Cisco Contact Center Solutions Network Architect

Title: Cisco Contact Center Solutions Network Architect

Location: Hybrid in Portland OR

Contract Length:1 Year

2 rounds of interview

Description

Team and Work Environment
Can you give a highlevel overview of your team size roles its initiatives/deliverables and any tool/technologies specific to your team/department/project they will be supporting: Team size is fairly small 23 people but the client base is large. It will work with the network and communication engineers multiple managed services vendors and a Contact Center of 250 advisors.
What would a day in the life of this role look like: We are looking for an experienced Contact Center Solution Architect to join our Customer Application team.

What interaction level with this role have the team members and hiring manager There is daily interaction
What would you say is the top priority for the worker over the first few weeks/months: Provide assessment of the application landscape and develop roadmap for improvements.
What do you foresee being the biggest challenge in this role The environment landscape is large and there are many stakeholders with institutional knowledge.

Required Skills
Is utilities experience required (Y/N) N
Qualifications:
Proven experience as a Solution Architect or Technical Lead with a focus on contact center solutions.
Strong knowledge of contact center technologies including IVR systems ACD systems CTI integrations workforce management and reporting/analytics tools.
Experience with contact center platforms such as Cisco or similar.
Proficiency in cloudbased contact center solutions such as Cisco Cloud AWS Connect Twilio Flex or Genesys Cloud.
Expertise in designing scalable and resilient architectures including high availability disaster recovery and load balancing.
Excellent communication presentation and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to work collaboratively in a crossfunctional team environment and lead technical discussions and workshops.


Overview:
We are looking for an experienced Contact Center Solution Architect to join our Customer Application team.
As the Solution Architect we are seeking someone to play a critical role in designing implementing and optimizing contact center solutions for our clients. The role will design and develop the architecture (integrated process applications data and technology) solutions to our Contact Center Operations problems in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards. This role will perform technical planning architecture development and modification of specifications.
PGE recently implemented and upgraded to Cisco WxCCE and we seek to leverage the new cloud platform and continue to reduce the complexity and increase reliability of our systems. We are also continuing to focus on advancing functions to support our Contact Center Advisors and Customers leveraging GenAI and maximizing our use of our applications.
This role will be responsible for researching and developing specifications for new products/services applications and service offerings on this new technology stack. This work will result in a technology roadmap for the future.
Key Responsibilities:

Solution Design: Design endtoend contact center solutions based on client requirements industry best practices and emerging technologies.
Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership and guidance to teams including managed services vendors.
Requirements Analysis: Collaborate with application administrators and stakeholders to gather and analyze business requirements translating them into technical solutions and architecture designs.
Technology Evaluation: Evaluate and recommend contact center technologies platforms and tools that align with business goals customer needs and industry standards.
Integration and Customization: Define integration strategies and oversee the integration of contact center solutions with CRM systems IVA systems and other enterprise applications.
Performance Optimization: Optimize contact center performance by identifying bottlenecks optimizing workflows and implementing performance tuning strategies.
Security and Compliance: Ensure contact center solutions comply with security standards data protection regulations and industry best practices for information security and privacy.
Documentation and Training: Create technical documentation architecture diagrams and training materials for internal teams and clients on contact center solutions and best practices.
Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest trends technologies and innovations in contact center solutions recommending enhancements and improvements to existing systems and processes.