Leidos Hiring for Software Engineer – React Front End Job at Melbourne, Australia Full Time

About Us

Leidos Australia is a large scale systems integration company and the largest commercial supplier of intelligence services to the Australian Government, providing a number of critical systems integration projects to the Department of Defence. With over 20 years’ local experience building world-class solutions across government and defence that ensure peace of mind for the entire nation, we are committed to delivering trusted solutions that help to safeguard Australia. Supported by global backing from our US network, we’re trusted by our customers to deliver the most innovative, effective, efficient and sustainable answers to their most complex challenges. Seriously interesting work that benefits and safeguards every Australian. That’s where you come in.

Your New Role

Leidos Australia is looking for talented and motivated front-end 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 front-end Software Engineer at Leidos you will be responsible for delivering the front-end capability of the system across the whole SDLC as well as performing complex software engineering assignments. 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
• Design, develop and enhance web front-ends using React and associated JavaScript frameworks
• Contribute to software design, development/prototyping and investigations on the latest UI/UX technologies and frameworks
• 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 have a Bachelor degree in engineering, computer science, information technology or a related discipline, together with relevant professional experience and specialised training. 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. Relevant certification or Professional membership is desirable.

Coupled with your education you will ideally have:

• Substantial experience with Agile, Scrum and associated methodologies
• Experience in Front-end development (React, Redux, Typescript, Javascript, CSS3, HTML5)
• Experience in Java and related open source frameworks
• Experience in CI/CD tools and technologies and infrastructure as code (Ansible, Jenkins, git)
• 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
• Demonstrated ability to produce consistently good results in a complex environment

Additional Information

What You’ll Love

Be inspired. Be the difference.

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.