Technical Consultant Engineer
Avaya - Networking business
About Avaya
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Job Information
Job Code: 00255945
Job Family: Services
Job Function: Services Engineering
About the Job
We are seeking an experienced Avaya Technical Lead to take ownership of design, deployment, integration, and support of Avaya-based contact center and telephony solutions. The ideal candidate will lead technical teams, ensure smooth operations of Avaya systems, and serve as the technical point of contact for projects, enhancements, and escalations. This is an individual contributor role working with the power of influence across the internal and external stakeholder group.
About the Responsibilities
Solution Ownership & Design:
- Technical Design ownership of the architecture.
- Architect and optimize Avaya contact center solutions including Avaya Oceana, AEP/IVR, CMS, and integrations with third-party custom applications and platforms (e.g., Verint, WFO, etc.).
- Lead the design of predictive, progressive, and agentless campaigns based on business use cases (collections, customer survey, callbacks, etc).
- Change Governance for the overall solution.
Project Coordination:
- Provide technical leadership in projects involving Avaya UC/CC technologies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., network, infrastructure, application) to support the solution.
- Review technical documentation, including HLDs, LLDs, and solution design specs, and ensure the solution adheres to the contract and agreed support SLAs.
Operational Support:
- Act as the technical escalation point for Avaya-related incidents, outages, and problems.
- Be a SPOC and host troubleshooting calls during system outages and ensure the systems are restored within the SLAs.
- Monitor system performance and proactively identify areas of improvement and establish processes around monitoring.
- Ensure system availability and high uptime through regular maintenance and failover testing.
- Participate in business continuity and disaster recovery planning and execution.
- Laise with release management on upcoming rollout to plan support readiness.
Security & Compliance:
- Ensure the solution meets organizational and regulatory security standards.
- Coordinate with security, Infra, and network team to perform audits, hardening, patching, and vulnerability remediation.
Vendor & Stakeholder Management:
- Coordinate with Avaya support, third-party vendors, and internal teams for issue resolution.
- Provide technical insights and progress updates to leadership and stakeholders.
About You
Key Skills & Experience:
• Minimum 10 years experience in voice and contact center technologies.
• Strong expertise in Avaya Aura platform: Communication Manager, Session Manager, System Manager, AES, SBCs, and G450/G430 gateways.
• Hands-on experience with Avaya Oceana, AEP/Experience Portal, and IVR call flow design.
• Knowledge of call routing, vectoring, VDNs, call treatments, hunt groups, and CMS reporting.
• Familiarity with Workforce Optimization tools (e.g., Verint, NICE) and SIP trunking.
• Scripting experience with VBScript, JavaScript, or XML for IVR integrations (preferred).
• Understanding of ITIL processes, service delivery, and change management practices.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, or related field.
• Avaya certifications such as ACIS, ACSS are highly desirable.
• Project management or team lead experience is an advantage.
Soft Skills:
• Ability to communicate and present to an executive audience.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Proactive, self-driven, and able to mentor junior engineers.