Karim Ahmed Hammam

VOICE ENGINEER (CISCO)Full Time

• Job Details:Handle all AVAYA issues including upgrading AVAYA firmware and configuring AVAYA [hardware/software] platforms to open the communication channel in between the client and the internal scope. Provide second-line contact and problem resolutions for all users with voice problems and first-line contact for all users defined as VIP.  Resolve as many user-reported problems as expertise permits within the agreed SLA and using available tools while following procedures and policies for the handling of support cases.  Performs all voice-related daily, weekly, and monthly administrative activities.  Accountable for monitoring the voice performance concerning safety and sustainability; ensure all functions are optimally performing and meeting the expectations; provide preventive and corrective actions of maintenance necessary to keep on track; handle emergencies and upgrades necessary for better performance; keep aligned with state-of-the-art technologies and contribute in function plans and recommendations and maintain voice system capacity planning.  Analyze and reviews current telecommunication costs, billing plans, and systems to ensure cost efficiency and continuous improvement.  Provides consultation to commercial team in relation to voice services.  Attend Crisis management meetings determinant by the IT management and concerned to figure out the smoothest and the most efficient scenario to manage the sudden emergency or plan for massive changes on the running system.  Run periodical healthy checkup for all RCC servers; assess and flag the hardware and software needs required for consistency of performance; apply the reconfiguration on the servers after taking approval from the direct manager. Adhere to the team plans regarding applying global actions and massive upgrade operations including adherence to the plan steps or the time chosen for applying the action out of the high traffic frame.  Manage redundancy plan with ensuring the proper replications between the different servers, which are located in RCC different sites. Apply on demand the data required about any user behavior and the history of the usage. Maintains written documentation on each action and ensures saving the documents on a shared folder enabling subsequent new joiners to the project or the team to easily recognize the history of all actions taken on the system and its applications.  Train and support new joiners and contribute in tracking and reporting the performance till covering the learning curve and proactively learn and train other staff members on new technologies. Manage people and handle as escalation point the team complaints and supervise the performance and achievement; evaluate performance with key metrics and conduct one-to-one meetings with all relevant subordinates to communicate feedback from monthly performance assessment; carry out general meetings as well to review operational results and discuss improvement steps and plan to eliminate the attrition potentials and consider VOE.