Description
Job Description
Our client is seeking an experienced Cisco voice engineer to lead the implementation of a new Cisco Collaboration solution. The project will include the consolidation of phone systems and a migration off of the Avaya platform onto a single Cisco Unified Communication platform. This is an on-site dedicated position that will work closely with our client's networking and telecom team to complete the project.
Project overview:
Our client currently has two disparate Cisco phone systems and an Avaya phone system. This project will be to consolidate the systems into a single unified Cisco platform.
This position is expected to serve as the technical lead of this project. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:
- Lead the systems design, architecture and deployment of the system consolidation. This includes but not limited to configuration of the Cisco Call Manager, Contact Center, Emergency Responder, Unified Attendant Console, Cisco Unity Connection VM and Cisco Expressway modules.
- Collect relevant data from all pertinent systems and stakeholders to be used as part of the conversion/migration
- Configure SIP trunks and establish SIP trunk security profiles in the system
- Configure dialplan covering endpoint addressing, numbering plan, dialing habits, routing and classes of service
- Testing and validation of the system
- Assist with cutovers associated with the deployment
- Participate in project meetings
- System documentation and handoff
- Configure SRST for call processing survivability at remote sites
- Synchronize the corporate LDAP directory to Unified CM
Skills required:
- Ability to design and support Cisco CM, Unity, E911, CUE and UCCX deployments
- Experience in the design, installation and configuration of large scale voice communications hardware and software
- Experience in the design and configuration of large-scale (10,000 node plus) voice networking infrastructures
- Prior experience in deploying large multi-site Cisco solutions and Avaya migrations
- Expert level of experience with networking protocols including: TCP/IP, QSIG, SIP, H323, MGCP and SCCP voice networking topologies
- Expert level of VLAN's Security (Firewalls) MPLS and QOS
- Experience working in a VMware virtual environment
- Experience in SIP integration solutions
- Experience configuring voice gateways that include dial peers, SRST, SIP, H323 and MGCP protocols.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills and strong ability to troubleshoot complex telephony environments.
- Experience creating as-built and system documentation
- CCNP certification required, CCIE Voice certification preferred
Duration: 36 weeks
Some nights and weekends work will be occasionally required
Committed to stay on throughout the length of the project