Senior Director Cloud Infrastructure

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

As Senior Director of Cloud Infrastructure, you will guide the strategy, design, engineering, and lifecycle management of our cloud infrastructure. This focuses on the cloud-native frameworks, enabling automation, and supporting intelligent operations to modernize our network services and digital tools.

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the development of cloud infrastructure strategy aligned with network modernisation and digital platform objectives, supporting hybrid and cloud‑native environments.
• Work with Architecture and engineering teams to ensure infrastructure platforms support evolving network, OSS, AI, and digital service requirements.
• Support the design and operation of scalable, secure infrastructure platforms, promoting automation, infrastructure‑as‑code, CI/CD, and container‑based practices.
• Enable reliable and observable infrastructure services through lifecycle management, resilience, performance optimisation, cost transparency, and strong operational practices.

What makes you perfect for the role?

• Strong background in cloud infrastructure engineering and platform architecture (10+ years).
• Strong expertise across public and private cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP or equivalent).
• Experience with container platforms, virtualization, infrastructure-as-code, and automation frameworks.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale infrastructure transformation and cloud migration initiatives.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure requirements supporting telecommunications networks and OSS platforms.
• Experience leading large engineering teams responsible for infrastructure platforms (5+ years leading 30+ people teams).
• Strong vendor and technology partnership management experience.
• Experience leading teams through organizational change, restructures, or significant transformation initiatives.
• Telecommunications industry experience highly desirable, or experience in highly regulated critical infrastructure industries (financial services, government, utilities, healthcare) with 24/7 operational requirements.

The good stuff….

• Competitive remuneration and colleague discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and outstanding 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.
• Direct your own development and build future-ready skills with Optus U’s industry-focused micro-credentials, developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities.
• Build meaningful connections through colleague-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. Join us for an outstanding career opportunity!

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. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au or call 1800 309 170.

For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity