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Alight Unified Communications Technical Manager - Virtual in Illinois, Illinois
Unified Communications Technical Manager
Amazing Opportunity and Great Place to Work!
Come make a difference and consider this unique opportunity to step into a rewarding career.
Our Story
At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”
Our Values
Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
Grow with purpose – be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.
It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.
With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.
Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.
Learn more at careers.alight.com.
About the Role
The Unified Communications team is responsible for the strategy, architecture, engineering and support of Alight’s collaboration environments. Alight seeks an experienced solution architect with team management experience to lead current strategic initiatives and drive greater workplace productivity.
US Citizenship requirements- as this role supports services provided to the federal government and/or a federal government contractor, proof will be required to verify US citizenship status at time of hire.
Responsibilities
Maintaining the global enterprise architecture and implementation for collaboration, conferencing, telephony, video conferencing, and digital signage.
Determining architecture, vendor product and topology of the corporate SIP trunking environment. (Microsoft Teams) and contact center (Genesys Cloud) trunking.
Working with security team to architect and implement secure external collaboration. (Microsoft Teams federation, B2B Guest access, and Teams Shared Channel capabilities).
Setting technology standards for conferencing, including all video, web, and audio conferencing.
Overseeing the provisioning and deprovisioning of colleague accounts and applications managed by the UCC team.
Participating in or lead incident and problem resolution for products and technologies managed by the team.
Managing our UCC vendors to maintain cost effective services.
Managing our enterprise SIP trunking solutions and capacity for our contact center and office telephony environments.
Working with network team and technology providers to monitor and troubleshoot voice and video media quality and reliability issues.
Leading number and dial plan management for our enterprise voice systems.
Requirements
Have completed a program of study typically requiring four years of post-secondary education or higher educational attainment.
10-15 years’ experience in unified communications or telephony
Experience in team management 2 to 3 years.
Experience with enterprise telephony and collaboration architecture development.
Demonstrate experience Microsoft Teams administration, including voice, web, and video conferencing
Voice quality analysis and problem resolution experience.
Experience with network infrastructure technologies and the impact they have on telephony and conferencing applications.
Network experience with VLANs and subnets, DNS / DHCP, Proxy servers, Firewalls, SD-WAN, QoS
Grasp of QoS in a voice and video environment
Experience with VoIP protocols, including SIP, RTP, WebRTC.
Flexible Working
So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible. Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.
Benefits
We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options.
By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Alight is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.
At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.
As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact alightcareers@alight.com.
Diversity Policy Statement
Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in the employment of qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.
Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.
Authorization to work in the Employing Country
Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.
Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
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We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
Salary Pay Range
Minimum :
90,200 USD
Maximum :
143,100 USD
Pay Transparency Statement: Alight considers a variety of factors in determining whether to extend an offer of employment and in setting the appropriate compensation level, including, but not limited to, a candidate’s experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography. Alight makes these decisions on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Bonus and/or incentive eligibility are determined by role and level. Alight also offers a comprehensive benefits package; for specific details on our benefits package, please visit: https://bit.ly/Alight_Benefits
DISCLAIMER:
Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer.
