• Flexible location offered at Melbourne, Burwood or Geelong, Waterfront Campus + hybrid work arrangements
• Full-time and continuing – start date ASAP

Position overview

The Manager, Software Engineering (Cloud) plays a pivotal role in guiding people and technology through our transition to a cloud-first approach, while ensuring the effective management and maintenance of our existing application landscape. This role ensures that our solutions not only align with organisational goals, industry standards, and best practices, while leveraging cloud technologies to drive innovation and efficiency.

You will be responsible for looking after a team of dedicated technologists and assist in guiding our Software Engineering practice through this transformation, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest quality. At the same time, you will oversee the management and rationalisation of existing applications, ensuring they are appropriately maintained, consolidated where possible, or transitioned to cloud-based solutions in alignment with the university’s digital strategy—all while maintaining a strong focus on operational excellence.

As a Manager, Software Engineering (Cloud), you will:

• Guide, manage, and coach a team of dedicated software engineers, providing direction, support, and mentorship to achieve team, project, and personal growth objectives.
• Oversee the development and implementation of software solutions, ensuring alignment with organisational goals, technical requirements, and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with the architecture team and other technical teams to define enterprise architecture patterns relevant to our domain.
• Evaluate and implement new technologies and tools to drive innovation, improve service delivery, and enhance operational excellence.
• Assess technical risk, developing and implementing mitigation strategies, ensuring high quality standards are met by all members of the software engineering team.
• Assist the team in applying cloud migration strategies, ensuring a smooth transition while aligning with the university’s cloud-first approach.
• Oversee the consolidation and rationalisation of existing software applications, ensuring continued support and alignment with strategic objectives.

To be successful, you’ll have:

• Strong coaching and people management skills, with the ability to mentor, educate, and develop team members to achieve team and personal goals.
• Providing technical leadership and participate in solutions for complex projects.
• Extensive experience troubleshooting and optimizing complex software environments.
• Experience in cloud platforms, primarily Azure, with AWS and GCP experience beneficial.
• Proven success in cloud migrations and a strong understanding of cloud application architecture, services, and best practices.
• The ability to work at a high level, providing strategic advice, while also being able to get into the detail and work hands-on with the tools.

Join Us if You’re Ready to Lead

This is not a stepping-stone role—this is an opportunity for an experienced leader to take ownership, drive transformation, and leave a lasting impact. If you are ready to apply your expertise to a high-impact role, we want to hear from you.

Here's how to apply:

Only people with the right to work in Australia may apply for this position.

Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience by clicking the 'Apply' button.

For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Tommy Braas (Senior Manager, Software Engineering) on [email protected]

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

Manager, Software Engineering_HEW 9.pdf

Applications for this position close on Tuesday, 15 July 2025 at 11:55pm.

Why work with us?

At Deakin you will have access to benefits such as a variety of leave options including generous parental leave and the ability to purchase additional leave; flexible working arrangements to help manage your work-life balance; ongoing learning and development opportunities to grow your career; an inclusive and supportive culture and environment to work in, both online and on campus.

Make an Impact with Us

Together we aim to take Deakin forward, strengthening our progressive University through the digital work we do. Whether it's empowering students, enabling teaching staff, or supporting researchers, the work you do here matters. Your achievements contribute to making a positive difference in the lives of the people and communities we serve.

So that you can focus on making a positive impact, Deakin Digital Services lays the foundations for you to be your best self, grow and evolve and work with exceptional people.

Be Your Best Self

As a unique person we understand that showing up as the best version of yourself takes commitment to your personal wellbeing. That’s why we foster a supportive environment where you can manage your work to balance your productivity, engagement and wellbeing. Our approach to flexible working empowers you to achieve your best.

Grow & Evolve

Being in the higher education sector, ours is an environment of knowledge sharing and seeking. With us you can grow your capability through formal and informal learning and continuously improve, deepen and broaden your expertise. With many digital roles and teams under the one umbrella, there’s opportunity to expand your skillset, solve new problems and evolve your career. When YOU thrive, WE thrive.

Join Us

As a member of our dynamic team, you’ll help deliver digital services and solutions alongside supportive, inclusive and talented humans from within the team, and more broadly across the University. We are a powerful collective of diverse skillsets, strengths and experience and our practices promote an environment of collaboration where your unique contribution is welcomed and valued. When you join Software Engineering you join one of the most exciting teams within Deakin. Visit Why Work at Deakin to view the overarching benefits of working with Deakin.

Are you ready to make an impact with us?

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.