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• Employment Type: full time continuing role as a AEM Lead Developer
• Exceptional salary package including generous superannuation
• Location: UNSW Kensington Campus (Hybrid Working Opportunities)

About UNSW:
UNSW isn’t like other places you’ve worked. Yes, we’re a large organisation 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 AEM Lead Developer – Digital Solutions position is responsible for building, managing, and supporting core University websites on the Adobe suite (AEM in particular), Drupal and any other future technology. Enables and facilitates the building of content, marketing, websites, analytics, UI/UX/CX, ownership and delivery of which will be distributed across UNSW university. This role will demonstrate solution development best practice including using contemporary applications and development methodologies such as Agile software development. The Lead Developer will leverage the capabilities of software platforms and develop custom solutions for a wide variety of customers across UNSW. This role will work collaboratively with Developers to provide, support and guide tasks to deliver team objectives. The AEM Lead Developer reports to the Head of Digital Solutions and has no direct reports. They will provide guidance and quality assurance to AEM developers and business stakeholders.

Specific accountabilities for this role include:

• Design, build, implement and configure complex IT solutions on multiple solutions platforms in a specialised environment.
• Write and implement efficient code and thorough documentation, enforcing standards and practices with the digital platforms team in an Agile/Scrum/Test Driven Development. Drive the upskilling and guidance of Developers to analyse problems, assess solution options/approaches and document complex requirements of users.
• Provide development estimates and ensure accuracy of estimates.
• Convert customer needs and user stories into technical requirements, assess solution options and approaches and lead decision making on technology stack choices.
• Support the Tech Lead in making key decisions on how business requirements should be delivered considering best practice and technical debt implications.
• Conduct investigations and recommend resolutions during incidents and issue reporting scenarios.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of industry trends to identify novel solutions and frameworks and share this knowledge and recommendations with the team to incorporate into digital solutions and platforms.
• Align with and actively demonstrate the UNSW Values in Action: Our Behaviours and the UNSW Code of Conduct.
• Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of yourself or others.

Skills and Experience:

• Relevant tertiary qualification with subsequent relevant experience or equivalent competence gained through any combination of education, training, and experience.
• Extensive knowledge of the end-to-end content lifecycle, web content management, content publishing/deployment, and delivery processes.
• Recommend and implement good practices and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Good knowledge of AEM applications using AEM Components and Templates, Workflows, Taxonomy, Metadata Management, Replication Strategies, Content Authoring, Versioning and Publishing Pages, Tagging, JCR/CRX Repository Concepts & Nodes, Properties, etc.
• Extensive experience implementing best practices in areas such as Accessibility, SEO, URL management, Security desired.
• Designs and builds components, templates, dialogs, and workflows using the AEM architecture (Sling, CRX, OSGI, JCR).
• Front-end skills (CSS, JavaScript, HTML) are required.
• Experience with Search, DXP Search (Funnelback), Adobe Cloud Manager,, React desired.
• Proven ability to apply analytical skills and conceptual thinking to the analysis, design, and implementation of complex and specialised solutions, including applying new frameworks and technology.
• Demonstrated experience working with Agile delivery methodologies and working in an Agile environment (Scrum / Kanban) using a delivery management tool such as JIRA.
• Demonstrated success working effectively and collaboratively on initiatives with a range of people at different levels within an organisation.
• Comprehensive analytical and problem-solving skills and proven capacity to exercise initiative, flexibility and to be proactive in development of robust solutions to problems.
• A professional and responsible attitude to the delivery of high-quality customer outcomes.
• An understanding of and commitment to UNSW’s aims, objectives, and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
• Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attendin

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

Contact

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

Applications close: 12th of November 2024 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.

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