Software Solution Architect-Contact Center Integrations

at  8x8 Inc

8x8, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGHT) believes that CX limits were meant to be shattered. We connect people and organizations through seamless communication on the industry’s most integrated platform for Customer Experience—combining Contact Center, Unified Communications, and CPaaS APIs. The 8x8® Platform for CX integrates AI at every level to enable personalized customer journeys, drive operational excellence and insights, and facilitate team collaboration.
We help customer experience and IT leaders become the heartbeat of their organizations, empowering them to unlock the potential of every interaction. With one platform, one ecosystem, and one data model, you can turn every team into a customer-facing team and unify your CX to conquer the complexity.
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Professional Services Solution Architect
8x8, Inc. is seeking an experienced Professional Services (PS) Solutions Architect to define and help create value added solutions for our business customers using our award winning hosted UCaaS, CCaaS, and CPaaS solutions. Your solutions development experience, call center and telecom industry knowledge, and strong customer presence, will help 8x8 expand our industry share of hosted unified communications for business customers.
Job Description:
You will be responsible for working closely with our customers and sales teams to craft unique customized solutions which enhance 8x8 products and services to meet customer’s requirements based on a mutually agreeable statement of work (SOW). The ideal candidate will have experience generating a SOW based on customer requirements to implement a customized solution utilizing a vendor’s hosted services, products, API’s, and software development tools.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with 8x8 sales managers and reseller partners to scope PS opportunities
• Collect project requirements from customers through remote interviews
• Create SOWs, including cost estimates, based on the customer requirements
• Work with our development resources to implement customized solutions and services based on the SOW utilizing 8x8 products, API’s, and 3rd party software development tools as required
• Design and prototyping software development projects as required and be responsible for the quality of work produced
• Help to manage the customer’s deployment of 8x8 services and solutions as specified in SOW
• Present 8x8 services and customized solutions to customers, including executives and end-users
• Meet or exceed P&L goals for professional services

Qualifications:

• Knowledge in:
• Web application architecture and technologies
• Database such as SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL
• Unified Communications, VOIP, and Contact Center technologies
• TCP/IP, Network routing protocols, security infrastructure, L2/L3 switches
• Experience in a PS consulting, sales engineering, and/or technical project management position for a vendor’s telecom, cloud services, and/or contact center services
• Industry expertise with contact centers and/or telecom, with a strong preference for SaaS (CCaaS and/or UCaaS)
• Programming experience with any of these – PHP, Python, .NET
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and/or comparable industry certifications and experience
• Experience in customer facing roles (5+ years)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for all levels of the organization including executive level
• A driven individual who sets aggressive personal goals and executes on them
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Team player who can make can difference

The compensation range reflects the Company’s good faith belief at the time of posting. 8x8 has different base pay ranges for different work locations within the United States, which allows us to pay employees competitively and consistently in different geographic markets. The range above reflects the potential base pay across the U.S. for this role; the applicable base pay range will depend on what ultimately is determined to be the candidate’s primary work location. Further, individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience, knowledge, success, education and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including discretionary merit increases, bonus and/or stock. Certain roles have the opportunity to earn sales variable compensation incentives based on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role.
Salary Ranges:
$92,625.00 - $154,375.00
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• Collaborate with 8x8 sales managers and reseller partners to scope PS opportunities
• Collect project requirements from customers through remote interviews
• Create SOWs, including cost estimates, based on the customer requirements
• Work with our development resources to implement customized solutions and services based on the SOW utilizing 8x8 products, API’s, and 3rd party software development tools as required
• Design and prototyping software development projects as required and be responsible for the quality of work produced
• Help to manage the customer’s deployment of 8x8 services and solutions as specified in SOW
• Present 8x8 services and customized solutions to customers, including executives and end-users
• Meet or exceed P&L goals for professional service