Large Oil and Gas company is seeking an IT Collaboration Technology Engineer for a 12 months+ contract role, based in Houston, TX. Must be a local candidate that will work onsite at a large corporate HQ facility. As the IT Collaboration Technology Engineer, you will work with a Project Team to manage delivery of the Project and provide frontline Collaboration Technology services to the project team. In this role, you will partner with IT Architecture, End User Computing, O365 Support and other IT teams to configure Collaboration systems, backend management systems and ensure delivery of the AV systems for a large infrastructure project.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Contribute to project team developing Collaboration environment (MS Teams with Direct Routing, Mersive Solstice, Aurora Encoders, etc.)
Assist with Migration to Teams Only Operating mode for remainder of users (approximately 2/3 complete).
Assist with Migration from Cisco Desk phones to MS Teams Direct Routing Softphones.
Assist with backend configuration of management systems for UC Certified headsets
Assist with delivery of UC certified headsets.
Design layouts of audio and video equipment and work with AV Integrator to deliver.
Establish maintenance program of audio and video equipment.
Establish and Maintain inventories of audio and video and related equipment.
Work with AV Integrators to ensure quality of installations and troubleshoot any issues related to AV systems.
Partner with AV Integrator and internal stakeholders to configure and deploy Content Management System

REQUIRED SKILLS

Education Required: College degree preferred but not required
AV Installation experience or related field
Proficiency in Microsoft Office application suite
Experience designing and configuring AV systems.
Experience configuring and setting up Crestron Scheduling Panel
Experience configuring and deploying presentation systems (Barco Clickshare/Mersive Solstice)
Strong written and verbal communication skills, client relationship skills, detail-oriented
Demonstrable experience with technology migrations at Enterprise level
Working knowledge of Active Directory/Group Policy
Microsoft Teams calling systems