**Our Networks & IT team**
With our world-class network covering the Australian population and connecting businesses internationally, you'll have exposure to exciting innovations in the IT industry, including cloud computing, IoT, and virtualisation.
As technologies advance, so will your career which means an agile approach will be critical to your success.
**The Role with us**
As an **Emerging Technology Specialist,** you will be responsible for the development and validation of new and emerging technologies to derive capabilities that will enhance network service offerings and improve value propositions for our customers. The Emerging Technology Specialist will focus on thought leadership and the creation, design and validation of technical solutions with Telstra, its partners and customers.
- The role is located in Gold Coast._
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Take ownership of assigned work tasks and leverage your knowledge and practical experience to quickly and efficiently create high quality output within agreed delivery timeframes.
- Collaborate with team members, industry partners and customers to provide support in the design of innovative product roadmaps to create competitive differentiation, growth, cost savings, and customer service improvements.
- Continue to build your knowledge of best practice industry trends through active thought leadership, and contribute specific product, segment or domain expertise to enable the team to continuously improve product performance.
- Is responsible for identifying and adhering to relevant special conditions, such as Technical/HS&E relating to project/s within the area of work.
**Essential Skills**:
- Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent qualification
- Demonstrated capability:
- Exceptional communication skills
- The ability to adapt quickly
- A yearn to learn
- A proactive attitude to finding and resolving your own problems before they materialise
- Recognising problems outside your own scope of work and taking relevant action
- Creative, self-driven and collaborative
**Desirable Skills**:
- Post Graduate qualification in Telecommunications, Networking, IT or other Engineering/Technical domain.
- Technical experience/competence in:
- Coding e.g. Java
- Test and validation frameworks
- Cloud deployments - virtual machines, containers
- CI/CD
- Scripting
- Atlassian toolset
- Robotics, M/L etc
**Our perks & benefits**:
- Work-life integration
- 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers.
- Professional development program.
- An epic (free) Telstra mobile phone plan.
- Laptop/Device allowance renewed every 2 years.
- Purchased Annual Leave scheme.
- Discounted Telstra products and services.
**If this opportunity sounds like a perfect fit for you, we'd encourage you to apply**
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We're committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce in all its forms. We encourage applicants from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds and applicants who may be living with a disability. We also offer flexibility in all our roles, to ensure everyone can participate.
To learn more about how we support our people, including accessibility adjustments we can provide you through the recruitment process, visit tel.st/thrive.