Senior Integration Developer

Deakin partnership; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site facilities

Flexible working

Parental leave

Staff discounts

Professional development

Job summary

Deakin is seeking a Senior Integration Developer to lead end‑to‑end MuleSoft integration projects across the University’s enterprise apps and cloud platforms. You will design secure APIs, drive architecture decisions and collaborate with architects, analysts, delivery teams and business stakeholders.

You will provide hands‑on technical leadership, promote best practices in DevOps and testing, and help improve overall reliability and scalability of digital services.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate qualifications or extensive relevant experience and management expertise; or equivalent combination of experience and/or education/training.
• Significant experience designing, developing and supporting complex integration solutions in a large enterprise and cloud technology environment.
• Strong hands-on experience developing and supporting solutions using the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform.
• Strong experience designing REST and SOAP APIs and integration solutions using appropriate patterns, including event-driven architectures and messaging.
• Strong experience across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and with contemporary DevOps practices, including source control, continuous integration, automated testing and code-quality controls.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and stakeholder-engagement experience, including working with or guiding technical teams in an Agile delivery environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex MuleSoft integration solutions, from design and development through testing, deployment and support.
• Design secure, reliable and scalable APIs and integrations using contemporary integration patterns and technologies.
• Provide technical leadership through design and code reviews, technical guidance and collaboration with stakeholders across the University.
• Drive improvements in DevOps, automated testing, code quality, reuse and operational reliability.

Skills

Technical leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Agile methodologies

DevOps practices

REST APIs

Education

Postgraduate qualifications

Tools

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

Job description

Job no: 588323
Work type: Full-time
Location: Flexible
Categories: Information Technology, Technical

• Based at either Melbourne or Geelong Campuses + hybrid work arrangements
• Full-time and continuing

Benefits for working with us!

At Deakin, we offer more than just a job - we offer a lifestyle. Across our campuses in Geelong, Melbourne, and regional Victoria, you’ll find everything you need to thrive: on-site childcare, gyms, medical centres, cafes, accessible public transport, and convenient parking. Enjoy flexible working arrangements that support your work-life balance, generous leave entitlements including extended parental leave and the option to purchase additional time off, plus a wide range of staff discounts on travel and more. Our health and wellbeing services, ongoing professional development opportunities, and inclusive, supportive culture make Deakin a place where you can grow - whether you're working remotely or immersed in the vibrant energy of campus life.

About the role and team:

Join Deakin’s Integration Development team within Infrastructure and Digital, responsible for building and supporting the integrations that connect enterprise applications, cloud platforms and digital services across the University. Reporting to the Group Manager, Integration Development, this is a hands‑on senior technical role working closely with architects, analysts, delivery teams and business stakeholders.

As a Senior Integration Developer, you will:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex MuleSoft integration solutions, from design and development through testing, deployment and support
• Design secure, reliable and scalable APIs and integrations using contemporary integration patterns and technologies
• Provide technical leadership through design and code reviews, technical guidance and collaboration with stakeholders across the University
• Drive improvements in DevOps, automated testing, code quality, reuse and operational reliability

To be successful, you’ll have:

• Postgraduate qualifications or extensive relevant experience and management expertise; or equivalent combination of experience and/or education/training
• Significant experience designing, developing and supporting complex integration solutions in a large enterprise and cloud technology environment
• Strong hands‑on experience developing and supporting solutions using the MuleSoft Anypoint Platform
• Strong experience designing REST and SOAP APIs and integration solutions using appropriate patterns, including event‑driven architectures and messaging
• Strong experience across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and with contemporary DevOps practices, including source control, continuous integration, automated testing and code-quality controls
• Demonstrated technical leadership and stakeholder‑engagement experience, including working with or guiding technical teams in an Agile delivery environment

Applications for this position close on Sunday 13th September.

Make an Impact with Us

Together we aim to take Deakin forward, strengthening our progressive University through the digital work we do. Whether it’s empowering students, enabling teaching staff, or supporting researchers, the work you do here matters. Your achievements contribute to making a positive difference in the lives of the people and communities we serve.

Be Your Best Self

As a unique individual we understand that showing up as the best version of yourself takes commitment to your personal wellbeing. That’s why we foster a supportive environment where you can manage your work to balance your productivity, engagement and wellbeing. Our approach to flexible working empowers you to achieve your best.

Grow & Evolve

Being in the higher education sector, ours is an environment of knowledge sharing and seeking. With us you can grow your capability through formal and informal learning and continuously improve, deepen and broaden your expertise. With many digital roles and teams under the one umbrella, there’s opportunity to expand your skillset, embrace new challenges and evolve your career. When YOU thrive, WE thrive.

Join Forces

As a member of our dynamic team, you’ll tackle challenges and deliver digital services and solutions alongside supportive, inclusive and talented humans from within the team, and more broadly across the University. We are a powerful collective of diverse skillsets, strengths and experience and our practices promote an environment of collaboration where your unique contribution is welcomed and valued. When you join forces with Digital Services you join forces with Deakin. Visit Why Work at Deakin to view the overarching benefits of working with Deakin.

Are you ready to make an impact with us?

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

Pre-employment safety and suitability checks:

In accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence, appointment to this role is subject to successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, including Working With Children Checks and candidate gender-based violence declarations.

Candidates may be asked to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender-based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender-based Violence during the course of their previous employment, or otherwise in a legal process. A declaration is not required from individuals who have experienced gender-based violence. A ‘Yes’ response does not automatically exclude a candidate from employment, and any information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for relevance to the role and the University’s safety obligations.

Advertised: 28 Aug 2026 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 13 Sep 2026 AUS Eastern Standard Time