Senior Voice System Engineer, Cisco recruitment

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We are seeking an energetic, highly motivated, goal oriented, Sr. Network Engineer to design and implement solutions in a dynamic fast-paced environment. The candidate will work in a team environment contributing technical expertise to the evaluation, design, build and delivery of complex solutions. Must be a team player and possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills since they will participate in meetings with members of various project teams as well as business clients. The candidate must present themselves in a professional and intuitive manner.

As a member of the Voice Engineering team, the candidate will be responsible for strategic global voice systems planning and design. The candidate will be involved with the Engineering/Planning functions of a traditional voice engineering group, but will interface with the data network engineering team on initiatives that involve the converged voice-data world, and with other IT teams on initiatives that involve unified communications, integration of voice and video, delivering content, etc. The candidate will interface with various business groups and determine if and when the company can exploit new technologies.

• The key job responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

o Research and analyze emerging network technologies and their applicability at AB
o Perform and/or oversee pilot studies, testing and deployments that result from such analysis.
o Interface with business units and other IT groups to understand their requirements
o Determining evolving end-user needs on an ongoing basis and determining solutions that meet those requirements
o Set design and configuration standards including, but not limited to, hardware platforms, software, systems SIP/PSTN access, monitoring and management parameters and procedures, etc.
o Provide third and fourth level support to the operations team
o Mentor junior members of the team

• What makes this role unique or interesting? This is a uniquely challenging role that leverages the candidates existing skills experiences while allowing them to learn and work with new technologies and systems. The nature of this engineering team is both tactical and strategic. Tactical in that there are daily challenges that present opportunity to affect positive change in the environment; strategic in that this team is charged with providing innovative solutions to business needs and applying new technology. The size of both the team company allow for flexibility, a wide range of responsibilities along with a variety of technical challenges.

• What is the professional development value of this role? This opportunity allows the candidate to enhance their existing knowledge of network and communications technology while allowing them to learn new concepts, platforms and techniques. They will gain valuable insight into the business through the design and implementation of various systems support of various aspects of the technology.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 8+ years of experience including at least three years in a financial firm
• Cisco certification such as CCNP Voice , CCVP or preferably, CCIE Voice

• Have in-depth knowledge of Cisco Voice network deployment models and should understand function, operation and interaction of all components of the voice infrastructure, including (but not limited to) servers, voice-specific network devices, PSTN and analog gateways, gatekeepers, SIP border elements, dial plans, etc.
• Have extensive hands-on implementation and support experience including (but not limited to) build-out and modification of Cisco Unified Communication products like Cisco Unified Communication Manager, Unified Contact Center Express, Cisco Unity Voicemail, Cisco Wireless Phones and Cisco Call Manager Express.
• Have clear understanding on VOIP protocols like SIP, H.323 and MGCP
• Have clear understanding on Telecom infrastructure protocols like ISDN and analog signaling.
• Highly knowledgeable in IP Networking, enterprise voice solutions, VoIP technology, IPSec, TDM Voice, VoIP CPE, Soft Switches, Session Border Controllers, Routers, and Firewalls
• Communication skills that includes the ability to communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of employees and management, capable of successful formal and informal communication, and speak and write clearly and understandably.

• Ability to develop (program/script) solutions for and support all components of VoIP Systems, contact center solutions, IP-IVR queue management, peripheral gateways, historical data reporting, voice gateways, and other third party software/hardware integration.
• Ability to program Cisco IOS based voice products to include analog gateways, routers, and session and border controllers

AllianceBernstein is a leading global investment management firm that offers high-quality research and diversified investment services to institutional clients, individuals and private clients in major markets around the world. AllianceBernstein employs more than 500 investment professionals with expertise in growth equities, value equities, fixed income securities, blend strategies, and alternative investments, and, through its subsidiaries and joint ventures, operates in more than 20 countries. AllianceBernstein’s research disciplines include fundamental research, quantitative research, economic research and currency forecasting capabilities. Through its integrated global platform, AllianceBernstein is well-positioned to tailor investment solutions for its clients. AllianceBernstein also offers independent research, portfolio strategy and brokerage-related services to institutional investors.

Global Enterprise Technology Services (GETS) builds and supports AllianceBernstein's global technology infrastructure, which underpins the firm's entire technical operating environment. This includes the foundation for the IT department's robust, innovative solutions, which provide critical services to our business partners and which enable the firm to develop and sustain its competitive advantage. Groups comprising GETS include enterprise services, such as client services management, communications and networking, database services, engineering, market data, information security, systems management, and web hosting. They also include technology operations, such as client server system administration, the command center, messaging operations, production control and release management, storage management, and international operations.
 

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