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Job Title: Cisco UCS Collaboration Engineer
Location: 100% Remote
Duration: 1 year
Pay Rate: $60/hr - $70/hr
Summary
Verigent is seeking a Cisco UCS Collaboration Engineer to assist with Migrating 3600 small sites to 3 large clusters. One for contact center and 2 normal calling clusters.
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership for Consulting Services projects.
Responsibilities include executive and technical-level communications and relationship building to gain credibility/trust of internal and external customers.
Consult, assess or audit, design and interview customers to determine highly technical requirements.
Convert requirements into actionable scope of work.
Coordinate proof of concept testing.
Provide knowledge transfer to the customer.
Perform analysis of the networking problems as well as provide highest-level crisis management.
Ensure familiarity with customer network planning, implementation and support processes and procedures.
Be a customer technical liaison for Presidio’s technical support and development teams.
Facilitate design reviews for proposed architectures.
Provide recommendations on viability, implementation strategies and optimal implementation of Presidio solutions.
Demonstrate expert level knowledge of network topologies and conditions. Ensure changes to network topologies are made with minimal down-time.
Engineer, configure and lead the design, configuration and deployment of Unified Communications (Video, VoIP and data networks), LAN/WAN, Cisco routers, switches, and other network infrastructure devices.
Deliver to current client requirements and generate additional consulting work by understanding the client's need and showing them the justification for new technologies that fit their business.
Assist clients in the daily maintenance of video/audio, voice and data network infrastructure including LAN/WAN, and VoIP. Serve as tier 1, 2 and/or tier 3 resource for video/audio, voice and data networks and related network infrastructure devices.
Manage video/audio, data/voice networking relationships and work with vendors to escalate issues when appropriate.
Review data monitoring stats and confirm SLAs with carriers are being obtained.
Review network utilization statistics to verify that circuits are properly sized. Take proactive approaches in provisioning bandwidth to meet needs or determine more analysis is required to determine types of bandwidth usage.
Provide regular status reports on tasks accomplished, current issues and progress toward goals.
Apply business development skills to identify potential sales leads and opportunities and communicate discovered opportunities to the regional sales team.
Required Skills
5+ years experience with Cisco Unified Communication solutions
5+ years of experience in LAN/WAN network administration and engineering.
Expert-level experience in relevant fields of network engineering/implementation.
Excellent technical skills on Service Provider networks.
Competitive equipment knowledge and experience with a channel partner, large enterprise or university, service operator (carrier), Third Party Network Consulting Services Company or other relevant industry.
Expert-level hands-on operation of networking equipment, management tools and network analyzers.
Implementation and administration experience with Cisco Unified Communications (Telepresence, Collaboration, Applications), Video/Audio systems· Implementation and administration experience in at least two of these areas: Call Manager & Unity Connection, Unity, UCCX, Instant Messaging & Presence , Expressway
Prior experience configuring Cisco UCS servers, TMS/TMS-XE
Experience working as a consultant is a significant plus.
Secret Clearance Required
Location: 100% Remote
Duration: 1 year
Pay Rate: $60/hr - $70/hr
Summary
Verigent is seeking a Cisco UCS Collaboration Engineer to assist with Migrating 3600 small sites to 3 large clusters. One for contact center and 2 normal calling clusters.
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership for Consulting Services projects.
Responsibilities include executive and technical-level communications and relationship building to gain credibility/trust of internal and external customers.
Consult, assess or audit, design and interview customers to determine highly technical requirements.
Convert requirements into actionable scope of work.
Coordinate proof of concept testing.
Provide knowledge transfer to the customer.
Perform analysis of the networking problems as well as provide highest-level crisis management.
Ensure familiarity with customer network planning, implementation and support processes and procedures.
Be a customer technical liaison for Presidio’s technical support and development teams.
Facilitate design reviews for proposed architectures.
Provide recommendations on viability, implementation strategies and optimal implementation of Presidio solutions.
Demonstrate expert level knowledge of network topologies and conditions. Ensure changes to network topologies are made with minimal down-time.
Engineer, configure and lead the design, configuration and deployment of Unified Communications (Video, VoIP and data networks), LAN/WAN, Cisco routers, switches, and other network infrastructure devices.
Deliver to current client requirements and generate additional consulting work by understanding the client's need and showing them the justification for new technologies that fit their business.
Assist clients in the daily maintenance of video/audio, voice and data network infrastructure including LAN/WAN, and VoIP. Serve as tier 1, 2 and/or tier 3 resource for video/audio, voice and data networks and related network infrastructure devices.
Manage video/audio, data/voice networking relationships and work with vendors to escalate issues when appropriate.
Review data monitoring stats and confirm SLAs with carriers are being obtained.
Review network utilization statistics to verify that circuits are properly sized. Take proactive approaches in provisioning bandwidth to meet needs or determine more analysis is required to determine types of bandwidth usage.
Provide regular status reports on tasks accomplished, current issues and progress toward goals.
Apply business development skills to identify potential sales leads and opportunities and communicate discovered opportunities to the regional sales team.
Required Skills
5+ years experience with Cisco Unified Communication solutions
5+ years of experience in LAN/WAN network administration and engineering.
Expert-level experience in relevant fields of network engineering/implementation.
Excellent technical skills on Service Provider networks.
Competitive equipment knowledge and experience with a channel partner, large enterprise or university, service operator (carrier), Third Party Network Consulting Services Company or other relevant industry.
Expert-level hands-on operation of networking equipment, management tools and network analyzers.
Implementation and administration experience with Cisco Unified Communications (Telepresence, Collaboration, Applications), Video/Audio systems· Implementation and administration experience in at least two of these areas: Call Manager & Unity Connection, Unity, UCCX, Instant Messaging & Presence , Expressway
Prior experience configuring Cisco UCS servers, TMS/TMS-XE
Experience working as a consultant is a significant plus.
Secret Clearance Required
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