Benefits

- Accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through our Life Days program.
- Competitive compensation and benefits, including Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, and Retirement options.

About the Role

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

Key Responsibilities

- Lead geospatial software prototyping and technical investigations to define optimal development approaches.
- Provide technical leadership across design, development, integration, testing, and deployment of geospatial solutions.
- Analyse and refine complex functional and non‑functional requirements with engineers and stakeholders.
- Design and build custom geospatial applications, services, ESRI/ArcGIS integrations, and JavaScript‑based user interfaces.
- Architect and implement geospatial data ingestion, transformation, and processing workflows.
- Ensure software quality and continuous improvement through best practices, secure development, and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Geospatial Science or equivalent experience aligned to a senior engineering role.




- Proven experience in a senior geospatial software engineering position within engineering or project environments.
- Extensive experience with ESRI technologies (ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro) and custom geospatial application development (JavaScript).
- Strong experience designing and implementing geospatial data engineering and ETL workflows.
- Experience integrating open‑source GIS tools, external systems (e.g., REST APIs), and contemporary CI/CD practices.
- Proficiency with Agile methodologies, containerisation (e.g., Docker), and development tools such as Git, JIRA, and Confluence.
- Must be an Australian Citizen and hold an active TSPV Clearance, with mandatory compliance for DISA obligations.

EEO 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 Geospatial Software Engineer (City of Knox)
🏢 Leidos Australia
📍 City of Knox