Senior Network Software Engineering Specialist

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Who We Are

• Telstra is Australia’s leading telecommunications and technology company spanning over a century with a footprint in over 20+ countries. In India, we’re building a platform for innovative delivery and engagement that will strengthen our position as an industry leader. We’ve grown quickly since our inception in 2019, now with offices in Pune and Bangalore

Role Overview

The Senior Solution Designer / Lead Software Engineer will provide architecture, technical design, and hands-on engineering leadership for the TNI mission. The role requires deep telecommunications OSS and physical network inventory expertise, strong knowledge of the Inventory Platform, and proven capability in designing scalable, resilient, graph-based enterprise solutions. The successful candidate will translate complex business requirements into pragmatic technical designs, implementation roadmaps, and measurable business outcomes while building effective relationships with stakeholders at all organisational levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution architecture and technical design for TNI capabilities, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, governance, security, resilience, and delivery standards.
• Design high-performance Neo4j graph solutions covering graph data models, schemas, relationships, indexing, query optimisation, versioning, migration, and operational performance.
• Translate complex business and platform requirements into scalable solution designs, implementation roadmaps, integration patterns, and delivery plans.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership across Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, and modern enterprise application frameworks.
• Design and deliver enterprise APIs and integrations using OData, REST, and GraphQL.
• Apply deep Inventory Platform knowledge to solution decisions involving business processes, architecture, APIs, and the underlying data model.
• Drive application modernisation, platform resilience, automation, and adoption of AI-enabled and emerging technology solutions.
• Perform business analysis and gap assessments, recommending system and process improvements that increase efficiency and deliver business benefits.
• Collaborate with business, architecture, engineering, data, operations, and delivery stakeholders to manage dependencies, risks, and design decisions.
• Provide technical governance, design assurance, documentation, and mentoring throughout the solution lifecycle.

Mandatory Requirements

• Significant experience in software design and delivery, including demonstrated experience in solution architecture, technical design, and enterprise application development.
• Strong practical experience with Neo4j graph database technologies, including graph data modelling, performance optimisation, and enterprise-scale implementation.
• Extensive capability in Neo4j solution design and graph data architecture, including graph modelling, schema design, query optimisation, indexing strategies, relationship modelling, versioning approaches, data migration, and high-performance graph solution implementation.
• Strong knowledge of telecommunications inventory platforms or comparable network inventory environments, including business processes, architecture, APIs, and underlying data models.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering API and integration solutions using OData, REST, and GraphQL.
• Hands-on software development experience with Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, and modern enterprise application frameworks.
• Experience delivering AI-enabled solutions, driving automation initiatives, and adopting emerging technologies in enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions, architecture designs, and implementation roadmaps.

Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate will bring extensive experience in software engineering, solution architecture, and telecommunications OSS or network inventory environments. They will be skilled in requirements analysis, gap assessment, enterprise application design, legacy modernisation, and platform resilience. The role also requires strong stakeholder engagement, sound technical judgement, and the ability to influence architecture and delivery outcomes across multidisciplinary teams.

Core Skills and Tools

• Telecommunications OSS and physical network inventory
• Master data management
• Solution architecture
• Enterprise architecture and governance
• Enterprise application integration
• Business analysis and business process management
• Order and alarm management
• SOA, SCA, ESB, and microservices architecture
• Agile Scrum delivery
• Platform resilience and application modernisation
• Microsoft technologies, open-source technologies, and low-code/no-code platforms
• Oracle, including PL/SQL and Pro*C; Neo4j
• Microsoft Azure cloud solutions
• Confluence and Jira

Desirable Certifications and Training

• A relevant tertiary qualification in computer science, software engineering, information technology, telecommunications, or a related discipline is desirable.
• Industry-recognised architecture certification, such as TOGAF, is desirable.
• Training or certification in telecommunications frameworks, enterprise architecture, design thinking, cloud platforms, data engineering, or business analysis will be advantageous.

Relevant Domain Experience

• Experience designing or delivering telecommunications OSS solutions across order fulfilment, assurance, service activation, and physical or logical network inventory domains.
• Experience with enterprise-scale inventory transformation, data migration, or platform modernisation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of network and service inventory data, relationships, lifecycle management, and integration with upstream and downstream systems.
• Experience designing resilient solutions for complex legacy and modern application landscapes.
• Practical experience with relational and graph data technologies, including Oracle and Neo4j.
• Exposure to cloud platforms, microservices, API-led integration, DevSecOps practices, and agile delivery environments.
• Ability to work effectively with product, business, architecture, engineering, data, operations, and vendor teams in a large enterprise environment.

If you are looking to take the next step in your career, we want to hear from you!

As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India).

When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and disabilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive. 


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