Optus Network Engineering keeps Australia connected. We own the design, planning, delivery, and operation of one of Australia's largest and most critical telecommunications networks.

In other words, we're the people who keep 11 million customers online every day. We support the IP infrastructure that powers mobile, broadband, and digital services across the nation - and we're looking for a Principal Software Engineer who wants to help define how we build the future of a network indistinguishable from perfect.

The IP Automation & Tooling team develops and operates automation, observability, and data platforms spanning IP Core, Edge, Aggregation, and Optical domains. We own the end-to-end roadmap for transforming our IP network into an intelligent, self-healing platform that operates at national scale.

You'll work directly with the Director to shape the engineering strategy and set technical direction for the platform. You'll define how the team builds - the pa...