Senior Systems Engineer

• Life Days are the Leidos way of recognising that we all need extra time to take care of life. By working slightly more than the minimum weekly hours (2 hours per week for full-timers), you can accrue up to 12 days of leave per year.
• Due to the nature of the role, you must be an Australian Citizen and hold an active NV-1 AGVSA Security Clearance.

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

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.

Join a small, high-performing team tasked with delivering meaningful technical and operational outcomes across a dynamic backlog of initiatives. Operating as an agile improvement team rather than through traditional project structures, this team is empowered to rapidly assess, design, and implement solutions that drive real evolution across ICT systems and processes.

The Senior Systems Engineer will play a pivotal role in translating ideas into action—working closely within the team and with other technical and process teams to bring clarity, structure, and execution to a wide range of work items.

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will work with the team to deliver diverse initiatives, each scoped and prioritised through a collaborative backlog process. You will bring structure to ambiguity and provide solutions that are technically sound, operationally effective, and measurable.

• Take ownership of improvements across End User Workspace, Cloud, Infrastructure, Process, and IT Service Management domains—from initial scoping through to implementation—ensuring alignment with business needs and technical standards.
• Work with the team’s Business Analyst and Solutions Architect to define solution approaches, document technical plans for approval and execution, and produce user-focused materials that support adoption and clarity.
• Deploy, integrate, and test ICT solutions across enterprise environments, ensuring minimal disruption and delivering maximum value to stakeholders.
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities early in the lifecycle and develop mitigation strategies that protect delivery timelines and enhance solution outcomes.
• Bring your experience to the broader team, providing guidance and support, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, technical excellence, and shared learning.

You’ll bring a strong foundation in systems engineering, with the ability to work across a broad range of technologies and domains. Your experience will demonstrate both depth and versatility in delivering ICT solutions within complex environments.

• Demonstrated hands-on systems engineering experience, ideally within Federal Government or similarly complex environments, with a track record of delivering impactful outcomes.
• Proven capability across Microsoft platforms (Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP), virtualisation (VMware, Citrix), scripting and automation tools (PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform), enterprise monitoring (SCOM, SCCM, vCOPS), and cloud services (AWS, Azure, Oracle).
• Familiarity with ITIL 4 principles and formal engineering methodologies, with a strong grasp of system lifecycle management, documentation standards, and continuous improvement practices.
• Understanding of security protocols, certificate authorities, and technology management, with the ability to design and implement solutions that meet compliance and governance requirements.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders, drive consensus, and deliver results in a collaborative environment.

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.

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.

• To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page.
• Recruitment process - 1 virtual interview and/or 1 face-to-face & 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 get in touch with our Careers team [email protected] if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process. 

At Leidos, we don’t want someone who "fits the mold"—we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, “what’s next?” before the dust settles on “what’s now.”

If you’re already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2… good. You’ll fit right in.

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.