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• Employment Type: full time continuing role as a Lead Developer
• Starting salary $148012 plus 17% super
• Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Hybrid Working Opportunities)

About UNSW:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organization 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. If you want a career where you can thrive, be challenged and do meaningful work, you’re in the right place.

The role is responsible for developing and embedding contemporary application development methodologies, identifying and building system designs, structures and tools, and initiating and leading end to-end delivery and maintenance of high-quality solutions. The role reports to Technology Manager within the Sub Domain and has no direct reports.

Specific accountabilities for this role include:

• Take responsibility for the end-to-end technical delivery and support of solutions.
• Lead the technical development, planning and implementation requirements for solutions on various platforms and engage with customers and key stakeholders to ensure successful delivery on requirements.
• Lead and facilitate technical discussion and decision making in the team, and provide coaching, advice and support on technical development.
• Lead the technical delivery and support of solutions using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Ensuring adherence to UNSW standards, change processes and relevant cost and time objectives.
• Recommend designs, structures and tools for systems which meet business needs and is user friendly, which take into account target environment, performance and security requirements and existing systems.
• Analyse, build and document technical solutions based on functional and non-functional requirements.
• Prepare unit, system, and acceptance test cases to validate delivered solutions.
• Test complex solutions implemented on the platform, and work with Testing and Analysis colleagues in agile delivery.
• Engage with the relevant technical people in UNSW IT to manage environments, deployments and tenancy administration activities.
• Proactively manage complex risks, issues and financials, and work with the team to ensure appropriate solutions are in place.
• Support leadership in optimising the way in which the team work, including practices, organisation, and resourcing to promote team dynamics and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Ensure effective communication with key stakeholders, both internal and external and provide influential input with stakeholders to achieve business outcomes.

Skills and Experience:

• Relevant tertiary qualification with subsequent relevant experience or equivalent competence gained through any combination of education, training and experience.
• Extensive experience with development and enhancement of enterprise grade applications. • Extensive experience implementing solutions using various technology platforms including custom built and vendor provided solutions.
• Extensive experience working with Agile and other deliver methodologies.
• Extensive working experience in People Soft Finance and Supply Chanin Management 9.2
• Deep expertise in PeopleSoft Integration Broker, including service operation configuration, routing and transformation logic for financial data.
• Skilled in using PHIRE for change control and migration tracking in complex PeopleSoft development and  CI/CD automation
• Extensive experience in cloud integration across AWS, Azure and/or Oracle Cloud platform
• Extensive experience using a delivery management tool (e.g. JIRA or MS Team Foundation Server)
• Strong experience with leading and overseeing preparation and execution of test cases.
• Sound experience in leading, coaching and motivating team members, as well as effective dispute resolution skills.
• Sound consultation, influencing and negotiation skills and proven ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders to achieve successful outcomes.
• Comprehensive analytical and problem-solving skills and proven capacity to exercise initiative, flexibility and to be proactive in development of robust solutions to problems.
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of attention to detail for deliverables produced.
• Demonstrated success working effectively and collaboratively on initiatives with a range of people at different levels within an organisation.

To Apply: If this is of interest to you, please submit your CV, Cover Letter and responses to the Skills and Experience outlined above and in the position description.

More Information: visit https://www.jobs.unsw.edu.au/

Contact

Jen MacLachlan, email: j.maclachlan@unsw.edu.au

Applications close: Monday 20th of October at 11.30pm

Benefits and Culture

• Flexible hybrid working
• Additional 3 days of leave over the Christmas Period
• Access to lifelong learning and career development
• Progressive HR practices
• Discounts and entitlements 

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.