Pre-eminent Unified Communications Engineer
Summary
UF Information Technology Classification*
This is an expert-level position recognized as a thought leader in areas of expertise which includes planning telecommunication (voice/video), unified communications and collaboration, technologies implementation and administration. Determining physical and logical layouts, installing, configuring, and maintaining UF voice and video service to meet end user needs by ensuring the uptime, performance, resource availability, and security of the networks managed within established budgets and operational guidelines. Specialist and Expert Professionals are expected to have technical acumen in their specific domain area. The Pre-eminent Professional is responsible for technical integration across multiple information technology disciplines including networking, compute, storage, databases, operating systems, middleware, and cloud (public and private). The pre-eminent professional is focused beyond the immediate tactical efforts on new emerging technologies and its alignment with the strategic IT goals of the University of Florida. Responsibilities typically include recommending operational strategies and plans with a direct impact on results, directly influencing technology decisions made by leadership, and providing solutions for problems that are complex and multi-dimensional. Requires communication with executive leadership on matters of strategic importance.
Examples of Work
Job functions are specific duties that would be included in the essential functions of the job description. These functions are not all-inclusive, nor do they cover the full extent of the duties performed.
- Evaluates business requirements and conducts fit/gap analysis
- Develops and reviews alternative technical solutions
- Identifies and maps relationships between IT platform and infrastructure components
- Performs vendor analysis and assessments
- Analyze, design, and plan the Unified Communications and Collaboration architecture for the University of Florida
- Researches, develops, and deploys collaborative solutions
- Collaborates with the various UF telecommunications, voice, and video messaging customers
- Defines appropriate voice and video network requirements
- Provides technical recommendations to directors which include the development of ITN/ITB, trade study results, and technical presentations to support the goals of the organization
- May represent the University through participation in forums, conferences, and the production of technical publications
- Utilizes project management methodologies to prioritize and execute projects
Education and Experience
High School Diploma or equivalent and 8 years of relevant direct experience in the specific core competency within UFIT Infrastructure and Communication team and total 12 years of collective experience in similar IT roles across UF.
Licensure and Certification
N/A
Supervision
*Reserved Classification – Use of this classification outside of UFIT requires prior approval by Classification and Compensation
This position may include supervisory responsibility.
Responsible for the leadership of medium/large sized projects and the direction of project efforts of 2 or more people.
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