Senior Architect - Regulatory Systems

At Optus, we don’t sit back and let the future happen to us - we’re out there making it. By expanding into new technology and relentlessly improving every day, we’re creating a better tomorrow for all Australians.

We believe in the strength of a vibrant, diverse and inclusive workforce where backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people help us innovate and create strong connections with our customers.

In your new role, you will work in the dynamic Regulatory Projects team. Your role is integral to providing technical solutions and maintaining architectural integrity of our systems in order to ensure Optus meets a range of regulatory obligations. To achieve this, you will need to meet with representatives from government agencies and internal groups and vendors. You will be responsible for developing innovative technical solutions to address customer requirements and government initiatives, taking ownership for coordinating all the inputs to the architectural design and supporting these designs through its life cycle.
 

**You must be a Citizen of Australia with at least 10 years residency for Security Clearance purposes**

The day to day

• Lead Architectural design and documentation of solutions for Optus to meet its obligations under the Telecommunications Act

• Design, develop and maintain regulatory solutions that could be for any of the Optus products or offerings in the market

• Be the point of contact for support to government agencies using regulatory solutions provided by Optus

• Manage and lead small project teams to deliver solutions

• Conduct security risk assessments and develop and maintain the security architecture to protect regulatory systems

• Own the full development life cycle for solutions, tackle problems, innovate, and evaluate technical alternatives

Why you are our next Senior Architect - Regulatory Systems?

• Extensive experience in crafting solutions and solid understanding of security incident frameworks (ISM)

• Experience in providing a high level of technical advice and expertise to support, identify and maintain architectural integrity of a secure network environment

• Broad and comprehensive experience in infrastructure solution design, automation and maintenance.

• Software engineering in one or more of the following: Python, Go, Rust

• Detailed understanding of Data Networks, Servers and Storage technologies and security technologies

What’s in it for you?

• 3 days in the office, 2 days remote – with flexible hours to suit!

• Inclusive paid parental leave, up to 14 weeks for the primary care giver

• All Optus employees have access to resources, webinars and support via the ‘Parents at Work portal’

• Own your own growth by accessing an extensive online and facilitator led learning catalogue – even earn a MBA micro-credential via OptusU (University)

• Connect at work through one of our employee-led volunteer groups: Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network, Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+), United Veterans and Yarn Network

• Vibrant campus life, variety of facilities including restaurants, cafes, gymnasium, GP, and post office

• Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon!

Keen to see what it’s really like to work at Optus? Search #OptusLife on LinkedIn to go behind the scenes!

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. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email AccessibleRecruitment@optus.com.au along with your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch.

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