Senior Manager -Principal Voice Specialist

Job Description

CommunicationApplication Role purpose: Operating within B_VOIS, this position will perform a combination of Voice and Networks implementation work, as well as enhancements to current products. The core activities include customer liaison, Diagnosis, Audits, investigation into vulnerabilities, planning and implementing of change and offering technical advice/ support to customers. You will be a proven trouble-shooter with an excellent understanding of the network elements with strong analytical networking skills, ideally with a cross skill of Voice and Network devices products AudioCodes, Cisco, Microsoft, IPC Unigy, Genesys etc. This position is responsible for the support of the production environment which ensures the appropriate voice/network policies and practices are implemented and enforced. End-to-end management of customers voice networks and providing a rapid response to customer raised incidents and problems. Drive technical service improvements post major incidents & outages by liaising with Major Incident teams, Problem management team as well as the core network and service support teams that site across the different groups within the organization. Support the customer front ending teams like Intelligent Ops, Service Management & GAMs within the account for any chronic technical issues and support with a robust action plan to be driven either through Vodafone operations, OLO or any external or internal agency. Run network audits in order of preference & requirement for the customer based on historical issues and/or on back of incidents to improve services and ensure repetitive issues are avoided. To engage with the partners like Cisco, AudiCodes, Tecnomics and others wherever required to drive enhancements to the services we offer to customer. Liaise with different teams and vendors for vendor driven changes and validate the change/implementation plans and provide technical authorization on the plans Work with project teams for new opportunities or sites/service onboarding design and implementation Manage customer/stakeholder communication for any Service improvement plan, major incident investigation or any new opportunity designing and implementation Essential: L3 level Voice Engineer having 10+ years of work experience in voice networks. Expertise in managing voice protocols such as SIP, H.323, ISDN, E1/T1 and AudioCodes SBC and its managing platform OVOC. Desired: Work experience / knowledge of multiple ITIL disciplines and AudioCodes/CCNP Collaboration certified. Essential: Engineering Graduate (with specialization on Electronics & communication/Information Technology/Computer application/Relevant streams Good Understanding of Networking, IT/Telecom processes & products Good understanding of ITIL Understanding of Network / IT / Telecommunication products and solutions.