Senior Telecom Engineer, Contact Center Systems

Job Summary

The Telecom Engineer's goal is to enable Hilton's Worldwide Reservations and Customer Care (HRCC) customer-engagement hub strategy will be responsible for the architecture, design, and operational support of customer interaction applications and infrastructure globally for inbound contact centers. This encompasses ACD platforms and services, contact routing, automation and CTI; click-2-call; click-2-chat; mobile application functionality that facilitates telephony, email or chat customer interactions; self-service (help) pages; and virtual assistants. In contradistinction with a network engineer, this position will focus on customer interaction applications that will often leverage WAN/LAN services provided by and requiring heavy involvement from the Network Engineering team.

What will I be doing?

Utilizing an in-depth engineering knowledge of contact center technology and an understanding of Hilton's Worldwide Reservations and Customer Care (HRCC) business challenges and opportunities, the Senior Telecom Engineer for Contact Center Systems will be responsible for the design and implementation of solutions that exceed customer expectations in terms of functionality, cost of ownership and implementation timeline.

As a Team Member in this role, you will be responsible for:

• Analyzing business needs and recommending solutions that enable HRCC's customer-engagement hub strategy
• Supporting the department mission of serving as a trusted adviser to HRCC leadership on customer interaction services, the value delivery chain and the data generated and consumed by those services
• Following Hilton project management standards and working through internal and external resources, to deliver successful projects on time and within budget
• Maintaining current technical knowledge of the contact center landscape in order to drive the implementation of innovative applications and services that facilitate human or automated interactions with a customer
• Providing end-to-end service management oversight of customer interaction technology
• Harvesting data from customer interaction applications to deliver personalized services to customers through CTI, automation and self-help
• Leading the transformation of Hilton's customer interactions technology from a premise-based Hilton managed infrastructure model to an API-led cloud and SaaS model; rationalizing legacy systems and reducing overall cost envelope of legacy servers, data centers and computer rooms
• Coordinating with the Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, and Global Information Security teams for new and in-service systems to optimize and integrate such systems within the global network, telephony, and systems environment, following Hilton standards and high-level IT goals and objectives and resolving support issues
• Working closely with the Product and Delivery teams and SaaS providers on applications or services that provide or integrate with customer interaction services to deploy, integrate, instrument, optimize and monitor performance, as well as support new HRCC initiatives within an end-to-end services framework
• Serving as subject matter expert for the integration of customer interaction services and the data and events that flow between these systems and other services within the Hilton ecosystem

Desired Attributes:

• Demonstrated experience with key telephony and telecommunications tools and technologies (VOIP, WAN/LAN technologies, WebRTC, SBC, SIP, VoiceXML, Wireshark)
• Proven track record of successful architecture, design and building of contact center applications, including but not limited to, ACD (Avaya), IVR, CTI, call recording, speech and text analytics, and workforce management
• Must be able to work with people at all levels of the organization and have excellent communication skills, oral and written
• Proven ability to solve problems and apply critical thinking skills, interpret inputs and make sound decisions
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and ever changing environment with often-ambiguous business requirements and multiple competing priorities
• Proficiency with SQL for reporting and ETL

What are we looking for?

To fulfill this role successfully, you must possess the following minimum qualifications and experience:

• Minimum Education: BA/BS Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum Years of Experience: five (5) years working with Contact Center technology including networking and telecommunications engineering, telephony systems (including ACDs and call automation), contact center operations, vendor and service management, and security
• Minimum Years of Experience: three (3) years in vendor and service management, including cloud based services
• Minimum Years of Experience: Five (5) years of Technical experience
• Minimum Years of Experience: two (2) years of project management experience
• Management Experience (type): Project Management/Process Management
• Any Licenses or Certificates Required: Network+, CCNP, CCIE or other formal network training
• Additional Requirements (i.e. % of travel time, etc.):
• Requires off-hours and on-call work
• Travel up to 25%

It would be advantageous in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions:

• Education: MA/MS Master's Degree
• Minimum Years of Experience: seven (7) years of Technical experience
• Experience deploying systems using cloud or SaaS solutions
• Experience with Salesforce applications integration and support
• Experience with DevOps concepts and tools
• Experience in the development of plans, proposals and business cases including financial analysis of various options and the championing of proposals to achieve buy-in
• Proficiency in deploying and supporting applications in Linux and open source environments
• Proficiency with web and scripting languages (PHP, VB, JavaScript)
• Intermediate level experience with the assessment, integration, and operations of cloud-based telephony platforms and Contact Center as a Service
• Practical experience with ITIL concepts - ITIL training and certification
• PMP certification

What will it be like to work for Hilton?

Hilton is the leading global hospitality company, spanning the lodging sector from luxurious full-service hotels and resorts to extended-stay suites and mid-priced hotels. For nearly a century, Hilton has offered business and leisure travelers the finest in accommodations, service, amenities and value. Hilton is dedicated to continuing its tradition of providing exceptional guest experiences across its global brands. Our vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality unites us as a team to create remarkable hospitality experiences around the world every day. And, our amazing Team Members are at the heart of it all!

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