Senior Integration Developer

Deakin University; Geelong; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Deakin University’s Integration Development team seeks a Senior Integration Developer to lead end-to-end MuleSoft integration projects across enterprise applications and cloud platforms. You will design secure APIs, mentor teams, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure reliable delivery and operational excellence.

Candidates should have postgraduate qualifications or equivalent experience, strong MuleSoft expertise, and a proven track record in large-scale enterprise integration within an

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

MuleSoft Anypoint Platform

APIs design (REST/SOAP)

DevOps practices

Leadership & stakeholder engagement

Agile delivery

Git

CI/CD

Education

Postgraduate qualifications or equivalent experience

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

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 1st November.

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.

So that you can focus on making a positive impact, Deakin Digital Services lays the foundations for you to be your best self, grow and evolve and join forces with exceptional people.

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.