Network Planning Specialist

About the role

Telstra is hiring a Network Planning Specialist to help shape the future of its transport network. You will develop infrastructure plans, assess network capacity and performance and support strategic investment decisions, working across a complex technology environment to deliver cost-effective, reliable and compliant outcomes while contributing to the Reduce30 transformation objectives.

Key responsibilities

• Lead planning and design activities supporting SDH/PDH decommissioning and network migration initiatives.
• Analyse network demand, capacity, performance and risk to drive planning decisions and investment recommendations.
• Develop infrastructure plans, technology roadmaps and deployment strategies.
• Support the migration of legacy transport network services to modern platforms and technologies.
• Collaborate with planners, designers, engineers and stakeholders to deliver transformational and business-as-usual network outcomes.
• Ensure planning solutions meet technical, regulatory, quality and commercial requirements.

Required profile

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong transport and capacity planning expertise.
• Experience in network transformation, migration and decommissioning programs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, effective stakeholder engagement and a continuous learning mindset.

Required skills

• Advanced knowledge of SDH, PDH and DWDM technologies.
• Desirable: knowledge of Telstra transport network environments, tools and databases.
• Desirable: experience with TPD, PlanNet, iDEAL or Qlik Sense.
• Desirable: exposure to Python, SQL, data modelling or network modelling tools.

What we offer

• Performance-related pay.
• Access to thousands of learning programs.
• Purchased annual leave scheme and an additional Telstra day off.
• 30% discount on Telstra products and services.
• Toolkit provided (laptop, mobile phone and plan paid for).