- Employment Type: Full-time (35 hours per week)
- Duration: x5 Fixed-term contracts (2 years)
- Remuneration: $127351 - $143489 + 17% super + leave loading
- Location: UNSW Kensington Campus
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.
Why Your Role Matters:
As a Learning Management System (LMS) Engineer, you’ll play a critical role in shaping how learning is delivered and experienced across the University. Sitting at the intersection of technology and education, you will design, build, and enhance learning platforms that enable seamless, engaging, and scalable digital learning experiences for staff and students.
UNSW is rolling out a new learning management system (LMS), approved in June 2026, as a major university-wide transformation by 2030. Delivered faculty by faculty and aligned with the 2028 Flex-Semester transition for early adopting faculties, it will reshape teaching and learning.
The LMS Program goes beyond technology, combining change, training, and engagement through a human-centred design approach. Joining now means contributing to a high-impact initiative with strong leadership and a multidisciplinary team.
In this role, your expertise will ensure that LMS solutions are not only technically robust but also aligned to the evolving needs of the University. By leveraging both out-of-the-box capabilities and developing tailored solutions across cloud and on-premise environments, you’ll help deliver flexible, integrated systems that connect with a broader technology ecosystem and support innovation in teaching and learning.
Working closely with developers and stakeholders, you’ll guide best-practice solution development using agile and iterative methodologies, driving continuous improvement and high-quality outcomes. Your ability to bridge technical and functional domains will ensure that platforms are reliable, secure, and fit-for-purpose.
Ultimately, your work will directly contribute to enhancing UNSW’s digital learning environment, ensuring that systems are efficient, scalable, and capable of supporting world-class education now and into the future.
Responsibilities Summary:
- Design, build, and maintain scalable LMS platforms, integrating core University systems with Learning & Development needs.
- Coach, guide, and mentor engineers to analyse, coordinate, and document complex requirements while supporting delivery tasks and objectives.
- Integrate LMS platforms with external systems (e.g. SSO, CRM, grade books, student systems, video tools) via Learning Tools Interoperability (LTIs).
- Lead solution delivery and guide the team using Agile, Scrum, and test-driven development practices.
- Develop and execute unit, system, and acceptance testing, working closely with testing and analysis teams to validate solutions.
- Manage end-to-end solution delivery, ensuring quality, performance, and reliability of outcomes.
- Support user adoption through training and ongoing support, ensuring solutions meet complex stakeholder needs and deliver excellent customer service.
- Collaborate with UNSW IT teams to manage environments, deployments, and platform administration activities.
- Identify and implement continuous improvements to processes, systems, and policies while demonstrating UNSW Values and Code of Conduct.
- Comply with health and safety requirements, contributing to a safe and responsible working environment.
For more information regarding the responsibilities for this role, please refer to the Position Description at JOBS@UNSW.
Skills and Experience Summary:
- Relevant degree or equivalent experience, with strong expertise across multiple technology domains (e.g. web applications, cloud platforms, infrastructure, databases, security).
- Demonstrated ability to analyse, design, and implement complex technical solutions, applying new technologies and concepts.
- Strong experience working in Agile delivery environments, with a focus on iterative and high-quality solution outcomes.
- Proficiency using delivery and workflow management tools (e.g. JIRA, Confluence) to track and manage work.
- Experience preparing and executing test cases, with a solid understanding of end-to-end testing practices.
- Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, with a proven ability to build strong working relationships across IT and the business.
- Strong time management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Collaborative and adaptable team player, able to work independently while coaching and supporting others on complex delivery.
- Strong customer focus, negotiation, and problem-resolution skills, with a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.
- Demonstrated alignment with UNSW values, policies, and health and safety responsibilities.
- Prior experience in implementing and/or delivering technical administration, maintenance, and integration of a digital learning platform is highly preferred.
Benefits and Culture: People are at the core of everything we do. We recognise it is the contributions of our staff who make UNSW one of the best universities in Australia and the world. Our benefits include:
- Career development opportunities
- 17% Superannuation contributions and additional leave loading payments
- Additional 3 days of leave over Christmas period
- Discounts and entitlements (retail, education, fitness)
How to Apply: Submit your CV along with a cover letter addressing your suitability for the role via the application portal before 11:30pm on the 7th of July
A copy of the Position Description can be found on JOBS@UNSW.
Get in Touch: (for job related queries only – applications will not be accepted if sent to the contact listed): Tim Hands, timothy.hands@unsw.edu.au
For queries regarding the recruitment process, contact Ayla Kamal, Talent Acquisition Partner, UNSW: ayla.kamal@unsw.edu.au
*Applications sent via email will not be accepted, please apply via the application portal.
Pre-Employment Checks
Aligned with UNSW’s focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.
These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:-
- National and International Criminal history checks
- Entitlement to work and ID checks
- Working With Children Checks
- Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
- Verification of relevant qualifications
- Verification of relevant professional membership
- Employment history and reference checks
- Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
- Medical Checks and Assessments
Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.
UNSW is committed to evolving a culture that embraces equity and supports a diverse and inclusive community where everyone can participate fairly, in a safe and respectful environment. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and encourage applications from people of diverse gender, sexual orientation, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability and those with caring and family responsibilities. 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.
