Communications Engineer Requirements, Skills & Qualifications
The following common skills and qualifications are required of a Communications Engineer:
- A degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications or similar field.
- Relevant industry experience.
- Ability to build and maintain rapport with all users at different levels of the organisation, across Complexes, Divisions and Departments.
- Excellent interpersonal skills coupled with a collaborative style
- Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills; ability to triage effectively under pressure.
- Good organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multi-task.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team.
- Have the ability to effectively transfer and exchange information.
- Have the ability to develop work plan, define priorities and monitor work progress.
- Effective communication
- Competences in the use of standard technology packages (word, excel, outlook, Power Point, MS Projects, etc…).
- Working knowledge at Voice and Video standards: SIP, H323, MGW, SBC, ISDN/ PSTN lines configuration and GSM-Gateway, Cisco Voice Gateways/Skype for Business/ VoIP/ Windows/Linux Server operating system environment, implementation and support.
- Working knowledge of network function virtualization, network automation, data center virtualization and firewalls.
- Proven experience in Polycom Real Presence and Skype for Business project management, implementation and operation.
- Dynamic and self-motivated to provide better services to the users
- Proven experience in configuration and troubleshooting VoIP and video standards, essentially SIP, SDP, H323, RTP, RTCP, TLS Experience in designing and implementing IT Services
Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Communications Engineer skill, qualifications and experience. Job requirements for specific Communications Engineer roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.