Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

4 Aug 2026 11:59pm

Job Title

Senior Platform Automation Engineer

Job Summary

Who We Are We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network.

This includes making Telstra the place you want to work. For you, that means a having career that grows with you and working with a team powered by human connection that prioritises wellbeing and choice.

Focus of the Role

This is a rare opportunity to use your technical experience and strong communication skills to help build a new API-first, automation-first and AI-enabled security engineering capability at Telstra.

This is a new role in Security Engineering shaping how security services are designed, delivered and scaled.

You’ll build practical automation, APIs and platform patterns that reduce manual effort, improve consistency and help engineering teams focus on higher-value security work.

Working with Product Owners, Chapter Leaders and Security Engineering specialists, you’ll turn repeatable work into reusable services, self-service experiences and well-governed engineering patterns.

What We Offer

At Telstra, you’ll have access to a range of benefits, including:

- Work-life integration — flexibility around where and when you work.
- Toolkit provided (laptop + mobile phone + plan paid for)
- Professional development programs.
- Purchased Annual Leave scheme.
- 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary and secondary carers.
- Discounted Telstra products and services.

What you'll do

- Design, build and productionise APIs, integrations, automations and reusable engineering patterns across security platforms.




- Turn manual or ticket-driven processes into simpler, more consistent self-service experiences.
- Create orchestration that connects security platforms, workflow tools, approval paths and business processes.
- Explore safe, governed use of AI-assisted workflows to improve triage, routing, knowledge access and engineering productivity.
- Partner with SMEs to convert domain expertise into reusable services, documentation and patterns others can adopt.

About you

You’ll bring deep hands-on engineering experience and the judgement to build automation that is useful, secure and sustainable in a complex enterprise environment.

- Strong experience building software, APIs, integrations, automations or internal platforms that improve how teams operate.
- Confident working with REST APIs, JSON, webhooks, vendor API documentation and enterprise system integrations.
- Proficiency in Python or another contemporary scripting/programming language, with experience productionising solutions through Git, testing and CI/CD.
- Ability to design reusable services and automation patterns, not just one-off scripts.
- Sound engineering judgement for sensitive or high-risk workflows, including governance, approvals, access control, auditability and secure secrets handling.
- Experience in one or more of platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, service orchestration, enterprise SaaS automation, AI-assisted engineering workflows or security engineering.





We're amongst the top 2% of companies globally in the CDP Global Climate Change Index 2023, being awarded an 'A' rating. If you want to work for a company that cares about sustainability, we want to hear from you. As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India).

When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and disabilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive.

As part of the hiring process, all identified candidates will undergo a background check, and the results will play a role in the final decision regarding your application.

We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.

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📌 Senior Platform Automation Engineer (Australia)
🏢 Telstra International
📍 Australia