Technical Specialist, National Fibre

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

The National Fibre Technical Specialist is responsible for developing and implementing Optus’ national fibre network plans to support long-term growth across Consumer, Enterprise, and Mobile services. Reporting to the Associate Director, National Fibre, this role focuses on designing cost-effective fibre solutions, managing network capacity, and ensuring alignment with business objectives and technology roadmaps.

Key responsibilities include leading capital planning for major fibre programs, supporting enterprise bids and special projects with engineering designs and cost estimates, and driving successful implementation of fibre planning projects into builds. The role also involves collaborating with deployment teams to resolve operational challenges and ensure timely, efficient delivery of fibre infrastructure projects.

What You’ll Do

• Develop long-term fibre network plans to expand national infrastructure and support growth across Consumer, Enterprise, and Mobile services.
• Supervise and manage fibre network capacity to ensure performance meets KPIs and future service requirements.
• Plan and design fibre routes, cable sizing, splice locations, technology selection, and build timing for efficient solutions.
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses for upgrades or rearrangements and initiate builds through planning notices.
• Resolve fibre design conflicts and identify integration opportunities across underground and aerial networks in alignment with broader transport strategies.
• Work with internal engineering teams, support enterprise bids with designs and cost estimates, manage fibre planning projects, and provide training and guidance to contractors.

What You Bring

• Strong knowledge of fibre architecture, route planning, cable sizing, splice placement, and technology selection.
• Ability to manage fibre network capacity and maintain service resiliency to meet KPIs and future demand.
• Skilled in cost-benefit evaluations and resolving complex fibre design conflicts with scalable, cost-effective solutions.
• Capability to identify integration opportunities across underground/aerial fibre networks and align with broader transport strategies.
• Proven track record and ability to collaborate effectively with internal teams and external partners, including customers, suppliers, and regulatory bodies.
• Strong documentation skills, ability to communicate technical concepts clearly, and experience mentoring contractors to uphold quality standards.
• Strong knowledge and experienced in using GIS tools for physical and logical network inventory management and record keeping
• Experienced in intercity route, longhaul and metro city route planning and fibre architecture.
• Understanding of DWDM and Carrier Ethernet network is a plus
• Experienced and ability to work with internal engineering team, lead planning activities, presenting short term and long term fibre strategy is a must
• Ability to support and prescribe planning and design guidelines in reference to Standards

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.
• 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 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. 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. We're here to help. When you contact us, please advise your preferred method of contact, and we will be in touch within 48 hours.

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

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