GIS Production Engineer

Leidos; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Days leave

Family-friendly workplace

Health and Wellness programs

Job summary

Leidos Australia seeks a GIS Production Engineer to join a high-performing geospatial delivery team. You will contribute to production, maintenance, and enhancement of enterprise GIS data and products supporting mission-critical outcomes in a secure environment.

You will apply geospatial engineering, data management and automation skills to deliver high-quality spatial products at scale and collaborate with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to ensure efficient, repeatable production

Qualifications

• Experience in GIS production or geospatial data engineering roles.
• Strong knowledge of GIS platforms and tools (Esri ArcGIS suite or equivalent).
• Experience working with spatial data formats, coordinate systems, geodatabases, and metadata standards.
• Understanding of geospatial data quality, validation, and production workflows.
• Ability to follow structured production processes while identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work in team-based, deadline-driven environments with scripting/automation exposure.

Responsibilities

• Produce, maintain, update, and validate geospatial datasets in line with defined standards, schemas, and production schedules.
• Support end-to-end GIS production workflows, including data ingestion, processing, quality assurance, and release.
• Apply spatial analysis and geoprocessing techniques to generate accurate, fit-for-purpose GIS products.
• Develop and maintain automated or semi-automated geospatial production processes using scripting and GIS tools.
• Perform quality assurance and resolve routine data or production issues, escalating complex problems as required.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and contribute to documentation, continuous improvement, and informal mentoring of junior team members.

Skills

GIS production

Geospatial data engineering

Automation scripting

Tools

Esri ArcGIS suite

Job description

• Join Leidos & work on AGO GEO SPACES mission critical networks
• Security Clearance: TSPV + DISA, located in Canberra or Melbourne and Scoresby
• Join a high-performing Geospatial team

Description

GEO SPACES – GIS Production Engineer

• Join Leidos & work on AGO GEO SPACES mission critical networks
• Security Clearance: TSPV + DISA, located in Canberra or Melbourne and Scoresby
• Join a high-performing Geospatial team

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

• 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 often many and varied roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them.

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

As a GIS Production Engineer, you will be part of a high-performing geospatial delivery team, contributing to the production, maintenance, and enhancement of enterprise GIS data and products supporting mission‑critical outcomes. You will operate under general direction and be responsible for the reliable execution of assigned GIS production tasks within established engineering, quality, and service management frameworks.

Working within a secure, complex environment, you will apply strong geospatial engineering, data management and automation skills to deliver high‑quality spatial products at scale. You will collaborate closely with engineers, analysts, and operational stakeholders to ensure production workflows are efficient, repeatable, and aligned to customer requirements.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute directly to nationally significant geospatial capability while helping uplift production maturity through continuous improvement and innovation.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Produce, maintain, update, and validate geospatial datasets in line with defined standards, schemas, and production schedules
• Support end-to-end GIS production workflows, including data ingestion, processing, quality assurance, and release
• Apply spatial analysis and geoprocessing techniques to generate accurate, fit‑for‑purpose GIS products
• Develop and maintain automated or semi-automated geospatial production processes using scripting and GIS tools
• Perform quality assurance and resolve routine data or production issues, escalating complex problems as required
• Collaborate with stakeholders and contribute to documentation, continuous improvement, and informal mentoring of junior team members

What You’ll Bring To Make An Impact

• Demonstrated experience in GIS production or geospatial data engineering roles
• Strong knowledge of GIS platforms and tools (e.g. Esri ArcGIS suite or equivalent)
• Experience working with spatial data formats, coordinate systems, geodatabases, and metadata standards
• Understanding of geospatial data quality, validation, and production workflows
• Ability to follow structured production processes while identifying opportunities for improvement
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work effectively in team‑based, deadline‑driven environments, with exposure to scripting/automation and enterprise or regulated geospatial settings

Don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes – if you meet most of them, we encourage you to submit your application. We’re most interested in your strengths, what you want to learn and how far you want to go.

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 a DISA.

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.

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.

Original Posting

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include 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.