Telecom Analyst
Dallas, TX, United States
About the Job
The Telcom Analyst is responsible for installing, laying out, and maintaining all Telcom network components across the company. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams, including other infrastructure and operations teams, development teams, vendors, and leadership, to ensure network reliability and performance that aligns with business requirements.
Duties & Responsibilities
Installs, configures, and maintains the organization's infrastructure objects, e.g., routers, ports, switches, and firewalls
Has knowledge of LAN/WAN
Installs, configures, and troubleshoots analog, digital, and VOIP telecom infrastructure
Experience with Nextiva strongly preferred
Ability to react quickly to outages and provide connectivity solutions for events in adverse weather conditions
Monitors switches, firewalls, and SD-WAN devices for bandwidth usage, outages, and throughput
Proactively researches, assesses trends, and makes recommendations for optimizing network infrastructure
Review configurations, guidelines, standards, and policies to increase value and reliability to the organization
Assists in developing documents, diagrams, policies, and procedures, and assist in training
Provides weekly status reports on projects and outages
Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish tasks
Works within a team environment, typically with guidance from the information security team, project lead, or manager
Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Telecom unit within the assigned region
Assign and prioritize tasks to the technicians using Service Desk (Zendesk) software and monitor the distribution of workload
Conduct site surveys and liaise with the user community to ascertain their Telecom needs
Escalate unresolved Telecom issues to senior IT staff by providing concise descriptions and supporting information
Lead Telecom projects related to setting up new sites, upgrading infrastructure, and refresh equipment
Enforce Quality Assurance by reviewing the documented resolutions of other techs in the Service Desk software
Interface and Manage Telecom Vendors to resolve Telecom-related issues and system upgrades
Handle escalated customer service issues (ISP and Weave) efficiently keeping customer satisfaction high.
Use of Telecommunications provisioning software and Nextiva to administer moves, adds, and changes on ACS end users' phones, VoIP phones, Voice Mail, and Fax Systems
Coordinate and manage the relocation and new staff setup for all voice-related services; deliver, set up, and configure phone instruments as needed
Use ACS Telecom Inventory Management System to keep up-to-date inventory on the voice and data lines and Telecom equipment
Coordinate, prepare, and provide end-user technical training and/or documentation
Provide work direction, problem resolution, and training to other technical support personnel as needed
Enforce ACS' standard procedures for the disposal of end-of-life equipment
Field escalated support calls and emails related to telecom support
Prepare technical requirements/specifications/proposals/reports/design documents for Telecom services and equipment, i.e., VoIP, Video conferencing, etc., as needed
Develop and execute migration plan of existing Centrex services to VoIP environment including the configuration and distribution of the software
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
Other duties as assigned.
Requirements Bachelor's degree in Information Systems/ Technology Field
5+ years in network operations with progressive responsibility
CCNA certification or higher is preferred
Technical expertise with networking components and procedures, firewalls and network security, and network monitoring tools.
Datacenter, campus, and edge networking
Knowledge of multi-VLAN, Next Generation Firewalls, SD-WAN, Spanning Tree, and wireless networking
Mid-level knowledge of network and computer technologies.
Strong work ethic and multi-tasking ability.
Able to work unsupervised but utilize direction, supervision, and training effectively
Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making abilities
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Understanding of standard concepts, practices, and procedures within networking
Requires 60% Travel
Benefit Packages
Benefits: 401(k) with Match, Medical/Dental/Life/STD/LTD, Vision Service Plan, Employee Vision Discount, Program HSA/FSA, PTO, Paid Holidays *Benefits applicable to Full Time Employment only*