About Leidos Australia

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.

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About Leidos Australia

At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life. Backed by a global organisation of more than 40,000 people, our Australian team of around 2,000 has partnered with government, defence and national security customers for more than 30 years. We deliver mission-critical solutions where reliability, trust and purpose matter.

Benefits

Leidos is a destination for people who want their work to have purpose, their contribution to be recognised, and their career to grow without needing to fit a single mould. Meaningful work is supported by benefits, flexibility and career pathways that help you grow while balancing life outside work. This includes:

- Flex Your Way – Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part-time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
- Wellbeing That Matters – Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
- Learn Without Limits – Access over 120,000 on-demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
- Work That Makes an Impact – Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.




- Build Your Future – Whether you're deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we'll invest in your development every step of the way.
- And Much More – These are just a few of the ways we invest in our people and help them thrive.

About The Team

You’ll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration and commitment. In practice, that means sharing ownership, solving complex problems together and staying connected to the customer context, the purpose behind the work and how each role contributes to meaningful outcomes. Mission Software Systems (MSS) brings together expertise across intelligence, software, and cloud to deliver end-to-end capability supporting the full intelligence lifecycle, from planning through to dissemination and feedback. The team fosters a culture of innovation, leveraging modern engineering practices and shared infrastructure to rapidly build, test, and deploy software solutions across a range of environments, including cloud. MSS also plays a key role in advancing technology modernisation within Government, delivering scalable and adaptable solutions for complex enterprise challenges.

The Opportunity

Join the GEO SPACES Program, a nationally significant capability delivering geospatial and mission-critical systems that support Australia’s Defence and national security objectives.



This is an exciting 12-month contract opportunity for an experienced Business Analyst to join a cooperative team delivering business and technology initiatives that drive operational improvement and organisational outcomes. Working across a diverse range of stakeholders, you will play a key role in understanding business needs, identifying opportunities for improvement, and translating requirements into practical solutions that deliver measurable value.

You Will

- Partner with business and technical stakeholders to elicit, analyse, and document business requirements, ensuring solutions align with strategic objectives and user needs.
- Facilitate workshops, process mapping activities, and stakeholder engagement sessions to identify opportunities for improvement, manage requirements, and support informed decision-making.
- Develop and maintain business process documentation, user stories, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria to support successful project delivery.
- Work closely with project managers, technical teams, and business representatives throughout the project lifecycle, supporting solution design, testing, change activities, and implementation outcomes.

About You

You are an experienced Business Analyst who enjoys working with stakeholders to solve problems, improve business processes, and support the delivery of meaningful change. You bring a collaborative approach, strong analytical thinking, and the ability to translate complex business needs into clear and actionable requirements.

Essential

- Experience in business analysis within project, transformation, technology, or operational environments.
- Demonstrated ability to ga

📌 Business Analyst | 12-month contract (Canberra)
🏢 Leidos Australia
📍 Canberra