Cloud Operations Administrator

Leidos Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Days leave

Family Friendly workplace

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Cloud Operations Administrator to manage secure cloud platforms, optimise performance, and ensure high availability for critical customer environments.

You will automate tasks, strengthen security, and collaborate with engineering, cyber security, and stakeholder teams to deliver scalable cloud services.

Qualifications

• Experience administering Azure, AWS or equivalent cloud platforms.
• Experience with cloud networking, storage, compute and identity services.
• Experience managing production environments including monitoring, incident response and resolving complex technical issues.
• Strong scripting experience in PowerShell, Python or Bash.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation and DevOps/CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Administer secure cloud platforms to maximise availability, performance and security.
• Resolve incidents, problems and changes across complex cloud environments.
• Automate operational tasks using scripting, IaC and CI/CD tools.
• Strengthen security through patching, remediation and compliance activities.
• Partner with technical teams and customers to deliver resilient cloud services.

Skills

Azure/AWS

Cloud networking

Cloud storage

Cloud compute

Identity services

Scripting languages

IaC tools

CI/CD pipelines

Incident management

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM (Azure RM)

Job description

Description

Cloud Operations Administrator

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

Our team feel Leidos is a great place to work. Learn more about our culture and benefits by visiting us here https://www.leidos.com/company/global/australia/careers

Do Work That Matters

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

Join Leidos Australia as a Cloud Operations Administrator where you will manage and optimise secure cloud platforms supporting critical customer environments. As a senior technical practitioner, you’ll ensure cloud services remain secure, reliable and available while working closely with engineering, cyber security and customer stakeholders to deliver secure and scalable solutions and drive operational excellence.

• Administer secure cloud platforms to maximise availability, performance and security.
• Resolve incidents, problems and changes across complex cloud environments
• Automate operational tasks using scripting, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD tools
• Strengthen security through patching, remediation and compliance activities
• Partner with technical teams and customers to deliver resilient cloud services

What You’ll Bring To Make An Impact

• Proven experience administering Azure, AWS or equivalent cloud platforms
• Experience with cloud networking, storage, compute and identity services.
• Experience managing production environments including monitoring, incident response and resolving complex technical issues
• Strong scripting experience i.e. PowerShell, Python or Bash
• Familiarity with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation and a working knowledge of DevOps or CI/CD tools and pipelines

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen who holds an active NV-2 Security Clearance accompanied by the ability to be successful for a DISA/OSA.

Diverse Team Members, Shared Values and a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought, experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. It’s about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work, feels welcome, valued, and respected, and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase – Chief Executive, Leidos Australia.

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.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network, Young Professionals, Defence & Emergency Services, Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride+) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests, and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

Next Steps

• Recruitment process – typically includes two interviews, a potential case study discussion, and background checks (varies by role). The Talent Acquisition team will brief you in detail before the commencement of interviews.
• 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.
• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact our Careers team [e-mail] if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Pay Range

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay And Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.