Leidos Hiring for Lead Software Engineer – Geospatial Job at Canberra, Australia Full Time

Introductions

People join Leidos Australia for many different reasons. The interesting projects. Supportive and open-minded colleagues. The opportunities to develop. What unites us is the fact that everything we do benefits and safeguards Australia in some way. We’re proud of our Mission to make the world safer, healthier and more efficient, and every Leidos team member has a valued role to play – to Be the difference.

Your New Role

This is a new piece of work with exciting opportunity to shape the project from its inception. Working with spatial data and spatial web services, the role requires you to:

• Develop Engineering Change Proposals to address requests for change
• Manage change development with architects, systems engineers, test engineers and ILS engineers for requirements, design, implementation, verification, training and support
• Ensure changes are developed to the required scope, quality and schedule
• Manage the Agile engineering process and teams with planning, estimating, status monitoring and reporting
• Work with the Product Owner and team leads to ensure the backlog is managed to meet customer goals and maximise productivity
• Work with subcontractors to ensure contracted scope is delivered to requirements
• Ensure work is undertaken in accordance with the appropriate regulatory framework
• Perform cost account management for the engineering team
• Build and maintain effective working relationships across all levels and influence key stakeholders.

About You and What You’ll Bring

Coupled with your education and practical experience, you will demonstrate a pro-active approach with the ability to understand the business, identify issues and develop relationships to achieve the company’s objectives. You will also have:

• Substantial professional experience with Software Management and Software Engineering methodologies including extensive experience in Agile and Scrum
• Demonstrable involvement in all aspects of the software lifecycle from requirements analysis and design through to verification and validation
• Substantial knowledge and application of a broad range of skills including systems and enterprise architecture, systems engineering, software and ICT engineering, interface protocols, configuration management and technical governance
• Significant experience managing software-centric teams in complex environments
• Experience working on large, complex ICT projects in the Geospatial domain is highly desirable

This role requires the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and be willing to obtain and hold an Australian Government Security Clearance.

Additional Information

What You’ll Love

This is a fast growing business currently implementing a range of business improvement initiatives, so you’ll have the chance to see some market leading technologies implemented across the function along with contributing to building further on the progressive work currently being developed. We offer a flexible working environment where it’s possible to design your ideal work week.

You’ll be joining a fun and friendly team who support each other closely and love to celebrate together.