Senior Principal Solution Architect

Senior Principal Solution Architect page is loaded Senior Principal Solution Architect Apply locations Toowong time type Full time posted on Posted 2 Days Ago job requisition id R-39978

• Human Resources HCMS Program -
• Belong to a vibrant community where your work genuinely makes an impact
• Help us design and document a technical solution that enhances payroll accuracy, efficiency, and integration at UQ
• Achieve a work-life balance with 36.25 hours/wk, purchased leave, WFH + more
• Based at Toowong, just minutes from the CBD

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
• 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
• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity

Working in the HCMS Program with the Senior Technical Manager, the Senior Principal Solution Architect will be responsible for collaborating with UQ's Information Technology Service (ITS) team, the selected vender's implementation teams, and internal program team to design and document the technical solution in keeping with existing enterprise architectural standards and technology strategies.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Partner with ITS and stakeholders to analyse business needs, identify value-add technical solutions, and design an integration plan.
• Define and document the HCMS solution architecture, covering system interfaces, data, and infrastructure from a conceptual, logical, and technical basis.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions, providing end-to-end architecture for the HCMS program.
• Conduct design workshops, impact assessments, and develop detailed technical documentation, maintaining standards and best practices.
• Provide technical guidance and support to development teams, ensuring quality on-time delivery and quality integration testing.
• Collaborate with Development teams to ensure that solutions delivered are aligned with the agreed Solution Architectures, that align with strategy, reference architectures, technology roadmaps and patterns.
• Recommend solution choices according to minimal total cost of ownership optimising strategic content and delivery of enterprise roadmaps. Develop position papers as needed.
• Promote cyber security practices, identify risks, and develop mitigation strategies, whilst fostering effective relationships with stakeholders to deliver technology outcomes that provide business value.

This is a full-time, fixed-term position until 31 December 2025.

At HEW level 8, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $108,975 - $122,176, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $127,500 - $142,946 annually. As these roles are covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases in line with the Enterprise Agreement.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have a minimum of 5 years' experience in Solution Architect roles, and broad technology experience across a range of cloud and on-premises platforms in a large enterprise. You will also demonstrate the ability to develop solutions based on requirements and work within budget and delivery timeframes.

Essential:

• Experience designing &
  leading integration strategies and frameworks that align with program objectives and IT standards, of various enterprise systems (e.G. ERP, HCM, Payroll).
• Good working knowledge of the Enterprise Architecture function and standard operating model.
• Proven experience across the software development life cycle, design patterns and best practices
• Proven experience with integration architectures (iPaaS, APIs, ETL, REST, JSON), major cloud platforms (AWS and Azure integration services) and database technologies, like SQL.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and work effectively with a diverse range of people.
• Willingness and ability to take responsibility, work well under pressure and manage conflicting demands.
• Willingness and ability to innovate and adopt new processes and technologies to deliver excellent service and quality outcomes.

Desirable:

• Experience working in the higher education sector.
• Experience designing an integrated solution between HCM, Payroll and Workforce Management.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights:
  You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.
• Background Checks:
  All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record and education check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

Questions?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Kush Singh, Senior Technical Integration Manager, via. For application queries, please contact 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:

• Cover letter addressing the 'About You' section
• Resume
  

Other Information

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with a disability, or age. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to .

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close 22 June 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-39978).