About This Opportunity
Exciting opportunities are available for Senior Principal Integration Developers to contribute to a major Platform Consolidation project. In this hands-on role, you will design, build, and maintain complex integrations, APIs, and data pipelines across cloud and on-prem systems. You’ll work directly with high-volume data flows, optimize performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement best-practice solutions, playing a key part in shaping the architecture and ensuring the success of critical integration initiatives.
Key responsibilities will include:
Leading and performing analysis, design, development, testing, and operations of system interfaces, data flows, and API implementations.
Designing, implementing, testing, and maintaining integration systems, tools, services, middleware, and infrastructure, with ongoing operational support and resolving integration incidents.
Consulting on technical and governance aspects of integration technologies, platforms, and services for stakeholders.
Investigating, evaluating, and reporting on new equipment, systems, processes, patterns, and standards.
About UQ
As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.
Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.
Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:
26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
17% superannuation contributions
17.5% annual leave loading
Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times and purchased leave
Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
UQ Study for Staff
On campus childcare options
Affordable parking (from just $5.75 a day)
Salary packaging options
About You
You bring a strong background in IT with expertise in cloud-based integration solutions, project leadership, and stakeholder engagement. With demonstrated experience in Azure and modern integration practices, you combine technical depth with analytical and interpersonal skills to deliver effective outcomes in complex environments.
Key attributes include:
Undergraduate degree in IT plus postgraduate qualifications (or progress toward them), or equivalent experience.
Proven experience with Azure and modern cloud-based services.
Ability to architect, design, implement, test, and operate integration solutions.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills across systems, data, and technologies.
Experience leading IT projects, managing teams and budgets, and working in agile (SCRUM) environments.
Skilled in designing and operating integration flows and APIs (e.g., Swagger, RAML).
Experience with DevOps practices and tools including CI/CD, automation, and monitoring.
Proficiency in database development, relational design, and advanced query writing.
The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including: right to work in Australia, criminal check, and education check.
You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.
Questions?
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Shirley Wood Mcleod, Associate Director, Data Services at s.woodmcleod@uq.edu.au.
For application queries, please contact talent@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
Want to Apply?
All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:
Other Information
UQ is committed to a fair, equitable and inclusive selection process, which recognises that some applicants may face additional barriers and challenges which have impacted and/or continue to impact their career trajectory. Candidates who don’t meet all criteria are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their potential. The selection panel considers both potential and performance relative to opportunities when assessing suitability for the role.
We know one of our strengths as an institution lies in our diverse colleagues. We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We're committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent. Reach out to talent@uq.edu.au for accessibility support or adjustments.
Applications close Wednesday 29 October 2025 at 11.00pm AEST (R-56164).
