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The United IT team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions that are brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics and digital solutions.
Job overview and responsibilities
Provide coherent technology strategies and durable reference architectures for all Enterprise Voice, Video, and other Unified Communications technologies.
Maintain constant visibility of market technology and user trends, and influence vendors' roadmaps to prioritize features important to the Company's strategic objectives
Collaborate with business stakeholders and other IT workgroups on strategies and architectures that provide a clear value proposition for the Company and that satisfy business needs
Perform development lab work to explore new Unified Communications technologies and to validate reference architectures
Define and document product lifecycle strategies, technology standards, and best-practice reference architectures
Partner with Engineering and Operations workgroups for knowledge transfer on new technologies and to ensure successful implementation of strategic projects
Required
* Bachelor's Degree
* At least 10 years experience architecting large scale enterprise-wide IP telephony networks
* At least 10 years experience architecting large scale enterprise voice networks QOS, LAN WAN interfaces and UCCE components
* At least 10 years implementing and/or administering Cisco IPT, UM, and video solutions
* CCNP Voice
* Subject Matter Expert level knowledge of Cisco's Unified Communications suite for voice and video collaboration
* Strong practical knowledge of IPTrade Turret Communications systems
* Thorough understanding of Information Security best practices and compliance requirements for securing real-time communications
* Thorough understanding of QoS best practices and implementation fundamentals
* Thorough understanding of common call control protocols such as SIP, H.323, and SCCP
* Extensive experience implementing and/or administering Cisco VoIP/IPT and messaging solutions
* Extensive experience defining, configuring, and troubleshooting QoS mechanisms in mixed-use networks which include real-time voice and video traffic
* Practical experience securing IP voice communications
* Practical experience designing and implementing SIP trunking solutions
* Substantial experience evaluating new technologies and validating reference topologies in a lab environment
* Strong technical writing and drawing skills, with the ability to effectively whiteboard complex technical topologies
* The ability to concisely present complex concepts to a broad audience with varying technical competencies
* Extensive experience whiteboarding complex technical concepts both with technical peers and for educating less technical audiences
* Extensive experience producing detailed and professional technical documents describing standards, architectures, or designs
* Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualifications
* Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position
Preferred
* Airline experience
* CCIE Voice
* ACS or higher
* Strong knowledge of Cisco UCCE and other contact center systems
* Broad experience in various technologies
* SharePoint power user
* Working knowledge of TOGAF Enterprise Architecture methodology
* Substantial experience with large scale conferencing systems
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT
Chicago, IL
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (formerly UAL Corporation) is a publicly traded airline holding company headquartered in the Willis Tower in Chicago. UCH owns and operates United Airlines, Inc. The company is the successor of UAL Corporation, which agreed to change its name to United Continental Holdings in May 2010, when a merger agreement was reached between United and Continental Airlines. Its stock trades under the UAL symbol.
To effect the merger, Continental shareholders received 1.05 shares of UAL stock for each Continental share, effectively meaning Continental was acquired by UAL Corporation; at the time of closing, it was estimated that United shareholders owned 55% of the merged entity and Continental shareholders owned 45%. The company or its subsidiary airlines also have several other subsidiaries. Once completely combined, United became the world's largest airline, as measured by revenue passenger miles. United is a founding member of the Star Alliance.
UCH has major operations at Chicago–O'Hare, Denver, Guam, Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Newark (New Jersey), San Francisco, and Washington–Dulles. Additionally, UCH's United is the largest U.S. carrier to the People's Republic of China and maintains a large operation throughout Asia. UCH uses Continental's operating certificate and United's repair station certificate, having been approved by the FAA on November 30, 2011.