Full-time, permanent position
Base salary will be in the range $138,006 - $145,943 + 17% Superannuation (HEW Level 9)
Based at our St Lucia location
In this pivotal role, you will take ownership of the end-to-end Release Management lifecycle for the University’s Enterprise Applications. You will work within a highly collaborative team environment to coordinate release activities across multiple systems, ensuring robust testing, operational continuity, and strategic alignment with business needs. This position plays a key role in strengthening our environment and release practices, enabling stability, scalability, and continuous improvement across critical enterprise platforms. You will also lead a small team of system administrators, providing technical direction, prioritisation, and capability uplift.
Key responsibilities will include:
Develop and implement Environment and Release strategy, principles, and practices to optimise efficiency and align investments with industry benchmarks.
Manage the full lifecycle of Oracle-PeopleSoft mid-tier production and non-production environments, ensuring compliance with UQ patching standards and optimising performance, security, scalability and integrations.
Leading release activities such as go-lives, readiness reviews, and post-verification testing.
Driving continuous improvement through automation, monitoring, and enhanced release processes.
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:
Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave/paid primary care leave
17% superannuation contributions + 17.5% annual leave loading
Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight
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
Career development opportunities –access to exclusive internal-only vacancies and our Study for Staff program
On campus childcare options
Affordable parking (from just $6.40 a day)
Salary packaging options
You are an experienced Environment and Release Manager who thrives in complex environments and enjoys coordinating across technical, business, and project teams to deliver high-quality outcomes. You are proactive, organised, and confident leading discussions, resolving issues, and driving continuous improvement across environments and release cycles. You bring both the technical depth and the interpersonal skills needed to influence, collaborate, and deliver consistently.
Relevant degree in IT, business, or related field—or equivalent experience/training.
5+ years’ release management experience, ideally with Agile exposure.
Experience delivering technical releases in large, complex organisations.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycles.
Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and manage competing priorities.
Clear, confident communicator who builds strong relationships across all levels.
Self-motivated, organised, and comfortable working independently.
Desirable: Knowledge of PeopleSoft, Atlassian tools, test management platforms, SIAM, and IT incident management.
The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including: right to work in Australia, criminal check, education check, etc.
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.
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Suzanna Wong, Associate Director, Enterprise Applications at s.wong7@uq.edu.au.
For application inquiries, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team at talent@uq.edu.au, stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.
We welcome applications from all individuals and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. To be considered, please ensure you upload:
Resume
A cover letter summarising how your background aligns with the 'About You' section
Our strength 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. If you require an alternative method to submit your application due to accessibility needs or personal circumstances, please contact talent@uq.edu.au.
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.
Applications close Sunday February 1 at 11.00pm AEST (R-57277).