Benefits

- Accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through our Life Days program.
- Work with a world leading technology business at the forefront of innovation.
- We’re a ‘Family Friendly’ certified workplace – we understand the often many and varied roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them.

Description

Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts, backed by our global experience and network of partners, are working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.

Your New Role And Responsibilities

We have multiple opportunities to join our multi‑year program within the Mission Software Solutions team, working closely with our Federal Government customer to deliver and sustain mission‑critical capability.

In This Role, You Will

- Lead and contribute to the design, development, integration and testing of software solutions.
- Work across the full software development lifecycle, from early prototyping through to release and ongoing support.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver secure, reliable and maintainable systems.
- Participate in agile delivery activities, including estimation, sprint planning and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to continuous integration, automated testing and deployment practices.
- Use AI‑enabled development tools responsibly to support productivity, quality and engineering efficiency.
- Provide technical guidance, support design decisions and help maintain strong engineering standards across the team.

What You’ll Bring To Make An Impact

You will bring experience in Agile, Scrum or similar delivery methodologies, along with a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.



We encourage applications from candidates with relevant industry experience who are ready to contribute in a senior software engineering role.

Skills

- Full stack software development, including Java, Spring Boot, React and related open‑source frameworks.
- Designing and developing secure, scalable software solutions and API services.
- Integration with external systems, services and data sources.
- CI/CD, automated testing and infrastructure as code practices, using tools such as Ansible, Jenkins and Git.
- Demonstrated experience working in a senior engineering or project environment, preferably within multidisciplinary teams delivering server‑side and client‑side applications.
- Experience with containerisation and contemporary deployment environments, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Using collaboration and delivery tools such as Jira, Confluence and Git‑based workflows.

Additional Requirements

This role requires the successful applicant to be an Australian citizen and hold an active NV1 clearance, with the ability to uplift to TSPV and successfully obtain an OSA. Applicants with an active TSPV clearance are highly desirable.

Diversity and Inclusion

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

Equal Opportunity 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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📌 Senior Software Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 Leidos Australia
📍 Melbourne