Federal Security Engineer: Cloud & On-Prem

Leidos Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Security Engineer to implement and operate managed capabilities across a Federal Government department, spanning on‑prem and cloud environments, ensuring systems are protected in line with regulatory requirements. You will drive system hardening, continuous monitoring, IR activities, and vulnerability management, aligning with enterprise services and risk reporting.

Strong collaboration with the Security Lead and Department stakeholders is essential.

Qualifications

• Australian citizenship with NV-1 security clearance.
• Strong experience in enterprise security operations within government environments.
• Knowledge of PSPF and ISM security controls.

Responsibilities

• Configuring Windows systems, Linux systems and Public Cloud tenancies.
• Deploying and maintaining security capabilities within an Australian Government environment.
• Vulnerability Management.
• Investigating security alerts and supporting IR activities.
• Change Management processes.
• Strong understanding of system hardening and secure configuration standards (ISM and Essential Eight).
• Strong knowledge of Australian Government security frameworks and regulatory controls (PSPF).
• Ability to support compliance activities (artefacts from systems and regular reporting).

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 a Federal Government department, spanning on‑prem and cloud environments, ensuring systems are protected in line with regulatory requirements. You will drive system hardening, continuous monitoring, IR activities, and vulnerability management, aligning with enterprise services and risk reporting.

Strong collaboration with the Security Lead and Department stakeholders is essential.