Lead Integration Engineer - Student

UNSW; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working Options

Career development opportunities

17% Superannuation and extra leave

Job summary

UNSW is seeking a Lead Integration Engineer to drive the design, delivery, and operation of enterprise-class integration services within the Student Sub-Domain. You will lead data architecture, integration standards, and security across on-premises and cloud environments, including PeopleSoft and SaaS platforms, with a focus on scalable student data exchange.

You will mentor teams, influence enterprise roadmaps, and collaborate with stakeholders across UNSW IT.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology (or equivalent).
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale integration services in large organisations.
• Experience integrating ERP and CRM with cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of Student Information Systems or similar.
• Ability to lead complex technical initiatives with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide enterprise-level leadership for data and integration architecture for the Student Sub-Domain.
• Govern data and integration standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Lead the design and delivery of complex, mission-critical integration solutions.
• Ensure performance, scalability, availability, and security of integrations.
• Mentor staff and coordinate with cross-functional teams and vendors.
• Develop runbooks, roadmaps, and documentation for integrations.
• Drive architectural decisions aligned with UNSW technology strategy.

Skills

Enterprise integration leadership

Team leadership

API-based and event-driven integration

DevOps / CI/CD

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Security & architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or equivalent

Tools

PeopleSoft Integration Broker

AWS

Azure

Dynamics 365

Job description

• Employment Type: full time continuing role, UNSW IT
• Lead Integration Engineer role within our Student and Research Solutions domain
• Attractive salary package available
• Location: Kensington campus in NSW (Hybrid Flexible Working) 2-3 days in the office

About UNSW:

UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. We’re a large organisation with a diverse and talented community; a community doing extraordinary things. Together, we are driven to be thoughtful, practical, and purposeful in all we do. Taking this combined approach is what makes our work matter. It’s the reason we’re one of the top 50 universities in the world and a member of Australia’s prestigious Group of Eight. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

The Lead Integration Engineer (Student) is a senior role within the Student and Research (StARs) Domain accountable for leading the design, delivery and operation of enterprise class integration service and leadership for the Student Sub-Domain. The role is responsible for the data and technical architecture, design, delivery, and lifecycle management of complex integration solutions, primarily leveraging established technologies and platforms such as AWS, Azure and PeopleSoft Integration Broker. The Lead Integration Engineer has a leading role in the research, analysis and adoption of emerging technologies and platforms to support future integration needs. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the role acts as the authoritative subject-matter expert for integration, shaping strategy, setting standards, mentoring staff, and ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable student data exchange across enterprise, cloud, and third-party systems. The role demonstrates end-to-end ownership of the Student Integrations services and platforms, influencing long-term architectural direction and enabling UNSW’s technology strategy. The Lead has responsibility for a team of employees, contractors and vendors who deliver the Student Sub-Domain integration services. The position reports to the Head of Student Solutions.

Specific accountabilities for this role include:

• Provide enterprise-level leadership for data and integration architecture across the Student Sub-Domain suite of services and products.
• Manage and govern data and integration standards, patterns, and best practices aligned to UNSW enterprise architecture and integration strategies for the subdomain.
• Act as the senior technical authority and escalation point for complex integration, performance, and security issues.
• Lead the design and delivery of highly complex, mission-critical integration solutions for the subdomain.
• Ensure integration solutions meet performance, scalability, availability, and security requirements.
• Review vendor integration designs and technical proposals to ensure they meet UNSW standards and business needs.
• Monitor the ongoing performance and operation of integrations to ensure they remain efficient and fit for purpose.
• As part of the lifecycle management of our integration solutions, develop plans to evolve legacy integrations to more mature architectures and platforms, reduce technical debt and leading to greater consistency across all our integration services.
• Partner with cloud, infrastructure, security, integration, architecture, and other teams to implement appropriate solutions, monitoring, and security controls.
• Oversee the development and maintenance of high-quality documentation, standards, roadmaps, and operational runbooks.
• Work in close partnership with senior stakeholders, functional leads, architects, central integration team, and vendors to define integration requirements and outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership and expert advice on integration strategy, risk, and technology direction.
• Influence architectural and delivery decisions beyond own team, contributing to enterprise technology roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and coaching to the team.
• Drive feedback loops and retrospectives across teams to refine processes, remove barriers, and enhance delivery performance.
• Align with and actively demonstrate the Code of Conduct and Values and ensure hazards and risks psychosocial and physical are identified and controlled for tasks, projects, and activities that pose a health and safety risk within your area of responsibility.

Who you are:

• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology (or equivalent), with demonstrated success managing complex integration and applications in large, diverse organisations.
• Proven advanced experience leading the delivery and operation of enterprise-scale integration services.
• Experience integrating large ERPs (preferably PeopleSoft), CRMs (preferably Dynamics 365) with SaaS and cloud-native integration platforms.
• Deep knowledge of Student Information Systems and their associated integration frameworks and standards.
• Strong understanding of typical data sets for key business processes across the entire student academic lifecycle
• Demonstrated experience with the design and development of API-based and event-drive integration architectures.
• Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation.
• Relevant cloud certifications (AWS or Azure)
• Experience operating within large, federated, or higher education organisations.
• Expert knowledge of integration security and hybrid architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage high performing teams.
• An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.

Benefits and Culture

• Flexible Working Options (work from home, flexible hours etc)
• Career development opportunities
• 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
• Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
• Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)

For further details on the benefits, please visithttps://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/lifestyle-benefits

Applications close:

Monday 5th of October at 11.30pm

Pre-Employment Checks

Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.

These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:-

• National and International Criminal history checks
• Entitlement to work and ID checks
• Working With Children Checks
• Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Verification of relevant professional membership
• Employment history and reference checks
• Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
• Medical Checks and Assessments

Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.

Get in Touch:

Jen MacLachlan

[e-mail]

Talent Acquisition Partner – UNSW IT

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff. The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.