Senior Data Engineer

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Our team feel Leidos is a great place to work. Learn more about our culture and benefits by visiting us here https://www.leidos.com/company/global/australia/careers  

Do Work That Matters 

Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life.  Our 2000 local experts, backed by our global experience and network of partners, are working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.  

Your New Role and Responsibilities  

As a Senior Geospatial Data Engineer, you will provide technical leadership and engineering accountability within a high‑performing data and geospatial delivery environment responsible for the design, sustainment, and continuous improvement of enterprise geospatial dataflows and analytics pipelines supporting mission‑critical outcomes.

Operating within secure and complex environments, you will take accountability for the reliability, quality, and efficiency of geospatial data engineering services. You will apply advanced data engineering, geospatial data management, and automation expertise to ensure dataflows are scalable, repeatable, well‑governed, and aligned with customer, contractual, and regulatory requirements.

In this role, geospatial and spatiotemporal data will be the primary application domain. While strong transferable data engineering capability is essential, you will act as a senior technical authority in geospatial dataflow engineering, advising stakeholders, guiding less experienced engineers, and driving uplift in data engineering maturity.

Key responsibilities include:

• Provide senior technical leadership and accountability for geospatial data engineering delivery, ensuring quality, compliance, and schedule outcomes

• Own end-to-end performance of geospatial dataflows, including ingestion, transformation, validation, and delivery to downstream systems

• Lead the design and implementation of enterprise geospatial dataflows using tools such as Apache NiFi and FME

• Develop and manage complex geospatial ETL workflows, data models, and embedded data quality controls

• Act as a technical escalation point, driving root cause analysis and resolution of complex data and pipeline issues

• Drive continuous improvement, governance alignment, documentation, and mentoring to uplift team capability and engineering practices

What You’ll Bring to Make An Impact  

• Extensive experience in data engineering, delivering enterprise-scale dataflows and integration solutions

• Strong background in geospatial or spatiotemporal data within enterprise environments

• Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain scalable, automated data pipelines

• Expertise in data integration tools (e.g., Apache NiFi, FME), SQL, data modelling, and performance optimisation

• Proficiency in scripting/programming (e.g., Python, PowerShell) with accountability for data quality in regulated environments

• Strong stakeholder communication, professional judgement, and commitment to continuous improvement in secure or high-compliance settings

Don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes – if you meet most of them, we encourage you to submit your application.  We’re most interested in your strengths, what you want to learn and how far you want to go.  

This role does requires the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an active TSPV Clearance, accompanied by the ability to be successful for a DISA.

Diverse Team Members, Shared Values and a Common Purpose 

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought, experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. It's about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work, feels welcome, valued, and respected, and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase – Chief Executive, Leidos Australia. 

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.  

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network, Young Professionals, Defence & Emergency Services, Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride+) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests, and work to support and celebrate our diverse community. 

Next Steps 

• To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page.  

• Recruitment process - 1 virtual interview or 1 face to face, a psychometric test & background checks. 

• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality, permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1. 

• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact our Careers team [email protected] if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

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The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.