Job Description – Senior Cisco UC/VC Implementation & Migration Consultant

Engagement Type: Freelance / Project-Based Contract
Work Mode: Onsite
Project Duration: 30–60 Days
Locations: Navi Mumbai (Primary Data Centre), Hyderabad (Disaster Recovery Site), and other designated locations across India
Budget: Up to 5,00,000 for the project
Accommodation: Provided by the company
Experience: 8+ Years Preferred
Certification: CCNP Collaboration / CCIE Collaboration Preferred

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Cisco Collaboration Consultant to take end-to-end ownership of a UC/VC infrastructure implementation and migration project. The consultant will be responsible for solution design, migration of existing collaboration workloads, deployment and configuration of recent infrastructure, system integration, testing, cutover, documentation, and knowledge transfer.

The role requires strong hands-on expertise in Cisco Unified Communications and Video Collaboration technologies, with the ability to independently manage technical implementation and onsite project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

1. Solution Design & Migration Planning

- Assess the existing Cisco Collaboration environment, application dependencies, software compatibility, licensing, and infrastructure requirements.

- Develop the target architecture, migration plan, implementation schedule, and rollback strategy.

- Plan high availability and Disaster Recovery (DC/DR) configurations.

2. Cisco UC/VC Implementation & Configuration

- Migrate existing Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM), IM & Presence (IM&P;), conferencing, and associated collaboration workloads.

- Deploy and configure collaboration applications on Cisco BE7000 and CMS 2000 platforms.

- Configure clusters, replication, backups, redundancy, and DC/DR integration.

- Configure Cisco Meeting Server (CMS), meeting spaces, multiparty conferencing, recording, and relevant integrations.

- Integrate Cisco Expressway-C/E, SIP trunks, and associated collaboration services.

3. Voice Gateway & PSTN Integration





- Configure Cisco Catalyst C8300 voice gateway, CUBE, SIP, MGCP, PRI, and PSTN interfaces as applicable.

- Integrate existing Cisco ISR 4331 services and manage dial plans, route patterns, call routing, and failover.

- Validate inbound and outbound calling and critical call flows.

4. Endpoint Deployment & System Integration

- Provision and configure Cisco video conferencing endpoints and IP phones.

- Validate device registration, firmware, configuration, features, and interoperability.

- Coordinate integrations involving LDAP, DNS, NTP, DHCP/TFTP, certificates, VLAN/QoS, firewall traversal, monitoring, and authentication.

- Support applicable SIEM, SOAR, NMS, security hardening, and VAPT remediation activities.

5. Testing, Cutover & Stabilization

- Execute migration, production cutover, backup, and rollback readiness activities.

- Perform call-flow, conferencing, recording, PSTN, inter-site connectivity, and failover testing.

- Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), issue resolution, and post-migration stabilization.

- Coordinate with internal technical teams and Cisco TAC when required.

6. Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

- Prepare High-Level Design (HLD), Low-Level Design (LLD), network diagrams, and implementation plans.

- Maintain application inventories, device records, dial plans, routing details, and integration documentation.

- Prepare cutover runbooks, rollback procedures, test reports, and as-built documentation.

- Conduct administrator training and knowledge transfer covering configuration, monitoring, backup, recovery, and troubleshooting.

Required Technical Skills

- Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM)





- Cisco IM & Presence (IM&P;)

- Cisco Meeting Server (CMS)

- Cisco Expressway-C/E

- Cisco BE7000 infrastructure

- Cisco Catalyst C8300 Voice Gateway

- Cisco Unified Border Element (CUBE)

- VMware and virtualization

- SIP, MGCP, PRI, and PSTN integration

- Voice routing, dial plans, and SIP trunk configuration

- Video conferencing and collaboration endpoints

- High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DC/DR)

- Enterprise network and directory service integration

- Migration planning, cutover, testing, and troubleshooting

- Technical documentation and knowledge transfer

Required Experience & Qualifications

- 8+ years of experience in enterprise Cisco Collaboration implementation, upgrades, and production migrations preferred.

- Strong hands-on experience with CUCM, IM&P;, CMS, Expressway-C/E, CUBE, VMware, and voice gateway technologies.

- Experience handling complex UC/VC infrastructure migrations and integrations.

- Ability to independently manage implementation activities, technical troubleshooting, testing, and delivery.

- CCNP Collaboration or CCIE Collaboration certification preferred.

- Strong coordination, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.

Project Deliverables

- Approved target architecture and migration plan.

- Implementation and configuration of applicable UC/VC workloads.

- Migration, integration, and cutover execution.

- Testing, UAT, and stabilization support.

- HLD/LLD, as-built documentation, and rollback procedures.

- Administrator training and final knowledge transfer.

Engagement Details

- Project duration: 30–60 days.

- Onsite implementation across designated project locations.

- Estimated man-days, onsite availability, and implementation timeline to be provided by the consultant.

- Physical installation, including racking, cabling, mounting, and hardware installation, will be handled by the internal technical team.

- Required hardware, licenses, network readiness, and system access will be provided.

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