Director, Network Service Architecture and Strategy Director, Network Service Architecture and Strategy

At Optus, we don’t sit back and let the future happen to us – we’re out there making it. By expanding into new technology and relentlessly improving every day, we’re creating a better tomorrow for all Australians. We believe in the strength of a vibrant, diverse and inclusive workforce where backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people help us innovate and create strong connections with our customers.

The Network & Service Architecture team work across agile cross-disciplinary Commercial Business Units, Information Technology Groups, and teams within Network and vendors or partners to provide end to end alignments, to provide strategic, operational, financial, commercial, risk management and governance support on Optus network initiative or major service development.

The Director for Network Service Architecture & Strategy will define and lead the comprehensive architecture for all network domains, ensuring alignment with the company’s strategic goals and future growth. This role focuses on creating an adaptive and forward-looking network architecture that enhances service delivery, optimized performance, and supports next-generation telecommunications technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement a strategic network architecture roadmap that aligns with business objectives, technological advancements, and market trends. Focusing on the transition to 5G, cloud-native architectures and converged networks.
• Build the strategic vision broadly by creating and implementing a comprehensive roadmap to guide the network’s evolution in line with the Optus’s goals, emerging technologies, and market dynamics.
• Lead all aspects of the team’s design and architecture of core, transport, access, and edge networks, ensuring flawless integration across multiple platforms (wireless, fibre, and cloud).
• Provide guidance and direction to the architecture team in evaluating emerging technologies, including AI, AR/VR, SDN, CNF, and cloud computing, and assess their impact on current network strategies.
• Providing direction and guidance, establishing architecture principal governance, and ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g., 3GPP, ETSI, GSMA) and regulatory requirements whilst maintaining high levels of network integrity and security.

Why you are our next Director

• You have a consistent track record of implementing large-scale network transformations, including modernisation and migration from legacy to cloud-native or virtualized environments.
• You bring deep expertise in Mobile Core, IP and Access Network Architecture (e.g., 5G, LTE, IP/MPLS, SDN/CNF, IMS, IN, VoLTE, VoNR, Orchestrations, AI, Automations and CI/CD).
• You take a strategic approach and a have proven ability to align network architecture to business objectives complimented by analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly in evaluating new technologies and making data-driven decisions.
• You also bring senior level leadership and communication skills to engage with executive leadership, technical teams, and external partners.

What’s in it for you?

• Executive level Remuneration, including STI & LTI benefits.
• Executive Leadership Development, including MBA level qualifications, mentoring and coaching.
• 3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit!
• Inclusive paid parental leave, up to 14 weeks for the primary care giver

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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. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au along with your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch. For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity.

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