Designs and operates unified communications: voice, video, chat and presence.
Entry
Senior
Coding
Medium
Key skills
Career overview
The Unified Communications Engineer integrates voice, video, messaging and presence into one experience, often on Microsoft Teams or Cisco. The role blends telephony, networking and collaboration platforms.
Main responsibilities
- Manage unified communications and collaboration
- Administer VoIP and telephony platforms
- Manage collaboration tools (Teams, Slack, SharePoint)
- Configure switches, routers, VLANs and Wi-Fi
- Monitor platform health, alerts and dashboards
- Prepare and execute change requests in production
- Lead incident resolution and post-mortem analysis
- Automate recurring tasks with scripts
- Keep technical documentation up to date
- Coordinate with software vendors and third parties
Technical skills
Technologies
Education level
Education requirements vary depending on the company, country and experience. Professional experience, certifications and technical skills can sometimes compensate for formal education.
High School / Bac
Less common
Bac+2 (2-year degree)
Less common
Bac+3 (Bachelor)
Common entry point
Bac+5 (Master / Engineering)
Common entry point
Experience & coding level
Experience level
Coding level
Useful certifications
Certifications are never mandatory. They are one way among others to prove a skill.
- Microsoft MS-700
- Cisco CCNP Collaboration
- Microsoft MS-102
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Soft skills
- Clear communication
- Problem solving
- Rigour and attention to detail
- Customer focus
- Autonomy
- Documentation writing
Common previous careers
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Overlap: 59% · Difficulty: Easy
Skills to learn: Video conferencing, SBC / Direct Routing, Identity
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