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We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. Most of our employees are in the United States, but today we have employees in 19 countries. At CHS, we are creating connections to empower agriculture.\nSummary\nCHS has an exciting opportunity within our Information Technology group. We are seeking a Unified Communications Engineer to support reliable, scalable voice and customer engagement services through MS Teams Voice, Five9, and enterprise telephony infrastructure. The position balances hands-on administration and troubleshooting with implementation and solution design. Working with a moderate level of guidance, this engineer may lead defined solution designs or collaborate with senior engineers on more complex initiatives. The role partners with business stakeholders and IT teams to understand requirements, implement practical solutions, and improve service reliability.\nThis is a remote-based role with routine on-site collaboration. To be considered for this position, qualified candidates must currently reside in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN metro area to commute to the corporate office located in Inver Grove Heights, MN as needed.\nResponsibilities\nAdminister, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot Microsoft Teams Voice, Five9, and support telephony infrastructure.\nLead or collaborate on solution designs and implementations within an assigned scope, seeking guidance on complex requirements and broader architectural decisions.\nSupport migrations from legacy telephony systems to Microsoft Teams Voice and Five9. \nWork with business stakeholders to understand communication needs and translate requirements into effective configurations, call flows, and technical designs.\nConfigure and maintain dial plans, call routing, contact center call flows, and integrate voice and customer engagement platforms. \nDevelop and maintain Visio diagrams, call flow documentation, configuration records, and operational procedures. \nSupport PSTN connectivity, including carrier coordination, provisioning, number porting, SIP trucking and circuit management.\nTroubleshoot voice quality and connectivity issues using networking fundamentals, packet analysis, and available monitoring tools.\nInvestigate incidents, contribute to root cause analysis, and recommend improvements to service performance and reliability.\nUse PowerShell and/or Python to automate configuration, reporting, monitoring, and routine administrative tasks.\nCollaborate with network, infrastructure, security, and other IT teams to implement and support unified communications services.\nParticipate in Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, and continuous improvement activities.\nShare knowledge and provide informal guidance to team members.\nParticipate in an on-call rotation and perform occasional after-hours maintenance, upgrades, and migrations.\nPerform other responsibilities as assigned or needed.\nMinimum Qualifications (required)\nHigh School Diploma (or equivalent)\n2+ years of experience in enterprise telephony, VoIP, or unified communications to include a combination of the following:Hands-on experience deploying, administering, and troubleshooting MS Teams Voice\nHands-on experience configuring, administering, and troubleshooting Five9\nWorking knowledge of legacy and IP telephony technologies, including TDM, IP-PBX, voicemail/unified messaging integration, PRI, SIP station and trunking, H.323, VoIP, and analog and digital systems\nExperience configuring and troubleshooting dial plans, call routing, and contact center call flows\nProficiency with PowerShell and/or Python scripting for automation and system administration\nBasic networking experience, including routing swiching, and packet analysis\n\nAdditional Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Information technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology Management, or related field\n4+ years of experience in enterprise telephony, VoIP, or unified communications\nExperience with Cisco Webex\nExperience using Cisco ThousandEyes for network monitoring and troubleshooting\nExperience migrating legacy telephony systems to Microsoft Teams Voice in a large enterprise environment\nExperience with carrier coordination, SIP trunk provisioning, and number porting\nExperience with IVR, ACD, call recording, CTI, and CRM integrations\nUnderstanding of cybersecurity principles related to voice and contact center systems\nFamiliarity with ITSM/ITIL practices and Agile methodologies, including Scrum\nExperience contributing to process improvement and sharing technical knowledge with peers\nBasic networking experience, including routing, switching, and packet analysis\nWorking knowledge of quality of service/class of service (QoS/CoS), traffic shaping, and troubleshooting IP voice performance\nAbility to analyze technical issues, apply established practices and judgment, and recognize when additional guidance is needed\nAbility to collaborate with business and IT teams and communicate technical information clearly\nAbility to create and maintain accurate technical documentation\nPre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidates must pass pre-employment screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, motor vehicle check, physical requirements and FMSCA Clearinghouse.\nCHS offers a competitive total rewards package. Compensation includes base wage and, depending upon position, may include other earnings such as bonus, incentives and commissions. Actual pay offered will vary based on multiple factors which may include, without limitation, experience, education, training, specialized skills and certifications, minimum wage/salary requirements under local law.\nBenefits include medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, life insurance, health and dependent care spending accounts, paid time off, 401(k), pension, profit sharing, short- and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance, subject to the eligibility requirements for each benefit plan.\nCHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability.\nPlease note that any communication from a CHS recruiter would be sent using a chsinc.com email address. In addition, a CHS recruiter will not ask for confidential information over the phone or in an email, or request money from a candidate involved in an offer process. 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