Leidos Hiring for Software Engineer – CBD Location Job at Melbourne, Australia Full Time

About Us

The first thing you learn at Leidos Australia is to leave current thinking at the door. 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 into practical solutions for the most complex challenges. We build world-class solutions and Mission Systems for Defence and Federal Government, and are the largest commercial supplier of intelligence services to the Australian Government.

Great ideas are our currency and every person here is encouraged and enabled to be curious, open-minded and confident in bringing theirs to the table – to be inspired by what they can achieve and the impact they can have. That’s where you come in.

Your New Role

Leidos Australia is looking for talented and motivated Software Engineers to join our team based in Melbourne to work on a mission critical user application implemented on a geographically distributed virtualised enterprise IT infrastructure.

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.

Working in a cross-functional Agile development team you will:

• 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

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and be able to obtain and hold a NV1/NV2 AGSVA security clearance.

About You and What You’ll Bring

You will demonstrate a pro-active approach with the ability to understand the business, identify issues and develop enduring and trusting relationships with both the vast talent in Leidos and a broad range of customers.

Coupled with your education you ideally have exposure to some of the below tools and methodologies. We do not expect you to be an expert in each of the points below, if you meet only a few of them we still encourage you to apply:

• Substantial experience with Agile, Scrum and associated methodologies
• Experience in integration with external systems/applications (REST API, integration protocols, JSON/XML)
• Experience in the integration and customisation of open source technologies (NiFi, Kafka, Elastic (ELK) Stack, Solr)
• Experience in CI/CD tools and technologies and infrastructure as code (Ansible, Jenkins, git)
• Experience in Java and related open source frameworks
• Knowledge and application of a broad range of skills including software, systems and enterprise architecture, software and hardware engineering, integration
• Good problem solving skills
• Experience in Linux and Windows
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Willingness to document and improve software development processes
• Demonstrated ability to produce consistently good results in a complex environment

Additional Information

What You’ll Love

At Leidos, job satisfaction and business success thrive in a positive working environment. Every day, we are developing a culture where collaboration, transparency and flexibility are in-built, innovation thrives, individuals are recognized, development opportunities are clear, and new initiatives are being launched all the time

The company’s diverse employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Qualified women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Leidos is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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.