Technical Specialist, Fixed Voice

Optus; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Employee discounts

On-site facilities

Job summary

Optus is seeking a senior Fixed Voice engineer to operate and maintain Ribbon platforms, perform Level 2 fault management and root cause analysis. You will configure C20 elements, manage SIP trunking, and drive maintenance in a hybrid work model across Australia.

Ideal candidates bring 15+ years in Fixed Voice, strong Ribbon experience, ITIL practice, and hands-on tools like Grafana, Wireshark and ServiceNow. Collaboration with NOC and vendors is essential.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of wireline or Fixed Voice experience with Ribbon/GENBAND platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, CS or equivalent; Ribbon certs and ITIL v4 preferred.
• Hands-on knowledge of CS2000, C20, SBC platforms and SIP trunking.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain Ribbon Fixed Voice nodes and associated sub-elements.
• Provide Level 2 fault management and incident resolution per ITIL best practices.
• Configure and manage C20 elements and SIP/TDM interworking.
• Monitor KPIs with Grafana and Kalix; perform root-cause analysis for outages.
• Develop SOPs, risk assessments and change records; coordinate with NOC and vendors.

Skills

Fixed Voice expertise

Ribbon/GENBAND platforms

SIP/ISUP/SIGTRAN

Grafana/Kalix

Incident management

Unix/Linux CLI

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications

Tools

Grafana

Kalix/OSIX

Wireshark

Ribbon EMS/RAMP

ServiceNow

Job description

Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Operate and maintain Ribbon Fixed Voice nodes, including DMS300, CS2000 (CS2K), C20, SBC, PSX, IN and associated sub-elements.
• Provide Level 2 fault management, incident resolution and technical support for Fixed Voice platform outages, service degradations and complex operational issues in line with ITIL best practices.
• Manage escalated and complex customer-related faults across Enterprise and Wholesale environments.
• Perform structured fault diagnosis and root-cause analysis, identifying corrective actions and validating the effectiveness of permanent remediation.
• Configure and manage C20 elements, including GWC, SP2K, G9, MAS, SST, SSL/SESM/A2, CBM, CMT, IEMS, MG15K and NDM.
• Manage SIP trunking, routing and policy rules through Ribbon NMS, including SIP/TDM interworking and service validation.
• Investigate voice network faults using SIP, INAP, Diameter, RTP and C7/ISUP protocols, together with OSIX and Wireshark.
• Execute software upgrades, patch management and planned maintenance on Ribbon platforms, including implementation, testing, rollback and post-change verification.
• Monitor Fixed Voice network KPIs using Grafana and Kalix, proactively addressing degradation trends affecting call completion, ASR, NER and MOS.
• Develop, review and maintain Methods of Procedure, implementation plans, risk assessments, technical change records, network documentation and knowledge articles.
• Collaborate with Network Operations, Engineering, Service Management, NOC, Network Enablement & AI Ops, vendors and suppliers to restore services, improve reliability and support the transformation and rationalisation of Network Operations tooling.

What You Bring

• 15+ years of wireline or Fixed Voice telecommunications experience, with hands‑on operational experience across Ribbon or GENBAND platforms.
• Deep technical expertise in CS2000 (CS2K), C20 and SBC platforms, including call control, provisioning, trunk management, signalling configuration and fault resolution.
• Strong operational knowledge of Ribbon Fixed Voice architectures and SBC platforms, including SIP trunking, media policy and SIP/TDM interworking.
• Advanced knowledge of SIP, SS7/ISUP, SIGTRAN, TDM E1/PRI, RTP/RTCP, G.711/G.729, DTMF, LNP/ENUM and IPv4/IPv6.
• Practical experience with Grafana, Kalix/OSIX, Wireshark, Ribbon EMS/RAMP, ServiceNow or equivalent ITSM platforms, and Unix/Linux command‑line tools.
• Ability to interpret Fixed Voice KPIs, including call completion rate, ASR, NER and MOS, and act on emerging degradation trends.
• Proven experience in incident management, root‑cause analysis, planned maintenance, software upgrades, patching, MOP development, change governance and vendor TAC engagement.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, Computer Science or equivalent experience. Ribbon certifications, CCNA/CCNP Voice and ITIL v4 Foundation are preferred.
• Knowledge of observability, operational analytics, automation and safe AI‑assisted operations is desirable.
• Strong technical ownership, accountability and a disciplined approach to operational risk, with the ability to communicate complex issues clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders in high‑pressure incident, outage and escalation environments.

The good stuff…

• Competitive remuneration and employee discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and unique shopping discounts with our retail partners.
• Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
• Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, convenience store, chill out zones, GP, post office, gym and on‑site childcare centre.
• Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected’ days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever’s important to you.
• We support growing families with inclusive, carer‑neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Build meaningful connections through employee‑led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
• Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in‑person, by phone, SMS, or video.
• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6‑8 minutes); morning and afternoon.

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.

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