Sr. Unified Comms Engineer - Federal Customer

Socket.dev; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev seeks a Sr. Unified Communications Engineer for a Federal Customer to engineer, sustain, and improve voice and collaboration capabilities in a secure environment.

This on-site role requires administration, troubleshooting, and lifecycle support of UC platforms and endpoints to ensure mission readiness. The ideal candidate has deep UC fundamentals, strong customer-facing problem-solving, and the ability to maintain dependable collaboration services under mission requirements.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in unified communications or collaboration environments.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to maintain access as required by the program.
• On-site work in a secure environment at Chantilly, VA.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support voice, telephony, conferencing, or collaboration platforms.
• Troubleshoot service issues involving call quality, endpoints, connectivity, or platform configuration.
• Support implementation, upgrades, and integration of communications solutions.
• Maintain documentation, diagrams, operating procedures, and support records.
• Coordinate with network, systems, and field teams on platform dependencies and changes.
• Support user issues, service requests, and operational continuity activities.
• Contribute to testing, validation, and service improvement efforts.
• Help ensure secure, stable, and supportable communications capabilities.
• Provide reports to relevant stakeholders and participate in leadership level design and engineering decisions.

Skills

UC fundamentals

VoIP

Telephony

Collaboration platforms

Troubleshooting

Customer support

Network QoS

Video/Conferencing

SIP

Enterprise architectures

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Cisco UC

Job description

Sr. Unified Comms Engineer - Federal Customer

(On-Site 5 Days per week, Chantilly, VA - TS/SCI Required)

The Unified Communications Engineer supports Dell Mission Operations by engineering, sustaining, and improving voice and collaboration capabilities used for day-to-day mission execution. This role is responsible for administration, troubleshooting, integration, and lifecycle support of communications platforms and endpoints in a secure environment. The ideal candidate brings strong UC fundamentals, customer-facing problem solving, and the ability to maintain dependable collaboration services under mission requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Administer and support voice, telephony, conferencing, or collaboration platforms
• Troubleshoot service issues involving call quality, endpoints, connectivity, or platform configuration
• Support implementation, upgrades, and integration of communications solutions
• Maintain documentation, diagrams, operating procedures, and support records
• Coordinate with network, systems, and field teams on platform dependencies and changes
• Support user issues, service requests, and operational continuity activities
• Contribute to testing, validation, and service improvement efforts
• Help ensure secure, stable, and supportable communications capabilities
• Provide reports to relevant stakeholders and participate in leadership level design and engineering decisions

Required qualifications

• Experience supporting unified communications, VoIP, telephony, or collaboration environments
• Strong troubleshooting and customer-support skills
• Familiarity with endpoint integration, platform administration, and service support processes
• Understanding of network and QoS concepts related to voice and collaboration services
• Ability to work onsite in a secure environment
• Experience with video, AV, conferencing, or call-management environments
• Familiarity with SIP, secure voice, or enterprise communications architectures
• 15+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree
• Active TS/SCI and ability to maintain access as required by the program

Core Competencies - Leadership

• Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues in distributed systems.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to collaborate effectively with development teams, operations, security, and other stakeholders.
• Collaboration: Ability to work effectively in a team environment and lead technical initiatives.
• Mentorship: As a Senior role, the ability to guide and mentor junior engineers, share knowledge, and foster best practices.
• Proactive & Ownership: Proactive approach to identifying and addressing potential issues, with a strong sense of ownership over the platform.
• Adaptability & Continuous Learning: Eagerness to learn new technologies and adapt to a rapidly evolving cloud-native landscape.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Cisco UC or similar platforms
• Experience in government or classified environments
• Lead experience guiding standards, design choices, or junior engineers

Work environment / program context

This role supports communications capabilities that users depend on every day. Lead-level roles will provide technical direction, lead escalations, and maintain ownership of standards.