Senior Network Software Engineering Specialist

Employment Type Permanent Closing Date 6 Nov :59pm

Job Summary

In this role you'll provide technical leadership across the analysis, design, development and deployment of complex network technologies and platforms. You'll work at the intersection of 5G RAN, O-RAN, cloud-native engineering, DevOps and AI-driven network automation, helping translate complex network requirements into scalable, resilient solutions. You'll also play an important leadership role within the broader engineering community, providing technical thought leadership, mentoring others and helping uplift capability across the mission and chapter.

Job Description

What you'll do

• Design, build, integrate and maintain complex network technologies, platforms and systems.
• Translate customer and business requirements into practical network products, services and infrastructure solutions.
• Drive automation and optimisation across 5G RAN, including PCI, ANR, mobility, coverage and capacity optimisation.
• Support critical wireless engineering applications through modern DevOps and cloud-native engineering practices.
• Support rApp onboarding, deployment and lifecycle management, alongside O-RAN service management and orchestration architecture.
• Develop platform-specific technology roadmaps and assess opportunities presented by emerging technologies.
• Evaluate vendor solutions against business and technical requirements and provide technical leadership across vendor delivery.
• Make informed technology investment and business asset recommendations.
• Apply analytics, AI/ML and automation to network performance optimisation and autonomous network use cases.
• Troubleshoot complex distributed systems and perform root cause analysis across network and software environments.
• Mentor engineers, share technical knowledge and contribute to a culture of high performance, continuous learning and growth.

About you

You're an experienced network and software engineering specialist who combines strong telecommunications domain knowledge with hands on modern engineering capability.

You're comfortable working across complex technical environments and can communicate effectively with engineering teams, vendors and senior stakeholders.

You'll bring experience across a strong combination of the following:

• Network & telecommunications 5G RAN autonomy, including PCI, ANR, mobility, coverage and capacity optimisation
• O-RAN service management and orchestration
• Telecom OSS integration, including ENM, SHM and OSS-RC KPI analytics and network performance optimisation
• Autonomous network and AIOps concepts
• Cloud-native & software engineering Kubernetes, Docker and Helm
• Microservices and REST API integration Kafka, PostgreSQL and MinIO/S3
• GitLab CI/CD and DevOps automation Linux environments
• Python, Java and scripting
• Cloud-native architecture and solution design Distributed systems troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• AI, automation & data
• AI/ML applied to network optimisation and automation
• Generative AI, LLMs, RAG and AI agents
• Data engineering and large scale telemetry analytics
• Leadership Strong technical leadership and stakeholder management Vendor management and technology assessment Ability to provide technical thought leadership and mentor others A collaborative approach to building engineering capability and sharing knowledge

As a Senior Network Software Engineering Specialist, you'll demonstrate Telstra's Big 3 behaviours in how you lead, collaborate and deliver: Look Beyond - See the big picture when making technical and investment decisions, strive for customers by connecting engineering choices to meaningful outcomes, and learn and adapt as network, cloud and AI technologies evolve. Work as One - Listen first to different technical and business perspectives, speak up with your expertise and recommendations, and align and commit with teams, stakeholders and vendors to deliver shared outcomes. Make a Difference - Do what matters by focusing on the highest-value network challenges, own it through delivery and problem solving, and act with care when supporting customers, colleagues and the broader engineering community.

We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. From our earliest days in the Postmaster General's Office to the Australian icon we are today, the heart of Telstra has never changed. We've always been committed to being a great place to work as we make the world a better place too. Working at Telstra, we all have a why. Whether it's endless career opportunities, an amazing work life balance or being able to make a difference, we all know why we're motivated to be our best here. Our people find purpose and pride in being part of Telstra, because we support the things that matter most.

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