Telecommunications Engineer

Job Details
Level: Experienced
Job Location: Oklahoma City Office

• Oklahoma City, OK
  Position Type: Full Time
  Education Level: Bachelor's Degree
  Salary Range: Undisclosed
  Travel Percentage: None
  Job Category: Information Technology

DescriptionDesigns, manages and maintains the telecom infrastructure of the corporation. Designs Call Manager & Contact Center corporate deployments and related hardware and software; Documents the network and telecommunications infrastructure, and works to maximize up time and efficiency.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Telecom/Networking:

Designs network and telecommunications specifications by conferring with users; analyzing workflow, access, information, and security requirements; network administration, including interface configuration and management strategies.
Designs network and telecommunication system by evaluating network and telecommunication performance issues including availability, utilization, throughput, and latency; planning and executing the selection, installation, configuration, and testing of equipment; defining network and telecommunications policies and procedures; establishing data and voice connectivity.
Drafts bid specifications and requests for proposal and evaluates vendor responses to establish contracts.
Responsible for design of Telecommunications systems.
Maintains network and telecommunications performance by monitoring and analysis, and performance tuning; troubleshooting network and telecommunications problems; escalating problems to vendor.
Secures network and telecommunications systems by developing access, monitoring, control, and evaluation; maintaining documentation.
Prepares users by designing and conducting training programs; providing references and support.
Upgrades network by conferring with vendors; developing, testing, evaluating, and installing enhancements.
Meets financial requirements by submitting information for budgets; monitoring expenses.
Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
Accomplishes organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Design and implement various Telephony projects leveraging Cisco Call Manager and Cisco Contact Center.
Innovating work processes to boost efficiency.
Analyzing existing Telephony systems and identifying opportunities for improvement.
Develop, maintain, and implement disaster recovery plans for the Telecommunication system.
Ability to perform root cause analysis.
Monitors assigned networks and telecommunication systems to assess the need for upgrades, enhancements updates, and preventative measures to avoid outages.
Develops, submits and administers unit and project budgets, including internal and external client needs to affect completion of scheduled projects and goals.
Developing test and implementation procedures for new systems and changes.

Documentation:

Documents specific duties, activities, problems solved and issues resolved
Assists in the documentation of the network, applications and resources on the network in conjunction with the public service staff.
Performs training.

Miscellaneous:

Attends meetings and serves on committees, as requested
Coordinate with the Trainer to set up and take down Cyberschool equipment, as well as any other equipment needed for meetings
Provides input, advice and recommendations to business units to determine the most appropriate technology to be leveraged.
Coordinates with upper management to setup new offices as needed.
Regular attendance as required
Customer service focused with a high level of professionalism.
Ability to follow through with tasks, projects, troubleshooting with minor Supervision.
Possession of a strong technical aptitude, people skills, and a desire to learn best practice skills.
Performs additional duties and assignments as requested
Some Travel Required

QualificationsEducation/Certification:

Bachelors Degree

Experience:

8+ years of network/telecom administration

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Certification:

CCNA/CCNP Collaboration or Voice preferred or comparable experience

Knowledge of:

Layer 2/3 Protocols
LAN/WAN TCP/IP, MPLS, BGP, VPN
Cisco Call Manager, Cisco Unity, Cisco Contact Center (PCCE)
Cisco CUBE, Call Manager Express, Unity Express
VOIP, SIP, PRI, MGCP, H.323
Network Performance Tuning SNMP, NetFlow, IP SLA
Network Administration and Implementation
Cisco IOS
Call flow analysis
Emergency Responder
Teleconferencing
Emerging technology trends

Skills/Abilities:

Evaluate critical systems, prioritize workflow and determine solutions
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Interpret and apply laws, regulations and policies
Provide technical assistance for computer problems
Read and understand technical manuals
Work for extended time at keyboard/terminal
Maintain effective working relationships with supervisor and coworkers
Work flexible hours, including weekends and evenings

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