Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, Telecommunications, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years in contact centre or telecommunications engineering, including 3+ years hands-on with Amazon Connect in production.
- Proven experience operating complex, high-volume, multi-site or virtual contact centres.
- Strong knowledge of SIP, PSTN, WebRTC softphone behaviour, QoS, and network fundamentals (LAN / WAN, VPN / SD-WAN, routing, DNS).
- Practical expertise with AWS services commonly used alongside Connect : Lambda, Lex, Kinesis (Data Streams / Firehose), S3, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, EventBridge, DynamoDB, IAM, KMS, Experience creating IVR / contact flows and bot conversations aligned to business logic and measurable outcomes.
- Familiarity with Salesforce (or similar CRM) CTI integrations and data exchange patterns.
- Demonstrated security-first mindset (IAM, encryption, data retention, PII / PCI redaction) and compliance awareness (PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA where relevant).
- Proficient in project management and documentation across small and large programmes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred Experience and Qualifications :
AWS Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect Associate / Professional, Developer Associate, Security Specialty).Experience with Amazon Q in Connect (agent assist / summarisation), Tasks, Cases, Customer Profiles, and digital channels (chat; SMS via Pinpoint / partners; WhatsApp via partners).Data engineering / reporting experience (Athena / Redshift / Snowflake; QuickSight / Power BI).Experience migrating from legacy PBXs / ACDs (e.g., Avaya, Genesys, Cisco) to Amazon Connect.Exposure to WFM / WFO suites (Amazon Connect WFM, Verint, Calabrio) and call recording compliance tooling.(ref : hirist.tech)