Contact Centre Specialist - Network Operations Centre

Only applicants with full Australian Citizenship can be considered for this role, due to security requirements. After initial onboarding and training this will be on a 24 x 7 rotating roster 5 days required on-site Optus is an Australian telecommunications company, delivering more than 11 million services to our customers every day across mobile, broadband and digital solutions. Join Optus as a Contact Centre Specialist, where you’ll deliver high‑quality managed services and technical support across Cloud Contact Centre technologies for a large government client. Working within a mature ITIL environment, you’ll take ownership of escalated issues, support change and incident processes, and collaborate with customer and internal teams to ensure stability, continuity, and exceptional customer experience. This role blends hands‑on technical troubleshooting with strong stakeholder engagement, contributing to customer satisfaction, compliance, process improvement, and seamless delivery of Contact Centre services. Your day to day will consist of Deliver technical support for Cloud Contact Centre environments, handling escalated incidents and customer issues. Update and maintain ServiceNow records, ensuring accurate tracking of incidents, changes, and customer interactions. Execute complex MACs, transitions, and after‑hours changes in line with agreed processes and maintenance windows. Collaborate with internal teams and vendors to resolve technical issues and support customer security requirements. Keep technical documentation current to support ongoing operations and knowledge sharing across teams. Participate in service governance meetings, providing updates, insights, and support for incident and problem management. What makes you perfect for the role? Strong ICT technical and operational background with experience supporting Contact Centre, Networks and Cloud technologies. Proven troubleshooting, analytical thinking, and ability to manage user‑facing technical issues under pressure. Working to SLAs in a Network Operational Centre (NOC) environment and familiar with service management processes. Experience with ServiceNow, including incident, problem, and change management processes. Ability to work autonomously with strong organisational skills and flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities. Excellent customer and vendor engagement capabilities with a focus on positive outcomes and communication. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including clear documentation and stakeholder updates. Ability to coordinate across cross‑functional teams and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Willingness to learn new technologies and ways of working. Desirable: Cloud skills, knowledge of major CC platforms, and awareness of emerging IP communications technologies The good stuff…. | What’s in it for you? Competitive remuneration and employee discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and unique shopping discounts with our retail partners. Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home. Vibrant and collaborative office campus that includes cafes, convenience store, chill out zones, GP, post office, gym and on-site childcare centre. Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected’ days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever’s important to you. We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks. Direct your own development and build future-ready skills with Optus U’s industry-focused micro-credentials, developed with La Trobe and Macquarie Universities. Build meaningful connections through employee-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+). Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in-person, by phone, SMS, or video. At Optus, we are strengthened by others and that means valuing diversity and saying ‘yes’ to embracing individual differences. We are committed to ensuring that our application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals from diverse gender, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, individuals with a disability, individuals identifying as being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, individuals who may have served in the armed forces or who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also want to do our best to make our recruitment process inclusive. If you require any adjustments or accessibility support to participate fairly and equitably in the recruitment process, please email [email protected] or call 1800 309 170. We're here to help. When you contact us, please advise your preferred method of contact and we will be in touch within 48 hours. For more information on Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Optus, please visit https://www.optus.com.au/about/inclusion-diversity