Leidos Hiring for Intern Software Developer – 12 Months fixed term Job at Melbourne, Australia Full Time

At Leidos Australia, our aim is to make the world a safer, healthier and more efficient place, but we won’t get far using existing ideas. We need incisive minds like yours to weave together information technology, engineering and science skills into practical solutions for the most complex and high risk challenges.

It’s work that matters, and a mission we are passionate about. As a large scale prime systems and services integrator, Leidos turns complex data into practical, usable solutions for our customers. In practical terms, we are Australia’s largest commercial supplier of intelligence services to the Australian Intelligence Community. We maintain legislative websites for governments, provide critical systems integration projects to the Department of Defence and support the IT environment for the Australian Taxation Office.

No matter who you are or where you work, Leidos has made it a key business goal to ensure everyone feels welcome, valued, respected and supported. It’s about understanding and recognising that everyone is unique and central to building a great place to work.

We’re passionate about the fact that our work is not just interesting and challenging, but benefits Australia as a country. Innovation is a key value and central to the ethos, and change is constant. So there’s plenty of scope to think differently, develop and learn in an environment that’s both supportive and constantly evolving.

As a Leidos intern, you will be working on interesting and challenging projects. Students who are successful in completing an internship at Leidos are highly regarded for entry into our graduate role and may have the opportunity to continue with part time work during their final year of study.

The Leidos Intern Software Developer role involves industry experience on a short term basis.

Your new role

An average week for an Intern Software Developer could include a wide range of activities, including:

• Design and implement efficient, appropriate and correct algorithms, data structures, database definitions, object classes, inheritance hierarchies, user interfaces and other software components.
• Write code adhering to quality management principles adopted within the software development environment, including development of unit and system tests and peer code review.
• Build software releases, install and configure of software required for project delivery.
• Write and review relevant documentation.
• Work effectively in a team of engineers maintaining and developing software.
• Meet project deadlines for delivery of software modules.
• To be responsible for identifiable areas within developed applications

This role is for someone looking for a 12 month intern/industry based learning program and ideal for someone who is completing a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related discipline, such as:

• Bachelor Software Engineering
• Bachelor Information Technology
• Bachelor Information Systems
• Bachelor Computer Science
• Bachelor Computing

What you’ll enjoy…
As a Leidos intern, you will be working on interesting and challenging projects. Students who are successful in completing an internship at Leidos are highly regarded for entry into our graduate program

Additional Information

Successful candidates will be required to be Australian Citizens and be able to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Security Clearance.

Application end date is 22nd August 2021, please submit your application before this date.

At Leidos you’ll enjoy 12 weeks paid parental leave as a primary carer, flexible work practices, discounted health insurance, novated leasing and more. We have a strong track record of internal promotion and career transitions.