CCaaS Platform Engineer

Job#: 3054723
Job Description:
CCaaS Platform Engineer
Location: 100% REMOTE
Role Overview
The CCaaS Platform Engineer is responsible for the technical ownership, administration, performance, and continuous optimization of our Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) platform and Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA) solutions, built on Five9. This role ensures a reliable contact center experience by maintaining call flows, IVRs, routing logic, conversational AI experiences, and integrations with systems such as CRM, WFM, and QA tools. This position works with Contact Center leadership, Infrastructure, and Application teams to troubleshoot issues, implement enhancements, and optimize self-service performance.
Key Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize the Five9 CCaaS platform, monitoring system health, voice quality, and call delivery to ensure uptime and performance.
• Own routing, queues, and IVR configuration, maintaining logic, agent profiles, and flow design to align with business operations.
• Own IVA performance and self-service optimization by monitoring and analyzing containment, call deflection, and self-service completion metrics.
• Partner with stakeholders to identify opportunities for conversational enhancements, implement IVA updates, and increase automation effectiveness.
• Serve as the technical liaison to Contact Center leadership and the primary technical point of contact for Five9.
• Lead platform change management, including the evaluation, testing, and implementation of new Five9 features, integrations, and IVA enhancements.
• Partner with Application, Integration, Security, and Business teams to ensure data flow integrity, access controls, and compliance with IT policies.
• Maintain documentation related to platform configuration, IVA design, troubleshooting, and change control.

Required Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of experience supporting or administering Contact Center or Voice Platforms, including hands-on Five9 experience within the last 2 to 3 years.
• Strong understanding of call routing, IVR design, ACD queues, and agent management.
• Familiarity with telecom fundamentals (SIP, QoS, codecs, latency troubleshooting).
• Experience collaborating with operations leaders to translate business needs into technical configurations.
• Demonstrated ability to work across teams to resolve complex voice quality or platform integration issues.
• Experience supporting, configuring, or optimizing IVA, conversational AI, or self-service automation platforms.
• Solid documentation, testing, and change management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five9 certification(s) or formal Five9 platform training.
• Experience integrating Five9 with CRM systems (Salesforce preferred).
• Knowledge of Five9 WFM, QM/QA, and analytics/reporting tools.
• Experience with conversational design, intent tuning, and IVA workflow optimization.
• Experience with additional CCaaS platforms (Genesys Cloud CX, NICE CXone, Talkdesk, Amazon Connect, or similar) is a plus but not required
• Familiarity with analytics and reporting used to measure IVA performance.
• Familiarity with ITIL processes (incident, change, and problem management).
• Basic understanding of network infrastructure supporting voice (LAN/WAN, VPN, SBCs).
• Prior experience working in a regulated or compliance-driven environment (SOC 2, HIPAA, HITRUST, etc.).100%

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