Senior Netwqork Software Engineering Specialist

Job Summary

Role purpose: Senior Network Software Engineering Specialist provide and lead specialist analysis, 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. This Senior Developer is a critical contributor in ensuring that the Telstra network delivers a superior network experience for our consumer and business customers.

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, build and maintain applications/tools to manage and expose domain resources and services.
• Leading the development of fixed network inventory solution. Focusing on improved user experiences and automating workflows.
• Actively keeping across changes in TMF standards and API specifications especially around Resource and Service inventory best practices.
• Actively participate in designs and architecture developments to meet the business requirements.
• Participate in technology trials and proof of concept initiatives for automation & orchestration platforms within Fixed Networks.
• Perform tasks from detailed design to solution development when required.
• Provide a strategic view on deployment and implementations tasks and setting up a development framework.
• Develop software solutions to capture performance monitoring and customer experience monitoring.
• Focus on continuing professional learning and development related to technology and methodology that benefits the individual as well as effectiveness in the role.
• Design, build and maintain applications/tools to manage and expose domain resources and services.
• Authentically engage with a multi-stakeholder landscape to translate customer needs into leading-edge software application products, services or systems that meet Telstra’s time, cost, and quality standards.
• Collaborate with team members and key stakeholders, seeking support, direction and buy-in to gather deep insights about the challenges and opportunities of our software application technologies and platforms.
• Significantly contribute to continuous improvement initiatives of our systems and processes, to help define ‘best practice’ corporate testing standards and drive improved outcomes (e.g. productivity, customer experience and/or profitability)
• Focus on continuing professional learning and development related to technology and methodology that benefits the individual as well as effectiveness in the role.
• Work using Agile methodologies in line with Telstra’s strategic direction for increasing efficiency and maximising workforce utility.

HSE Responsibility: Take reasonable care for your own safety and the safety of others, comply with and implement any reasonable Telstra HSE instruction, policy, standard, minimum requirement or procedure, and support Telstra to meet its duties under the relevant safety and environmental legislation.

Key Activities for this role:

• Identify and define requirements for Data Extraction tool and Data transformation for inventory migration.
• Development & Verification of UX interfaces for fixed network consumers.
• Development of the required solution to enable the applications to consume network inventory data through standardised APIs and Industry standard UX solutions.
• Develop data transformation service for data model conversions.
• Design and Development of UI and Workflows for CRUD functions on Telstra’s Inventory (physical, logical and service layers).
• Development of workflow process automation and integration of various systems.
• Setting up data pipelines for Big Data Analytics
• TMF639 and TMF634 definitions and schema development, testing and validation.

Essential Technical Skills:

• Minimum 8 years of overall experience
• Data transformation script development
• Highly skilled back end Node.js developer or Python development; minimum 4 years of hands-on experience in either of this.
• Workflow automation process development
• Proficient with REST API development (Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience)
• Hands-on experience on test automation framework
• Hands on experience in developing Workflow automation capabilities.
• Database experience with NoSQL or RDBMS and proficiency writing complex SQL queries.
• Experience working with Knowledge Graph database solution (Neo4j) and writing complex GraphQLs and cyphers.
• Release management knowledge.
• Knowledge of L0, L1, L2, L3 network concepts and data model exposure.
• Experience working with TMF-633, 634, 638 & 639 standards and specifications
• Experience working with ML and GenAI models to optimise data models and resolve data disparities.
• Can implement CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Bamboo, GIT (BitBucket), CodePipeline, etc.
• Can work proficiently in Linux environments, competent at scripting
• Experience working Scrum agile methodology
• Experience with Telstra’s New Ways of Working methodology, practices, and mindset:
• Agile, DevOps, Lean, Human Centred Design
• 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:

• Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
• Experience working with ML and GenAI models to optimise data models and resolve data disparities.
• Advanced programming logic
• Experience in Network management tools and systems
• Microservices design and development
• Scripting skills in Python, Java or other programming language.

Potential Career pathway:

Chapter Lead or Architect Role

Job Description

Telstra is Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company spanning over a century with a footprint in over 20+ countries. In India, we’re building a platform for innovative delivery and engagement that will strengthen our position as an industry leader. We’ve grown quickly since our inception in 2019, now with offices in Pune, Hyderabad and Bangalore.

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.

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