Middleware Engineer

Leidos LLC; North Canberra; Presencial; AUD 130.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Flexibility options

Wellbeing programs

Learning & development

Impactful projects & growth

Development investment

Descripción de la vacante

Leidos Australia is seeking a Senior Middleware Engineer to implement, manage and optimise enterprise middleware platforms that enable reliable integration across applications, databases and external systems. You will provide senior technical leadership on APIs, messaging, security and high availability while partnering with diverse teams to deliver resilient services.

The role requires strong automation capabilities, experience with cloud or hybrid environments, and a track record of mentoring

Formación

• Significant experience in middleware engineering and integration.
• Strong knowledge of API gateways, messaging, and service interfaces.
• Experience with Linux/Unix, security controls, performance monitoring and DevOps practices.

Responsabilidades

• Implement, configure, maintain and optimise middleware platforms and related services.
• Design secure application integration using APIs, web services and messaging patterns.
• Lead troubleshooting, performance tuning, upgrades, migrations and platform modernisation.
• Develop automation, CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code practices to improve reliability.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver integration outcomes.

Conocimientos

Middleware engineering

Integration engineering

Application infrastructure

APIs & web services

Linux/Unix

Cloud / Hybrid environments

CI/CD / DevOps

Stakeholder engagement

Herramientas

Oracle WebLogic

IBM WebSphere

JBoss/WildFly

Tomcat

IBM MQ

Kafka

RabbitMQ

ActiveMQ

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Descripción del empleo

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. We deliver secure, resilient and innovative technology services that enable Defence enterprise and warfighting capabilities across multiple classified domains and networks. We provide world-class ICT operations and agile digital modernisation using advanced analytics, automation, hybrid cloud, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code, cybersecurity and AI to optimise highly complex, mission-critical environments.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Middleware Engineer to implement, manage and optimise enterprise middleware platforms that enable reliable integration and communication between applications, databases, services and external systems. This role provides senior technical expertise across middleware infrastructure, application integration, APIs, messaging, web services, automation, security, performance and high availability. Working closely with application developers, integration engineers, database teams, infrastructure teams, architects, cybersecurity and business stakeholders, you will help deliver secure, resilient and scalable middleware services that support critical business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement, configure, maintain and optimise enterprise middleware platforms, including application servers, integration platforms, API gateways, messaging technologies and related services.


• Design, support and improve secure application integration solutions using APIs, web services, messaging platforms, event-driven architectures and service interfaces.


• Lead complex troubleshooting, root cause analysis, performance tuning, upgrades, migrations, disaster recovery activities and platform modernisation initiatives.


• Develop and maintain automation, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring solutions, operational processes and infrastructure-as-code practices to improve service reliability and efficiency.


• Partner with application, infrastructure, architecture, cybersecurity and business teams to deliver integration outcomes, provide technical leadership and mentor engineers in middleware best practices.

About You

We are looking for someone who brings judgement, curiosity and a collaborative approach to work that matters.

Skills & Experience

• Significant experience in middleware engineering, integration engineering, application infrastructure or a related discipline, with strong knowledge of enterprise middleware platforms such as Oracle WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss/WildFly, Tomcat or equivalent.


• Demonstrated experience with APIs, REST, SOAP, XML, JSON, web services, messaging technologies and integration patterns, including platforms such as IBM MQ, Kafka, RabbitMQ or ActiveMQ.


• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix environments, networking concepts, security controls, troubleshooting, performance management, monitoring, automation and operational support.


• Experience supporting cloud or hybrid environments, container technologies, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines and DevOps or DevSecOps practices.


• Excellent stakeholder engagement, technical leadership and communication skills, with the ability to lead investigations, mentor engineers and communicate technical risks and recommendations effectively.

This role requires the successful applicant to be an Australian citizen and hold, or be eligible to obtain, NV-1 security clearance.

We value different experiences and are interested in the capability and potential you could bring.

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.

Pay Range: The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.

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 $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026.

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here.

Securing Your Data Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information at any part of the employment application process. And Leidos will communicate with you only through emails that are sent from a Leidos.com email address. If you receive an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information, please report the email to [e-mail].

Commitment and Diversity

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.

Company Narrative

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.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling.