Strategic Lead, Operational Data Engineering

Optus; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration and employee/

Flexible working arrangements (3 days/

On-site campus facilities and services

Parental Leave enhancements

Diversity networks and inclusion

Wellbeing support services

Job summary

Optus is seeking an Associate Director, Operational Data Engineering to lead the engineering and evolution of Optus’ cross-domain operational data capability, providing the trusted data foundation for Operational Intelligence, Automation and AI-driven Network Operations.

You will own the strategy, standards, data products and integration patterns that make network, OSS, BSS and cloud data reliable, accessible and reusable at enterprise scale.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience across telecommunications, operational data engineering, data platforms, OSS or large-scale technology environments.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale data engineering capabilities across complex, distributed and real-time operational environments.
• Strong knowledge of data product engineering, streaming and batch pipelines, APIs, data models, data quality, lineage and lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the cross-domain operational data engineering strategy and capability roadmap across Network Operations.
• Define the target operational data capability, information model and maturity pathway to support Operational Intelligence, Automation and AI.
• Lead the engineering and lifecycle management of trusted operational data products across network, OSS, BSS and cloud domains.
• Establish reusable patterns for real-time and batch ingestion, transformation, enrichment and delivery of operational data.
• Lead integration of operational data with enterprise and operational data platforms, including streaming, data lake and network data capabilities.
• Define and govern standard operational data models, APIs and integration patterns that reduce duplication and simplify interoperability.
• Establish and govern operational data quality, lineage, lifecycle, metadata and engineering standards, aligned with enterprise architecture, security, privacy and governance requirements.
• Drive operational data capabilities from engineering through validation into sustained production use, with clear ownership and measures of quality, reliability and cost.
• Influence senior stakeholders on operational data priorities, investment decisions and standards, while managing strategic technology and delivery partners.
• Build and lead a high-performing operational data engineering capability, developing people through coaching and structured knowledge transfer.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

Cross-domain collaboration

Streaming pipelines

APIs and data models

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Engineering/Computer Science/Data Engineering

Tools

Data lake

Cloud platforms

Job description

Optus is seeking an Associate Director, Operational Data Engineering to lead the engineering and evolution of Optus’ cross-domain operational data capability, providing the trusted data foundation for Operational Intelligence, Automation and AI-driven Network Operations.

You will own the strategy, standards, data products and integration patterns that make network, OSS, BSS and cloud data reliable, accessible and reusable at enterprise scale.