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A fantastic opportunity has presented itself for a Senior Engineer Wireless T3 Ops.
A bit about your role
As a Tier-3 engineer, the role acts as the highest level of operational escalation for complex and service-impacting incidents within Wireless environments. It is responsible for leading end-to-end incident and problem management, including rapid service restoration, deep technical analysis, and root cause resolution, while driving continuous improvement to reduce recurrence and improve MTTR.
The position also leads high-performing technical teams, drives innovation and collaboration, and conducts advanced technical analysis and trials to support business decisions. It contributes engineering expertise to network planning and lifecycle strategies, ensuring operational readiness, resilience, and security-by-design for all new and upgraded capabilities.
In addition, the role builds strong stakeholder and vendor relationships, ensuring alignment across engineering, operations, and security domains, while actively supporting team engagement, workload prioritisation, and delivery of reliable, high-quality engineering outcomes.
A bit about you
You possess hands-on expertise with Ericsson 5G Core including cloud-native deployments, Kubernetes orchestration, and network automation tools such as Ansible and scripting. You have strong technical knowledge of Evolved Packet Core (EPC), 5G NR, virtualization/CNF architectures, and IP networking fundamentals (IGP/EGP, SR/TE, routing and switching).
You bring experience working in large-scale telecommunications environments, combining incident and problem management expertise with AI/ML-driven network operations and data-driven decision-making. A solid understanding of network security principles and frameworks, including Essential Eight (ACSC) and NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), is essential to ensure secure and compliant engineering outcomes.
Life at nbn
To be part of nbn is to be part of something bigger. There’s so much more from here. Our pioneering spirit drives us forward every day. Together, we help lift the digital capability of the nation by building and connecting Australia’s best fibre infrastructure into homes and businesses, plus places and things, everywhere. We’re continuing to create Australia’s network—a network made for more. Not just a way for everyone to do the things they love but transforming the way they do them.
A more inclusive working world
nbn is committed to an inclusive, flexible, and supportive workplace where everyone can feel heard, valued, and respected. We believe diverse perspectives are the key to unlocking greater outcomes and encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, and cultures. That's why we have a Reconciliation Action Plan, Accessibility & Inclusion Plan, offer 18 weeks of paid parental leave, are a Pride in Diversity Platinum Employer, and have active employee-led diversity pillars. Click here to see our list of employee benefits and why we're recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women.
Equal Opportunities for All
We champion equal opportunities for all employees. If you have any accessibility requirements and would like to discuss adjustments for the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to contact us by emailing recruitment@nbnco.com.au or calling our Recruitment Accessibility Enquiry Line at +61 2 8918 9990. Please note, this line is dedicated to accessibility-related enquiries for the purposes of recruitment, and only enquiries related to accessibility adjustments will be answered. For other matters, please visit our Contact Us page on our website.
Where to from here?
If you think this role might be for you, we want to hear from you. Please apply by following the links and sending in your resume only. We do not require a cover letter or any selection criteria to be addressed.
Please note that this is a permanent opportunity and applications for this role will close at midnight Thursday 11th June 2026
To be eligible for this role, you must have full working rights in Australia.