Our Infrastructure Advisory team is a leading advisor in telecommunications within the International Development and Government sectors. We improve the quality, security, and scalability of telecommunications to enhance regional stability and Australia trade and investment opportunities.
As a Senior Consultant or Manager focusing on telecommunications, you will play a key leadership role working with clients from all levels of government and within the private sector on projects that serve our communities and have meaningful impacts on our society. Our projects span strategic planning and business case development, policy and regulatory development within terrestrial fibre and wireless domains, satellites, and submarine fibre cables.
We are expanding our telecommunications team to support increased project workloads under new contracts with key infrastructure and connectivity programs.
Key Responsibilities:
Conduct technical analysis for expanding national and international fibre backbones to guide project design for policy and regulatory reform.
Collaborate with submarine fibre cable experts to convert engineering best practices into policy and regulatory guidelines.
Perform technical business planning for FTTx, fixed wireless access, and LEO satellite connectivity to advise national policymakers and regulators.
Consult with country operators, utilities, and infrastructure owners on infrastructure sharing to reduce network expansion costs and improve network quality.
Engage with Australian Government stakeholders.
Develop and maintain financial and economic models to analyse complex projects.
Create and apply frameworks for assessing value for money, economic, and financial impacts.
Develop and implement frameworks to evaluate policy options, regulatory impacts, and advise on regulatory compliance.
Produce clear, well-written reports and presentations to help clients understand complex issues.
What we're looking for
- 3 to 7 years of experience in network, radio frequency planning, or submarine fibre cable design and procurement within a relevant technology organization.
- Knowledge of key regulatory, commercial, and financial issues related to market structure, wholesale services, infrastructure access, enabling markets, and emerging technologies.
- Knowledge or experience applying telecommunication standards to Industry 4.0, utility automation, and vehicle automation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, high presentation standards, strategic thinking in problem-solving, and a proven track record of insightful data-driven quantitative analysis.
- Self-starter and ability to take on managing roles for different sized projects.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills to support client engagement.
- A proactive, supportive, and respectful team approach, with the ability to function under pressure and seek help when needed.
Benefits include career development at www.ey.com/au/careerdevelopment, flexibility at www.ey.com/au/flexibility, diversity and inclusion at www.ey.com/au/diversity-inclusiveness, and benefits at www.ey.com/au/benefits.