University of Washington
UW-IT is the central IT organization for the University of Washington, providing critical technology support to all three campuses, UW medical centers and global research operations. UW-IT collaborates with University partners to advance teaching, learning, innovation and discovery at the UW. IT Infrastructure Services within UW-IT is responsible for major infrastructure services, including Data Centers, Data Networks (wired and wireless), Identity and Access Management, Infrastructure Tools, Servers and Storage, and Phones and Voice.
The Telecommunications Engineer position in the Information Technology Infrastructure/Information Technology Operations (ITI/ITO) division of UW-Information Technology (UW-IT) focuses on the operations, management, and evaluation of an enterprise telecommunication system for the University consisting of over 30,000 endpoints.
Unified communications (UC) comprise the integration of real-time voice and/or data communication services such as instant messaging (chat), presence information, telephony services (including TDM, analog and IP telephony), call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging (integrated voicemail, e-mail, text messaging, and fax). UC is not a single product, but a set of products that provide a consistent user experience across multiple devices and media types. UC also refers to the trend of offering process integration, i.e. to simplify and integrate all forms of communication services to optimize UW business processes and reduce the response time, manage flows, and eliminate redundant device and media dependencies.
Telecommunications Engineers are responsible for the development, operations, maintenance, and support of an advanced communications network environment for the University. Successful engineers must identify and qualify needs, either as requested by UW-IT management on behalf of UW units, or as ongoing monitoring of existing systems that may require the design and development of solutions for the requested services.
As subject matter experts, Telecommunications Engineers provide consultation to users and system managers by adapting leading edge technologies to fulfill the needs and requirements of each project, providing careful evaluation while simultaneously drawing upon lessons learned from subsequent efforts. In some instances, this may involve the development and revision of software and hardware specific and unique to the voice communications infrastructure at the university.
The incumbent must provide priority-zero (highest priority) day-to-day operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, and support for a highly advanced unified communications platform that integrates multivendor systems using an Avaya Aura communications core within a distributed, highly-resilient, clustered, hyperconverged Nutanix infrastructure. In some cases, this will require the creation and/or modification of UW-specific configurations, which may include software development including the use of APIs, distributed server backends and web-based client portals. In all cases, it requires thorough evaluation, adaptation, and integration of previously existing software and hardware components and systems that support research, teaching, and administrative staff.
The nature of advanced telecommunications systems is that they are rarely (never) “plug and play” without significant investments in analysis and experimental system integration. In some cases, this position will participate in joint study projects with data and telecommunications vendors aimed at developing improved academic telecommunications solutions.
A Telecommunications Engineer’s focus is with voice applications and infrastructure, voice protocols, network protocols, and operational activities. The goal is to provide the university with a highly available, highly reliable, easy to use telecommunications environment that appears seamlessly integrated for our customers.
Strong understanding of the following:
Telephony concepts: VoIP, SIP (RFC3261 and other related RFCs), faxing (including T38), ISDN-PRI, call routing, use of tracing tools to analyze SIP messages
Networking concepts: Network switching, routing, conceptual framework of the OSI model, QoS, network analysis tools such as Wireshark
Other concepts: Databases, hyper-converged infrastructure, scripting and code writing, APIs
Abilities: Strong communications, ability to write detailed documentation
REQUIREMENTS
DESIRED
Hybrid open office environment
This position is required to report to work remotely when UW suspends operations.
Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.
The University of Washington is a leader in environmental stewardship & sustainability, and committed to becoming climate neutral.
The University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or [email protected].
COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT
Governor Inslee’s Proclamation 21-14.2 requires employees of higher education and healthcare institutions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical or religious exemption is approved. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination. View the Final candidate guide to COVID-19 vaccination requirement webpage for information about the medical or religious exemption process for final candidates.
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