UC Consultant

Role: UC Consultant – Unified Communications Engineering (AMRS)

Location: Princeton, NJ - Hybrid or EST Remote

Duration: Long Term Contract

Description:

The UC Consultant will be part of Clients Global Unified Communications Engineering team, supporting the design, delivery, and operational health of enterprise Unified Communications and Collaboration platforms across the Americas region. The role focuses on Cisco Webex Calling, Webex Contact Center, Voice Recording, Trading Turret (IPC Connexus), Telecom Service Provider relationships, and SIP Trunking, working closely with business units and stakeholders to ensure platforms remain reliable, secure, and well supported.

The candidate will serve as a key point of contact for incident management and vendor escalation across UC platforms, partnering with Cisco, telecom carriers, and other vendors to resolve issues quickly and minimize service impact. The role also involves supporting Red Sky (E911) emergency calling services and Microsoft Teams Meetings, monitoring platform health through observability and logging tools such as Splunk, and managing Call Detail Records (CDR) for reporting, troubleshooting, and compliance purposes.

Responsibilities include:

•            Support and administer Cisco Webex Calling and Webex Contact Center platforms in production.

•            Manage and support Voice Recording platforms and ensure compliance with recording requirements.

•            Support Trading Turret systems (IPC Connexus) for trading floor voice communications.

•            Manage relationships and technical coordination with Telecom Service Providers.

•            Configure, support, and troubleshoot SIP Trunking connectivity across the environment.

•            Lead incident management for UC platform issues, including triage, escalation, and resolution.

•            Own vendor escalation processes for Cisco, telecom carriers, and other UC vendors.

•            Coordinate with business units and stakeholders on UC service requirements, changes, and incidents.

•            Support Red Sky (E911) emergency calling services and compliance requirements.

•            Support Microsoft Teams Meetings and related collaboration services.

•            Monitor UC platform health using observability and logging tools (Splunk).

•            Manage and analyze Call Detail Records (CDR) for reporting, troubleshooting, and compliance.

•            Demonstrate flexibility to work weekends and off-hours as needed to support planned engineering changes, maintenance windows, and critical deployments.

•            Continuously enhance documentation quality and drive knowledge-sharing practices across the team to reduce tribal knowledge and improve onboarding.

Qualifications:

•            10+ years of experience in Unified Communications engineering/support roles.

•            Hands-on experience with Cisco Webex Control Hub administration.

•            Strong knowledge of Webex Calling and Webex Contact Center architecture.

•            Familiarity with voice recording functionality and platforms.

•            Knowledge of network connectivity fundamentals as they relate to UC services.

•            Basic knowledge of network routing and bandwidth management.

•            Experience with UC observability and monitoring practices.

•            Experience with Splunk logging for UC platform monitoring.

•            Experience with CDR (Call Detail Record) management and analysis.

•            Experience with SIP Trunking and Telecom Service Provider coordination.

•            Experience with incident management and vendor escalation processes.

•            Strong written and verbal communication skills.

•            Strong time management and multitasking skills, with the ability to prioritize across multiple concurrent workstreams.

•            Ability to use Copilot and other AI productivity tools to improve efficiency and productivity in day-to-day engineering and support work.

•            Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively as part of a team.

•            Experience with trading floor communications/turret systems (IPC Connexus or similar) is a plus.

•            Experience with E911 solutions (Red Sky or similar) is a plus.

•            Experience working with Microsoft Teams Meetings/collaboration platforms.

•            Relevant Cisco certifications (e.g., CCNP Collaboration or similar) preferred.