Senior Technical Specialist - IP

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Specialist to join our Telco IP & PE team based in Macquarie Park, Sydney. In this role, you’ll design and deliver IP network connectivity solutions that enable critical telecommunications platforms and services across the Optus network.

You’ll translate business and technical requirements into robust low-level designs, documentation, automation, testing and production implementations. With deep expertise across routing, switching, data-centre networking, firewalls and hybrid cloud connectivity, you’ll work with internal teams, project partners and vendors to shape scalable solutions and provide technical direction during complex delivery and operational challenges.

What You’ll Do

• Design IP network connectivity solutions for telecommunications platforms and services, aligned to network and solution architectures and design templates.
• Develop low-level designs, technical documentation, automation configurations, testing plans and implementation activities for the production network.
• Contribute to onboarding routers and switches across the Telco IP network, including large-scale Provider Edge solutions using Cisco, Juniper and Nokia technologies.
• Collaborate with internal customers, project teams, vendors and wider IP teams to clarify requirements, assess feasibility and finalise solutions through the review process.
• Provide technical recommendations, impact assessments and design support for projects, shared IP domains and critical operational issues.
• Build trusted relationships across the business, communicate complex technical solutions clearly, contribute to escalation meetings and provide a practical technical path forward.

What makes you perfect for the role?

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related discipline, with a certified network professional qualification such as CCNP or CCIE highly regarded.
• 15+ years’ experience in IP network engineering, including at least five years in a leadership role and significant experience delivering complex engineering solutions and large-scale projects.
• Deep knowledge of TCP/IP, UDP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, SR-MPLS, SR-TE, RSVP-TE, LDP, SRv6, EVPN, IPVPN, L2VPN, QoS and traffic engineering.
• Strong experience designing and managing BNG, CGNAT, Telco Cloud Connect edge router, data-centre fabric and firewall solutions across on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.
• Practical understanding of network security, including IPSEC, MACsec, DDoS mitigation, micro-segmentation, zero-trust architectures, network hardening and BGP security, together with experience using automation frameworks such as Ansible, NSO and Netconf/YANG.
• A strategic, customer-focused and collaborative approach, with strong communication, coaching, mentoring, vendor management, problem-solving and influencing skills, and the ability to work under pressure, including late-night implementation and troubleshooting activities.

The good stuff…

• Competitive remuneration and employee discounts.
• Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and unique shopping discounts with our retail partners.
• Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
• Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, convenience store, chill out zones, GP, post office, gym and on-site childcare centre.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional ‘Connected’ days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever’s important to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Build meaningful connections through employee-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 - in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon.

At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences.

We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive.

If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email [email protected] or call 1800 309 170.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity