Principal Solutions Architect Platforms
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17 Apr 2026 11:59pmJob Title
Principal Solutions Architect - PlatformsJob Summary
As a Principal Solutions Architect you pioneer and lead the design of complex end-to-end architectural solutions that delight out customers specialised in the enabling platforms.Job Description
Who We Are
Were an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. Were 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
As part ofProduct and Technology your mission will be to capture market value at scale by building products that offers our customers a great experience is seamless to deliver and are profitable to the core.
Our teams use technology automation and innovation to try and decode the worlds biggest technological challenges in areas such as the Internet of Things (IoT) 5G Artificial Intelligence (AI) Machine Learning and more.
What We Offer
Performance-related pay
Access to thousands of learning programs so you can level-up
Global presence across 22 countries; opportunities to work where we do business.
Purchased annual leave scheme
Additional Telstra day off
Additional 30% off Telstra products and services
Toolkit provided (laptop mobile phone plan paid for)
What Youll Do
As a Principal Solution Architect youll apply your deep expertise and breadth of experience in solution architecture to:
Construct technology-enabled business and operating models and provide viable solution options and visibility into execution issues.
Be a hands-on architecture leader working on cross-entity solutions and complex problems across the Telstra Group.
Act as a leading subject matter expert to identify develop and improve technical and business architecture of solutions for current and future requirements.
Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure consistency with enterprise architecture and leverage shared technologies tools and processes.
Engage and influence key technology partners and business stakeholders to develop architecture and engineering guidelines with vendors.
Provide guidance and make strategic decisions to resolve complex and ambiguous issues and remove blockers for your team.
Foster an architecture that enables iterative autonomous development and future scaling; guide teams in design decisions that minimise future change costs.
Collaborate with the security team to model a security-first mindset and apply the organisations security strategy.
Partner with product owners to build a culture of priority setting and urgency in alignment with organisational strategy.
Demonstrate effective decision-making and responsible actions to handle risk change and uncertainty across several teams.
Build strong commercial capability by modelling commercial thinking balancing cost and value.
Build a culture of knowledge sharing and documentation for continuous learning and capability-building.
Contribute to function and organisation strategy practices and planning.
Use a digital product mindset to recognise product opportunities and differentiators.
Model Telstras values and facilitate inclusive discussions across teams.
Maintain a high level of capability in software engineering including new and emerging technologies.
Shape the future blueprint of how a domain can evolve across infrastructure applications and services.
Enable stakeholders to make informed decisions that balance business outcomes with technical feasibility.
Contribute to planning and prioritisation especially around customer strategy and functional roadmaps.
About You
Were looking someone who:
Has proven experience in the telecom industry (or similar) with a deep level of domain knowledge in platform enabling technologies related to
Internal developer experiences and SDLC
Deep experience in system integrationarchitectural design patternsAPIfirst design and eventdriven architecture
Designingreusable composable selfservice platforms
Platform architecture and product thinking
Clear platformvalue propositions guardrails and contracts
Integration and API architectures
Cloud and infrastructure
Non-Functional requirements (Security by design compliance and regulatory awareness scalabilityresilienceavailability cost models)
Experience in architecture and engineering and strategic leadership roles in large organisations.
Hands-on strategic architecture experience to define mid and long-term architecture designs.
Knowledge of Tele Management Forum (TMF) Open API Digital Open Architecture AI architectures and concepts SaaS IaaS PaaS SOA APIs open data microservices event-driven IT and predictive analytics.
Understanding of business models operating models financial models cost-benefit analysis budgeting and risk management.
Familiarity with enterprise architecture tools graphical models and frameworks.
Insight into information management practices SDLC management IT services management agile and lean methodologies infrastructure and operations EA and ITIL frameworks.
Understanding of various operating models and agile principles methodologies and frameworks.
Effective leadership skills including teamwork facilitation and negotiation.
Innovative consulting mindset to drive digital business strategies.
Excellent written verbal communication and presentation skills.
Expertise in distributed systems networking software architecture and software security concepts.
As part of your application with Telstra you may receive communications from us on(for job applications in Australia) and 1 (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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