Avaya may be known to IT professionals for its unified
communications and network products, but the company also plays an important
role in integrating customer relationship management (CRM) and staff engagement
solutions. With its roots in AT&T and Lucent Technologies, Avaya has become
a multi-billion dollar company with customers worldwide.
Avaya's professional credentials program arose from the
need for highly qualified and competent individuals who can sell and design
customer solutions, as well as distribute and maintain Avaya products and
solutions.
Employment opportunities for Avaya accredited
professionals
A quick check of these popular job boards like
SimplyHired and Indeed shows over 2,000 open positions looking for candidates
with Avaya skills or credentials. These include system engineer, network
engineer, technical manager, infrastructure engineer and telephony specialist,
as well as several sales specialist and account manager positions.
Avaya wages also require healthy pay. For example,
Glassdoor reports an average annual salary of $ 111,000 for a technical team,
where a technical manager can expect about $ 125,000. A typical Avaya sales
engineer's salary is about $ 100,200, ranging from $ 79,800 to a maximum of $
132,000.