Cisco UCCE

Avira Technologies is looking for a Sr Cisco UCCE Engineer for a temporary contract for the upgrade project of UCCE 10.0 to UCCE 12.x within Corporate Technology. The candidate is primarily responsible for overseeing the development and upgradation of the telephony platform including Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE).

This position requires knowledge of WAN/LAN technologies and VoIP/SIP call routing technologies and protocols, including working knowledge of TCP/IP routers, SBCs, servers, switches, firewalls, DNS, DHCP, and VXML, CVP, etc.

The candidate must maintain a high-level understanding of the company's applications, telecommunications, and data system integration. They must be able to understand changes needed within the environment to anticipate business, customer, cross-system, cross-process, and cross-project impacts. The ability to interact with vendors to locate opportunities and improvements, as well as drive resolution, will be frequent. The role may include other tasks as required to support the overall shared services and organizational goals.

Responsibilities:

• Implement Cisco IP Telephony solutions by translating business requirements into project plans through the implementation of Cisco IP Telephony applications including Cisco CVP/ICM (Cisco Voice Portal/Intelligent Contact Manager) Enterprise call routing, Cisco IPCC (IP Contact Center), and VXML (Voice Extensible Markup Language) Gateways.
• Deploy, configure, and script Cisco UCCE software [ICM, and CVP], Cisco Outbound options.
• Take ownership of project tasks, quantify and complete them on time with minimal supervision.
• Work with various IT development teams to integrate custom-developed and 3rd-party provided software and hardware solutions including software applications, IVR (Interactive Voice Response), Call Center, and database integration with the Cisco IP Telephony infrastructure.
• Responsible for the delivery of excellence in products, process, and infrastructure management.
• Apply knowledge of call center operational dynamics as it relates to the implementation of ACD (Automatic Call Distribution), CTI (Computer Telephony Integration), Network Routing, and Enterprise Reporting utilizing Cisco Unified CCE (Contact Center Enterprise) solutions to solve call center-related issues.
• Prepare documentation and conduct training and user orientation for clients detailing the configuration of proposed and deployed solutions.
• Interpret network alert and performance management tool output to properly engineer the capacity and resiliency of the UCCE portion of the VoIP network.
• Exercise innovation during all stages of the project lifecycle from design through implementation.
• Apply business and technical analytical skills to analyze, implement, and deploy comprehensive support processes to resolve complex business and operational issues involving multi-tiered Cisco IP Telephony applications.

Required Experience and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant Cisco UCCE experience.
• Experience with voice gateways or SIP protocol experience.
• Hands-on experience in Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE)/ICM/CVP, Call Studio, and ICM Scripting.
• Hands-on experience in UCCE/ICM troubleshooting including RTTEST, OPCTEST, PROCMON, DUMPLOG.
• Cisco Unified Communication Manager (CUCM) experience is a plus.
• Experience implementing integrations using web tools and REST APIs is a plus.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including demonstrated ability to effectively engage, influence, and communicate technical and business issues and solutions to all levels in the organization.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Experience with Cisco IP Dialer, Third Party Outbound Campaign Managers, Email Manager is a plus.
• Multi-site configuration and hybrid of enterprise-level IP and TDM environments is a plus.
• Certifications on the UCCES/UCCED/UCCEI certified CCNA/CCNP/CCIE-Voice is a plus.

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