The CIO of Telstra has taken the unusual step of personally writing a job ad. Patrick Eltridge wants to hire experienced Agile process coaches for a change program he sees as exciting and rewarding. Eltridge was appointed CIO at the telco in October last year and took over the position from John McInerney who left three months earlier. In a job ad posted to the Whirlpool broadband forum, Eltridge talked up Telstra as “the single most important” company in Australia and “that is why I joined”. “We are leaders in technology. Our programs are on a much larger scale than most, using cutting edge technology,” he wrote. “Join IT at Telstra and you will have exposure to some of the most exciting initiatives in the IT industry such as cloud and virtualisation, not to mention one of the most ambitious adoptions of agile practises [sic] in any organisation.” To facilitate these Agile practices, Eltridge is looking for experienced Agile process coaches as part of a large-scale change program. Agile coaches at Telstra are responsible for providing Agile guidance, education and team facilitation to build sustainable capability across the whole IT team and advance “delivery excellence” goals. Read more about Telstra’s Agile journey in Time to get Agile. Skills sought include knowledge and exposure to the Agile and Waterfall methodology and a “demonstrated capability to deliver IT Infrastructure designs within a complex IT environment”. Telstra also named its vendor partners for internal IT, including IBM, Accenture, Fujitsu, Frontline, Oracle, EMC, NetApp. The internal operations consists of five areas: firewall, architecture, networks, finance and IT operations. Working with the iteration manager, other duties include managing blockers, identifying common issues encountered by the project teams and help create a collaborative culture. According to Eltridge, without extraordinary people Telstra can’t achieve great success. “[Telstra] will give you a professional experience to be proud of,” he wrote. Follow Rodney Gedda on Twitter: @rodneygedda Follow CIO Australia on Twitter: @CIO_Australia Related content brandpost Sponsored by SAP When natural disasters strike Japan, Ōita University’s EDiSON is ready to act With the technology and assistance of SAP and Zynas Corporation, Ōita University built an emergency-response collaboration tool named EDiSON that helps the Japanese island of Kyushu detect and mitigate natural disasters. By Michael Kure, SAP Contributor Dec 07, 2023 5 mins Digital Transformation brandpost Sponsored by BMC BMC on BMC: How the company enables IT observability with BMC Helix and AIOps The goals: transform an ocean of data and ultimately provide a stellar user experience and maximum value. By Jeff Miller Dec 07, 2023 3 mins IT Leadership brandpost Sponsored by BMC The data deluge: The need for IT Operations observability and strategies for achieving it BMC Helix brings thousands of data points together to create a holistic view of the health of a service. By Jeff Miller Dec 07, 2023 4 mins IT Leadership how-to How to create an effective business continuity plan A business continuity plan outlines procedures and instructions an organization must follow in the face of disaster, whether fire, flood, or cyberattack. Here’s how to create a plan that gives your business the best chance of surviving such an By Mary K. Pratt, Ed Tittel, Kim Lindros Dec 07, 2023 11 mins Small and Medium Business Small and Medium Business Small and Medium Business Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe