SBC Governance Engineer

This role combines hands-on engineering support with governance responsibilities to ensure the stability, security, resiliency, and compliance of enterprise Session Border Controller (SBC) platforms. The engineer will support Ribbon SBC environments, carrier connectivity, voice security services, and session management technologies while helping maintain operational standards, change governance processes, platform documentation, and compliance requirements. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise in Ribbon SBC technologies and SIP communications, along with experience working within enterprise governance, change management, risk management, or operational control frameworks., SBC Engineering & Platform Support

• Provide engineering support for Ribbon SBC platforms including Ribbon 7000 series, PSX, and RAMP environments.

• Support enterprise SIP-based voice services, session management platforms, voice security services, and carrier integrations.

• Configure, troubleshoot, and maintain complex SBC infrastructures supporting enterprise voice and contact center environments.

• Analyze and resolve escalated Tier 2 and Tier 3 issues involving SIP signaling, RTP/RTCP media flows, routing, interoperability, and session management.

• Support integrations with Avaya, Cisco, Genesys, and other unified communications platforms.

• Participate in platform upgrades, software deployments, hardware refreshes, patching activities, and technology lifecycle initiatives.

• Conduct root cause analysis for voice service disruptions and recommend corrective actions.

• Support toll-free routing, carrier connectivity, voice access services, and telecommunications infrastructure.

• Assist with testing, validation, certification, and operational readiness activities for new implementations and platform enhancements.

• Develop implementation plans, rollback procedures, and technical support documentation. Governance, Compliance & Operational Oversight

• Maintain governance standards, technical documentation, platform inventories, and engineering procedures for SBC environments.

• Support change management processes by reviewing implementation plans, risk assessments, testing results, and post-change validation activities.

• Ensure SBC environments adhere to enterprise security, resiliency, compliance, and operational standards.

• Support audit reviews, compliance assessments, and evidence collection activities related to voice infrastructure and session management platforms.

• Track operational risks, vulnerabilities, remediation activities, and policy exceptions impacting SBC environments.

• Assist with business continuity, disaster recovery, and resiliency planning efforts.

• Develop operational reporting, dashboards, and platform health metrics for engineering leadership.

• Partner with security, compliance, network, and operations teams to ensure governance requirements are met across voice platforms.

• Serve as a technical governance point for vendor partners, managed service providers, and infrastructure support teams.

• Maintain accurate records within ServiceNow, ticketing systems, inventory repositories, and operational databases.

• 5+ years of experience supporting enterprise voice, telecommunications, SBC, VoIP, or carrier infrastructure environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Ribbon SBC technologies, including Ribbon 7000 series platforms.
• Experience supporting PSX, RAMP, and session management solutions.
• Strong knowledge of SIP, RTP, and RTCP protocols.
• Experience troubleshooting complex voice call flows and SIP signaling issues.
• Knowledge of carrier interconnects, voice access services, and toll-free routing environments.
• Experience supporting integrations with Avaya, Cisco, Genesys, or similar unified communications platforms.
• Understanding of change management, operational governance, and production support processes.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis skills.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience supporting carrier, transport, SBC, and enterprise voice technologies.
• Experience supporting financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, or other highly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise voice security services and session management architectures.
• Experience with ServiceNow, Jira, Splunk, SolarWinds, or similar operational support tools.
• Understanding of ITIL processes, governance frameworks, and operational control environments.
• Experience supporting vulnerability remediation and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Exposure to cloud voice technologies and hybrid collaboration environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise networking concepts, routing, firewalls, DNS, load balancing, and network troubleshooting.
• Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

This is onsite 3 days a week in Charlotte, NC on a 9-5 EST schedule. This is offering 51-53/hr. This is fully remote or Charlotte based. This is a 6-month contract with extensions. This is offering 25-34/hr., Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

Our client is seeking a Ribbon SBC Governance Engineer to support and govern enterprise voice border infrastructure, SIP-based communications services, and session management platforms across a complex, highly regulated environment.