Role Summary
As a senior member of our geospatial software engineering team, you will provide innovative and high‑value solutions to a range of complex spatial and technical challenges for our customers. You will work across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including planning, design, development, integration, and testing, and will frequently apply a broad range of tools and modern geospatial technologies to deliver robust, scalable, and maintainable software solutions.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead geospatial software prototyping and technical investigations to define optimal development approaches;
* Provide technical leadership across the design, development, integration, testing, and deployment of geospatial solutions;
* Analyse and refine complex functional and non‑functional requirements with engineers and stakeholders;
* Design and build custom geospatial applications, services, ESRI/ArcGIS integrations, and JavaScript‑based user interfaces;
* Architect and implement geospatial data ingestion, transformation, and processing workflows;
* Ensure software quality and continuous improvement through best practices, secure development, and mentoring junior engineers.
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Geospatial Science, or equivalent experience aligned to a senior engineering role;
* Proven experience in a senior geospatial software engineering position within engineering or project environments;
* Extensive expertise in ESRI technologies (ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro) and custom geospatial application development (JavaScript);
* Strong experience designing and implementing geospatial data engineering and ETL workflows;
* Experience integrating open‑source GIS tools, external systems (REST APIs), and modern CI/CD practices;
* Proficiency with Agile methodologies, containerisation (Docker), and development tools such as Git, JIRA, and Confluence;
* Australian Citizen holding an active TSPV Clearance, and readiness to meet DISA requirements.
Benefits
* Accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through our Life Days program;
* Competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programmes, Income Protection, Paid Leave, and Retirement options;
* Family‑friendly certified workplace supporting diverse family roles;
* Opportunity to work with world‑leading technology and collaborate across a global network.
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 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.
EEO Statement
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.
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