Principal Telecom Engineer

ibex; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ibex seeks a Principal Telecom Engineer to lead the Genesys Cloud‑focused Telecom and Contact Center Engineering team, driving delivery, governance, and customer success across implementations and managed services.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate with stakeholders, and ensure security/compliance while delivering high‑impact telecommunications solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/telecommunications or related field.
• 10+ years in Contact Center and Telecom industries.
• 5+ years leading technical teams in a customer-facing environment.
• Extensive experience delivering enterprise Contact Center solutions.
• Proven experience managing implementation and managed service teams.
• Deep knowledge of Genesys solutions and multi‑industry use cases.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a Genesys Cloud team with accountability and continuous learning.
• Own delivery of Genesys Cloud implementations, migrations, and managed services.
• Monitor KPIs, SLAs, risks, and report to stakeholders regularly.
• Provide technical leadership for enterprise integrations and solution design.
• Coordinate with carriers, vendors, and partners to maintain service availability.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Executive communication

Analytical thinking

Organizational skills

Collaborative leadership

Problem solving

Planning

Influencing cross-functional teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT / Telecommunications or related field

Job description

Overview

The Principal Telecom Engineer is responsible for leading the Telecom and Contact Center Engineering team while ensuring successful delivery of implementation, support, managed services, and consulting engagements. This role is accountable for team performance, customer satisfaction, operational excellence, technical governance, project delivery, and continuous improvement across all telecom technologies with a strong focus on Genesys Cloud. The successful candidate will combine strong technical expertise with people leadership, strategic planning, customer engagement, and operational management to ensure service quality, SLA compliance, and business growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Genesys Cloud team by fostering accountability, collaboration, continuous learning, and professional growth.
• Manage day-to-day team operations, including workload distribution, resource planning, performance management, and technical capability development.
• Own the successful delivery of Genesys Cloud implementation, migration, managed services, and support engagements, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and quality expectations.
• Monitor project health, operational KPIs, SLAs, customer commitments, resource utilization, risks, and dependencies, providing regular management and customer reports.
• Drive operational excellence through process standardization, automation, continuous improvement, and adherence to ITIL processes, governance, security policies, and organizational standards.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, vendors, and internal stakeholders while leading governance meetings, project reviews, and executive communications.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical and operational issues, ensuring timely resolution and high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Act as the technical authority for Genesys Cloud and Contact Center solutions by reviewing solution architectures, implementation strategies, technical documentation, MOPs, and best practices.
• Provide expert guidance for complex deployments, integrations, migrations, troubleshooting, and enterprise solution design across Genesys Cloud technologies.
• Identify, analyze, and resolve complex business communication and Contact Center platform issues while driving proactive capacity planning and solution optimization.
• Support business growth by developing technical proposals, Statements of Work (SOWs), solution designs, effort estimations, and implementation strategies based on customer requirements.
• Design, implement, and support enterprise telephony solutions, including Private/Public SIP Trunks, carrier integrations, third-party ACDs, and multi-region Genesys Cloud deployments utilizing Global Media Fabric.
• Ensure Contact Center platforms are designed and maintained in compliance with PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, and other applicable security and regulatory standards.
• Provide technical leadership for enterprise integrations involving REST APIs, HTTP/JSON, Active Directory, CRM, ERP, third-party applications, IVRs, Agent Scripts, and software architecture.
• Develop customer test plans, User Acceptance Test (UAT) plans, and implementation documentation to support successful project delivery.
• Coordinate with telecom carriers, vendors, and third-party partners to maintain service availability, SLA compliance, and operational continuity.
• Apply strong networking and telecommunications expertise, including TCP/IP, SIP, WAN, and telecom infrastructure, to support scalable and resilient Contact Center solutions.

Qualifications

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or related field.
• 10+ years of Contact Center and Telecom industry experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading technical teams in a customer-facing environment.
• Extensive experience delivering enterprise Contact Center solutions.
• Proven experience managing implementation and managed service teams.
• Profound knowledge on Genesys Solutions with Administration or Implementation experience in Telephony, Contact Center, Integrations, Reporting, Text & Speech Analytics, Quality Management (Call Recording), Call Routing, Performance Management, Email, Chat, SMS, Social, Co-Browse, Workforce Engagement & Management, Interactive Voice response, Voice & Digital Bots, and AppFoundry Partners.
• Must have insightful understanding on all Genesys products with multiple used cases for multiple industries.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong presentation and executive communication abilities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Collaborative leadership style.
• High emotional intelligence.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and results-oriented.
• Demonstrates integrity, professionalism, transparency, and accountability.
• Leads by example while fostering a culture of ownership, innovation, respect, and continuous improvement.