Senior Internet Optimization Architect

Singtel Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 220,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

月ly $80 credit

25% off Optus products

Job summary

Optus, part of Singtel Group, seeks a Principal Technical Specialist, Internet Optimisation to join our Design and Optimisation team in Macquarie Park, Sydney. You will shape performance, efficiency and resilience of Optus's Internet network as the senior technical authority.

You will translate traffic behaviour and telemetry into engineering decisions, define strategy, lead routing policy, drive automation and provide leadership during major incidents across engineering and operations teams.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in large-scale IP/Internet network engineering
• Depth in Internet architecture, optimisation and operational troubleshooting
• Experience leading cross-team initiatives and incidents

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain Internet optimisation strategy, roadmap and performance outcomes.
• Own and evolve BGP routing policy and inter-domain routing controls.
• Correlate telemetry and KPIs to diagnose latency, loss and throughput issues.
• Act as principal design authority for high-risk Internet optimisation decisions.
• Drive API-first automation, telemetry and dashboards for policy validation.
• Provide principal-level leadership during major Internet incidents and cross-provider faults.

Skills

BGP routing

Traffic engineering

Internet optimisation

Network telemetry

Observability

Leadership without authority

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

CCIE or JNCIE certification

Job description

Optus, part of Singtel Group, seeks a Principal Technical Specialist, Internet Optimisation to join our Design and Optimisation team in Macquarie Park, Sydney. You will shape performance, efficiency and resilience of Optus's Internet network as the senior technical authority.

You will translate traffic behaviour and telemetry into engineering decisions, define strategy, lead routing policy, drive automation and provide leadership during major incidents across engineering and operations teams.