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

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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 effective 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

📌 Lead Integration Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 UNSW
📍 Sydney