Senior Network Software Engineering Specialist

Telstra is hiring a Senior Network Software Engineering Specialist. Level rates it ; you can apply on Telstra.

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Works on AI ●●●○ is how Level rates this role: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
The posting mentions 5g Ran, O Ran and RAG among its tools and skills.
Level classes it as a senior role.
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AI in this role

Senior network software engineering specialist applying AI/ML and automation to 5G RAN and O-RAN network performance optimisation.

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Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

6 Nov 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

Senior Network Software Engineering Specialist

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.

How we rate this

Senior Network Software Engineering Specialist at Telstra rates 60 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Senior Network Software Engineering Specialist is an open job at Telstra.
Level rates this role AI Level 3 of 4: Works on AI.
The role is based in Australia (Flexible).
The job was posted on October 29, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Telstra. Apply on Telstra

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

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Questions you could be asked

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Tell me about a project where devops was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where ai driven automation was part of your work. What did you do?

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