Configuration Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flex Your Way

Wellbeing Programs

Learning & Development

Impactful projects

Career growth

Financial security

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a seasoned Configuration Manager to establish and maintain controls across hardware, software and documentation. You will coordinate baselines, changes and records, develop and maintain CM plans, and support audits and releases in a defence/government context.

You will work with engineers, quality teams, project managers and customers to ensure traceability and disciplined configuration management across complex systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in configuration management within engineering, technology or project environments.
• Knowledge of configuration identification, baselining, change control and status accounting.
• Ability to manage configuration items across hardware, software and technical documentation.
• Experience supporting change boards, configuration audits and release activities.
• Capability in maintaining accurate records within configuration or product lifecycle tools.
• Ability to work with engineers, quality teams, project managers and customers.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the configuration controls needed to protect the integrity and traceability of complex systems.
• Coordinate baselines, changes and configuration records across hardware, software, documentation and supporting environments.
• Develop and maintain configuration management plans, procedures, item structures and baselines.
• Administer configuration control and change processes, ensuring proposed changes are assessed, approved and traceable.
• Maintain configuration status accounting and provide accurate reporting on versions, releases and approved changes.
• Support audits, reviews and release activities by ensuring configuration evidence is complete, controlled and accessible.

Skills

Configuration management

Change control

Baselining

Status accounting

Config items

Hardware

Software

Documentation

Change boards

Configuration audits

Release management

Records management

Lifecycle tools

Cross-functional teamwork

Job description

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.

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

In this role, you will establish and maintain the configuration controls needed to protect the integrity and traceability of complex systems. You will coordinate baselines, changes and configuration records across hardware, software, documentation and supporting environments.

Develop and maintain configuration management plans, procedures, item structures and baselines.

Administer configuration control and change processes, ensuring proposed changes are assessed, approved and traceable.

Maintain configuration status accounting and provide accurate reporting on versions, releases and approved changes.

Support audits, reviews and release activities by ensuring configuration evidence is complete, controlled and accessible.

About You

You understand that disciplined configuration management enables reliable engineering and delivery decisions. You are comfortable working with detailed records, identifying inconsistencies and coordinating change across multiple stakeholders.

Essential

• Experience in configuration management within engineering, technology or project environments.
• Knowledge of configuration identification, baselining, change control and status accounting.
• Ability to manage configuration items across hardware, software and technical documentation.
• Experience supporting change boards, configuration audits and release activities.
• Capability in maintaining accurate records within configuration or product lifecycle tools.
• Ability to work with engineers, quality teams, project managers and customers.

Advantageous

• Knowledge of systems engineering, software release or asset management practices.
• Experience with configuration repositories, PLM tools or requirements management systems.
• Exposure to defence, aerospace or regulated programs.

This role does requires the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an active TSPV Clearance, accompanied by the ability to be successful for OSA.

Due to the nature of our work, applicants must be Australian Citizens and be eligible to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role.

Certain roles may be subject International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements which may limit persons who hold dual nationality with certain proscribed countries from accessing material, or in the case of dual Australian-U.S ci