Senior Design Specialist - Wireless Core Team - IoT

Intello Technologies Inc.; Dartmouth; Hybrid; CAD 103,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of network innovation! As a Senior Design Specialist in the Wireless Core Team, you'll drive the development of cutting-edge IoT solutions that transform connectivity. Your role will involve defining product strategies, managing roadmaps, and collaborating with diverse teams to ensure seamless delivery of innovative services. With a commitment to excellence and a culture of empowerment, this position offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of technology. If you're passionate about making an impact and thrive in a dynamic environment, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards package

Minimum 3 weeks of vacation

Flexible benefits plan

Generous company matched pension

Career growth opportunities

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in mobile core architecture and design.
• Strong knowledge of mobile core protocols and IoT standards.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision and strategy for IoT services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for product delivery.

Skills

Mobile Core Architecture

IoT Business Models

Network Security

Agile Methodologies

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's in Telecommunications

Master's in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

Splunk

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Senior Design Specialist - Wireless Core Team - IoT

Location:

Toronto, ON, CA, M5J 2V5 Ottawa, ON, CA Calgary, AB, CA Edmonton, AB, CA Vancouver, BC, CA

Jobs by Category: Technology Solutions

Job Function: Network & Engineering

Status: Full Time

Schedule: Regular

Join our team and what we’ll accomplish together

At TELUS, the Wireless Core Team is at the heart of network innovation. We’re responsible for end-to-end architecture, development, and operations of our core wireless network—including service orchestration and automation.

As pioneers in the rapidly evolving 5G ecosystem, we design and deploy cutting-edge technologies that transform the way people and businesses connect. Our work fuels TELUS’ digital transformation and delivers rich wireless experiences that improve lives and enable global innovation.

We’re building what was once impossible and now we’re looking for an IoT Product Owner to help drive this vision forward.

As an IoT Product Owner, you will be responsible for defining, prioritizing, and managing the product roadmap, technical strategy and backlog for mobile core network solutions designed to support IoT services. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, operations, sales, and customer success, to ensure the development and delivery of innovative, scalable, and secure IoT connectivity solutions. The role requires deep technical knowledge of mobile core network architecture and a strong understanding of IoT business models and market demands.

Description

What you’ll do

• Define and communicate a clear product vision and strategy for IoT services over the mobile core network.
• Develop and maintain a product roadmap aligned with business goals, customer needs, and emerging trends.
• Identify opportunities for enhancing IoT connectivity, latency optimization, and security across 4G, 5G, and future network evolutions.
• Guide the DevOps team in the implementation of network solutions by providing clear requirements, priorities, and acceptance criteria.
• Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring that priorities reflect business value, feasibility, customer impact and timeliness.
• Facilitate sprint planning and manage product delivery timelines in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Write descriptive user stories and acceptance criteria to guide the development teams.
• Prioritize features and improvements based on technical feasibility, regulatory compliance, and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with vendors, network architects, engineering teams, and operations to ensure timely and efficient delivery of network capabilities.
• Partner with commercial teams to understand market demands and tailor IoT connectivity solutions to customer needs.
• Drive the business value of IoT solutions by translating customer and market needs into high-impact network features.
• Build, maintain and leverage strong relationships with your stakeholders and maintain a collaborative model in order to ensure that you are collectively meeting the requirements of the business
• Liaise with regulatory bodies such as CRTC, and ensure compliance with industry standards, security, and privacy requirements.
• Work with other strategic leaders to define, implement, and track the financial goals of the IoT core domain.
• Provide technical leadership in the design and implementation of IoT-specific network slices, Quality of Service (QoS) management, and security policies.
• Guide the team on integrating NB-IoT, LTE-M, and 5G capabilities to enable seamless IoT connectivity.
• Ensure adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and maintain high availability of the IoT mobile core network.
• Gather and analyze customer feedback to continually enhance product features and performance.
• Monitor competitive landscape and emerging technologies to maintain a competitive edge in IoT service offerings.
• Define and track KPIs to measure the success of the IoT mobile core network solutions and demonstrate ROI.

Qualifications

What you bring

• 10+ years of progressive experience in mobile core (3G/4G/5G) architecture, design, implementation, and operations.
• Expertise in mobile core protocols such as Diameter, GTP, Radius, SIP, MQTT, and HTTP/2.
• Knowledge of virtualization technologies (NFV, SDN) and cloud-native deployments (Kubernetes, Docker, RedHat OpenShift).
• Understanding of Security controls (authentication, encryption, IDS/IPS) applicable in the mobile networks
• Familiarity with IoT-specific standards such as NB-IoT, LTE-M, and 5G network slicing.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and tools like GitLab.
• Exposure to analytics platforms such as Splunk, Netscout, BigQuery, Looker.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to bridge technical expertise with business strategy to drive product success.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a dynamic environment
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

Great-to-haves

• Masters in business administration (MBA)
• Agile Certifications (e.g., Certified Scrum Product Owner)
• Experience with Public Cloud Native Services (AWS, GCP)
• Knowledge of Radio, Transport, Signaling, and Infrastructure product design, development, and testing.
• Familiarity with industrial IoT use cases and network slicing applications
• Programming experience in Python, Ansible, or API integration

Location: Any major Canadian city

Salary Range: $103,000-$155,000

Performance Bonus or Sales Incentive Plan: 15%

Actual total compensation will be determined based on factors such as knowledge, skills, performance and experience. In addition, TELUS offers rewarding benefitssuch as:

• Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan to meet the needs of you and your family
• Flexibility to work in-office, virtually or a combination of both, based on the role's requirements
• Generous company matched pension and share purchase programs
• Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve
• Career growth and learning & development opportunitiestodevelop your skills
• And much more …

Please note that the compensation shown in the job postingmay be subject to change in 2025.

A bit about us

We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

You’ll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding. We’re committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. Your unique contributions and talents will be valued and respected here. When you join our team, you’re helping us make the future friendly.

Note for Quebec candidates: if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team memberwill be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

Technology Solutions

We’re into seeing where technology can take us, so if you have ever imagined what the future of supply chain management, cybersecurity, the cloud and Internet of Things will look like, we want you to be part of the team that makes it happen.

We are honoured to be recognized

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TELUS’s fastest network. 5G enables a superior experience with fast downloads and richer multimedia applications

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Innovation centres across Canada that bring our team members together with customers, partners, start ups, universities, hospitals and fellow colleagues to tackle some of the biggest technological hurdles Canada will face in the near future.

Accessibility

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.