Configuration Manager – Defence & Naval Projects

Leidos Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life days leave

Learning and certifications

Cross-program opportunities

Career pathways

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a configuration management professional to contribute to defence projects and ensure robust control over baselines, change, and documentation. You will lead cross-functional teams to maintain project integrity and compliance.

Based in Canberra or Newcastle, you will coordinate with international colleagues, support QA activities, and drive governance across project lifecycles in a defence engineering context.

Qualifications

• Configuration management expertise including change control, version management, and baseline management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement to coordinate across teams.
• Strong organisational skills with attention to documentation, governance, and quality processes.
• Experience in defence or regulated engineering with ASDEFCON knowledge is valued.
• Ability to work proactively and independently to ensure project lifecycle compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the configuration management process, including change control, baseline management, and quality control.
• Oversee document control processes to ensure accurate versioning, traceability, and accessibility of project documentation.
• Support delivery of quality assurance activities, ensuring compliance with project, engineering, and defence standards.
• Coordinate configuration and quality activities across multidisciplinary and international project teams to maintain project integrity.
• Based in Canberra or Newcastle.

Skills

Configuration management

Stakeholder engagement

Documentation

ASDEFCON knowledge

Independent working

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a configuration management professional to contribute to defence projects and ensure robust control over baselines, change, and documentation. You will lead cross-functional teams to maintain project integrity and compliance.

Based in Canberra or Newcastle, you will coordinate with international colleagues, support QA activities, and drive governance across project lifecycles in a defence engineering context.