Who We Are
We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network.
This includes making Telstra the place you want to work. For you, that means a having career that grows with you and working with a team powered by human connection that prioritises wellbeing and choice.
Focus of the Role
Network Software Engineering Specialist will be working on the design, development and deployment in network specific technology domains, including developing platform specific technology roadmaps and making technology investment recommendations to deliver products and infrastructure to defined service level standards.
What We Offer
- Performance-related pay
- Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
- Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
- Up to 26 weeks maternity leave provided to the birth mother with benefits for all child births
- Up to 16 weeks paid paternity leave provided to the non-birthing partners
- Employees are entitled to 21 paid annual leaves per calendar year
- Eligible employees are entitled to 12 days of paid sick / casual leave per calendar year
- Relocation support options across India, from junior to senior positions within the company
- Receive insurance benefits such as medical, accidental and life insurances
How the role contributes to business strategy?
Effectively and efficiently support a diverse set of technical projects with specific outcomes via programs of work in Technology delivery as well as expert input and recommendation with regards to future looking technical projects.
The measurable deliverables and outcomes of this role will be the design and delivery of quality Engineering solutions for Telstra's Strategic Inventory and autonomous network.
Key Accountabilities:
- Design and develop APIs and interfaces to connect internal models/applications with external systems (northbound/southbound).
- Lead the migration from legacy interfaces to strategic, modern APIs.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Ensure interfaces are secure, scalable, and meet performance standards.
- Document interface specifications, integration patterns, and operational procedures.
- Support deployment and integration activities in development, staging, and production environments.
- Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues.
- Stay current with industry standards (e.g., TMF APIs) and best practices for interface design.
Key Activities for this role:
- API and interface design (REST, gRPC, etc.)
- Developing transition and migration plans for legacy systems
- Building and maintaining integration adapters/middleware
- Identifying and managing dependencies with upstream and downstream systems
- Coordinating with multiple teams to ensure successful interface adoption
- Writing and maintaining technical documentation
- Participating in code reviews and architecture discussions.
Essential Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in programming language like Python.
- Experience with REST/gRPC APIs, event-driven systems, and messaging platforms (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Experience with integration frameworks and middleware
- Familiarity with authentication and authorization standards (OAuth, JWT, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with version control (Git)
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, BitBucket
- Advanced oral and written communication skills that can adapt to different teams, individuals, and personality types as well as able to author, review and evaluate technical and non-technical documentation.
- Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Engineering/ Computer Science / Information Technology / Telecommunications.
Highly desirable skills:
- Experience in Camunda platform.
- gRPC event triggered automation development.
- Experience developing network centric tools and systems
- Scripting skills in Python or other programming language.
We're amongst the top 2% of companies globally in the CDP Global Climate Change Index 2023, being awarded an 'A' rating. If you want to work for a company that cares about sustainability, we want to hear from you.
As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India).
When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and disabilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive.
As part of the hiring process, all identified candidates will undergo a background check, and the results will play a role in the final decision regarding your application.
We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.
We are aware of current limitations with our website accessibility and are working towards improving this. Should you experience any issues accessing information or the application form, and require this in an alternate format, please contact our Talent Acquisition team via the contact details found at www.telstra.com.au/careers/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/disability-employment
Desired Skills and Experience
Devops- CI/CD, development exp, Rest API, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, security, Jenkins, Github, AWS/Azure,Promethus,
Design, planning,
