Federal Security Engineer: Cloud, IR & Vulnerability

Leidos; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Security Engineer to implement and operate managed capabilities across Federal Government environments, spanning on‑prem and cloud. The role will drive system hardening, vulnerability management and incident response activities to protect critical systems.

You will work with stakeholders to deploy secure configurations, monitor events and report risk posture, aligning with ISM/PSPF frameworks.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Identity and Access Management (IdAM).
• Familiarity with Enterprise Security Architecture (ESA).
• Desirable experience with Elasticsearch as observability platform.
• Automation/orchestration tooling experience (e.g. Ansible).
• Experience with IT service management platforms and governance workflows (e.g. ServiceNow).

Responsibilities

• Configuring Windows and Linux systems and public cloud tenancies.
• Deploying security capabilities within an Australian Government environment.
• Vulnerability Management across the environment.
• Investigating security alerts and supporting IR activities.
• Change Management processes in line with regulatory controls (ISM/Essential Eight).
• Maintain system hardening and secure configuration standards.

Skills

IdAM

ESA

Elasticsearch

Ansible

ServiceNow

Tools

Elasticsearch

Ansible

ServiceNow

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a Security Engineer to implement and operate managed capabilities across Federal Government environments, spanning on‑prem and cloud. The role will drive system hardening, vulnerability management and incident response activities to protect critical systems.

You will work with stakeholders to deploy secure configurations, monitor events and report risk posture, aligning with ISM/PSPF frameworks.