Senior Technical Specialist – Transmission Core

Location: Sydney (On-site + Hybrid)
Engagement: Full-time
Roster: 24×7 rotating schedule
Start: Immediate or As soon as possible

Salary: 125-150k base

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Specialist Transmission Core to ensure the performance, reliability, and availability of a national telecommunications network.
You’ll play a critical role in maintaining customer experience by leading technical resolution, operational governance, and collaboration across managed service partners, vendors, and engineering teams.

As part of a 24×7 operations environment, you’ll provide technical leadership and escalation management, particularly during major incidents or shifts where senior operational leaders are unavailable. You’ll also drive continuous improvement, automation, and quality across incident, problem, and change management functions.

What You’ll Do

• Lead resolution of complex or high-severity network faults when escalated from managed service providers.
• Provide expert technical direction during major incidents to ensure rapid service restoration.
• Manage escalations and ensure clear communication with service management and customer stakeholders.
• Drive root cause analysis, corrective actions, and closure of major problems.
• Support proactive fault reduction and network performance improvements.
• Contribute to network design and technology evolution, ensuring operational readiness and scalability.
• Validate and approve planned network changes and upgrades for quality and reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering, managed services, and vendor teams on operational improvements and strategy.
• Provide training and mentorship to team members and partners on new technologies and tools.
• Act as the primary technical authority and decision-maker during assigned shifts.
• Support automation initiatives (e.g., event correlation, incident response) to improve service outcomes.
• Review and improve network monitoring and alarm configurations to enhance efficiency.
• Represent the network operations function in technical and change review forums.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Engineering, Telecommunications, or related discipline.
• 10+ years’ hands-on experience in large-scale, multi-vendor IP and/or Carrier Ethernet environments.
• Deep understanding of:

• Network protocols: BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS, LDP, Segment Routing.
• Layer 2 and 3 services: VPLS, Epipe, L3VPN, EVPN, QoS.
• DWDM technologies: ROADM, TOADM, Optical Amplifiers, SyncE, and PTP.

• Proven experience leading the resolution of high-severity and cross-domain technical incidents.
• Strong vendor and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication able to translate complex technical information for business and leadership audiences.
• Ability to work autonomously under pressure, make sound operational decisions, and deliver practical solutions.
• Leadership capability in mentoring and guiding peers.
• Familiarity with automation and orchestration tools in service assurance environments (highly regarded).

Why Join

You’ll be part of a technically elite network operations team that safeguards one of Australia’s most critical telecommunications infrastructures. Expect exposure to cutting-edge technology, a supportive engineering culture, and opportunities to lead initiatives that directly impact national connectivity and customer experience.

Ready to apply?

Reach out to Ryan Atack at ryan.atack@talentinternational.com.

Senior Network Engineer

Tier 1 Telecommunications Provider | Sydney | 24/7 Roster (rotating shifts)

We’re partnering with one of Australia’s biggest telco players to find their next network superhero someone who keeps the nation connected, calm under pressure, and maybe even enjoys a good outage challenge (just a little).

What you’ll be doing

• Monitoring, analysing, and optimising network performance across multiple domains
• Troubleshooting and resolving incidents with precision and pace
• Leading or assisting in major network escalations and service restorations
• Driving continuous improvements to make the network faster, stronger, and more resilient

What you’ll bring

• Strong Network Operations and ITIL background
• Hands-on experience with Mobile Core, 4G/5G RAN, IMS, IP infrastructure, or Transmission
• Calm, decisive problem-solving when things get interesting
• Qualifications in IT, Telecommunications, or a related discipline

Why you’ll love it

Join a smart, collaborative team working on the infrastructure that literally keeps Australia online. You’ll enjoy modern facilities, ongoing learning and development pathways, and a supportive, no-ego environment where your impact is felt every day.

Ready to apply?

Reach out to Ryan Atack at ryan.atack@talentinternational.com.

• Permanent Full Time OR Contract initially to Dec 2025
• Must hold minimum NV1 security clearance
• Canberra location – onsite

Our Client

Our client aims to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. Our client provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.

The Role

Be part of a transformative Defence program that is shaping Australia’s future command, control, communications, and intelligence capabilities. As a C4I Engineer, you’ll play a key role in guiding engineering decisions, managing technical artefacts, and ensuring the integrity of complex, mission-critical systems across the Defence network environment.

Your duties will include:

• Providing expert engineering support to the C4I domain within the AIR6500 program
• Developing detailed technical reports and documentation to inform engineering and validation decisions
• Participating in technical reviews, working groups, and workshops across multidisciplinary teams
• Reviewing industry artefacts and contributing to the development of functional baselines
• Assisting in the identification, assessment, and mitigation of C4I-related risks
• Supporting the Engineering Manager with coordination and technical oversight across project phases

Skills and Experience we are looking for:

• Tertiary qualifications in engineering or a related technical field
• Experience supporting Defence acquisition projects or complex Defence programs
• Minimum five years’ experience within Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) systems
• Strong understanding of distributed network architectures and Defence ICT environments
• Excellent communication and technical writing skills for both internal and external stakeholders
• Eligibility to obtain or hold NV2 clearance

Application Process

If you would like to apply for this opportunity, pleas click ‘APPLY’. For further information, please contact Jaela Smith on 02 6129 6302 or email jaela.smith@talentinternational.com

Our client is an Australian organisation with a national presence. Due to a busy period, they are seeking a Senior Network Engineer to join their team for an initial 6-12-month contract with a possibility of converting to permanent. This opportunity is based in Melbourne CBD, and you will be at the client site in Melbourne for a minimum of 3 days per week.

This busy role is business facing with travel involved. You will resolve network issues, developing and implementing strategies that will sustain network operations across all sites. This position will assist in design and help architect changes to the client’s national IT network. This position will have variety as you will drive solid standards across new and existing network technologies while working closely with existing vendors on all areas of network support and design.

To apply for this opportunity, you will need the following background and skills:

• Be an Australian Citizen (due to the nature of the client’s government contracts) – essential
• Experience working with stakeholders at all levels with a great customer service attitude.
• Extensive experience (typically 5+ years) in enterprise network engineering roles, with a proven track record leading network projects and initiatives.
• Advanced expertise in network security, cloud networking (AWS/Azure), and automation (e.g., scripting, SDN).
• Experience with large-scale, multi-site network environments.
• Strong technical knowledge, analytical and conceptual skills with the ability to adapt to new situations and develop solutions to complex network problems. In-depth knowledge of IT networking models, TCP/IP protocols, and network management tools (Wireshark, Nmap, Cisco DNA, vManage, etc.)
• Network administration skills on Corporate LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VOIP, VPN, CASB (ZScaler), Virtual Networks, Radius & Cloud Networks (AWS).
• Experience in utilities, field services and defence industries is a bonus.
• A willingness to do some travel interstate if required

For more information, please contact Shelley on 0418 572 482 or email shelley.harrison@talentinternational.com Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

A startup company within the prop-tech space, is looking to add a Software Engineering Manager to their growing team. Shaking up the commercial real estate space, their exciting product focuses on helping property owners and managers cut energy costs and emissions.

This role will be open for remote candidates located within the eastern time zone.

The Role Responsibilities:

• Manage a group of 6-8 software engineers across multiple teams focused on different internal projects and tasks
• Conduct regular check-ins and feedback sessions on areas of improvement around contributions to product they’re working on
• Collaborate with Product Team on projects with engineers assigned to determine prioritization and team adjustments to meet task achievements and goals
• Ensuring cross-team projects are properly scheduled for optimal delivery time on technical projects where you are the lead
• Code reviews and discussions with engineers to ensure architectural implementation details
• Evaluate severity of product bugs and technical issues to document impact and correct prioritization

Required Experience:

• Programming experience with Go and React
• 2+ Years of managing a team of at least 4 engineers
• Experience with managing remote/off shore resources and team members
• Experience interviewing and hiring engineers for a growing team
• Has worked in a startup environment previously