communications Manager versions 14+.
- Experience with Cisco Meeting Server.
- Experience with Cisco Expressway.
- Excellent knowledge of SIP, including implementing Session Border Controllers and PSTN SIP trunking.
- Deep experience upgrading and maintaining Cisco UC products.
- Experience supporting phones, softphones, and video conferencing endpoints.
- Knowledgeable about UC compliance products.
- Experience with modern voice recording platforms (Verint, NiCE, Red Box, etc.).
- Experience with messaging archiving products (Movius, LeapXpert, Smarsh, etc.).
- Knowledgeable about Cisco APIs related to UC products.
- Experience creating API automations using Python, PowerShell, etc.
- Experience integrating cloud-based conferencing technologies (Webex, Zoom, Teams, etc.) with on-premise infrastructure.
- Comfortable troubleshooting custom API-based integrations with UC products and services.
- Able to collect and interpret log files.
- Able to collaborate with support partners to solve problems.
- Able to maintain system stability.
- Able to properly manage expectations with colleagues and users.
- Familiar with the virtualization of Cisco UC applications on enterprise-grade servers (HPE, Dell, Cisco, etc.).
- Strong understanding of current security standards and expectations.
- Ability to troubleshoot and use creative thinking to resolve issues.
- Fluent in English.
Skills
- Cisco UC and Collaboration Product Suite
- Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- Cisco Meeting Server
- Cisco Expressway
- SIP
- Session Border Controllers
- PSTN SIP trunking
- Cisco UC products
- Phones
- Softphones
- Video conferencing endpoints
- UC compliance products
- Voice recording platforms
- Messaging archiving products
- Cisco APIs
- API automations
- Python
- PowerShell
- Cloud-based conferencing technologies
- Webex
- Zoom
- Teams
- API-based integrations
- Log file analysis
- Virtualization of Cisco UC applications
- Security standards
Experience Level
- 7+ years
