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Melbourne
Leidos
Software Engineer
Posted: 17 May
Offer description

Description

* Accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through our Life Days programme.
* Work with world leading technology business at the forefront of innovation.
* We're a 'Family Friendly' certified workplace – we understand the often many and varied roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them.

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

Leidos Australia is looking for talented and motivated Software Engineers to join our team based in Melbourne.

As a Software Engineer at Leidos you will be responsible for performing complex software engineering assignments requiring familiarity and expertise with a broad field of engineering and technical knowledge. This is a rare opportunity to work in a truly Agile environment, with customer representatives on site as Product Owner on a day‐to‐day basis, and cross‐functional teams able to take new features through the full software engineering lifecycle for an important Defence mission critical program.

Key Responsibilities

* Collaborate and innovate with our talented cross‐functional and cross‐domain teams on compelling software solutions, constantly refining our approach and methods
* Contribute to software design, documentation, development, integration, test and release/deployment
* Contribute to user interface design and development
* Contribute to the management and building of DevOps/Agile process and tools
* Perform software prototyping, investigations, research and development
* Contribute to software planning and estimating, status monitoring and reporting
* Engage with other professionals across the broader team and the business to grow our solutions and your career

About You And What You'll Bring

* Extensive experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies, combined with strong problem‐solving skills and a proven ability to deliver consistently high‐quality results in complex environments
* Solid expertise in system integration, including REST APIs, integration protocols, and data formats such as JSON and XML
* Hands‐on experience integrating and customising open‐source technologies, including NiFi, Kafka, Elastic (ELK) Stack, and Solr
* Proficiency in CI/CD tools and infrastructure as code practices using Ansible, Jenkins, and Git, alongside strong experience in Java and related open‐source frameworks
* Broad technical capability across software, systems, and enterprise architecture, including software/hardware engineering and integration, with experience in both Linux and Windows environments
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a proactive approach to documenting and continuously improving software development processes

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold a Baseline security clearance but be willing and able to uplift to an NV-2 security clearance.

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. 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.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

Pay Range

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.

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