Observability Engineer: Elastic Stack & Monitoring

Leidos Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a technically curious software engineering professional to help build and operate enterprise monitoring and observability solutions using the Elastic Stack. You will develop configurations, dashboards and alerts while collaborating with senior engineers and architects to improve system visibility and operational resilience.

The role involves scripting and automation across Linux/Windows environments, understanding databases and cloud services, and contributing to

Qualifications

• Knowledge of software engineering and scripting concepts.
• Experience with scripts/automation using Python/PowerShell/JavaScript.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain monitoring configurations and integrations collecting logs, metrics, traces and events.
• Build and enhance Kibana dashboards, visualisations, alerts and reports for proactive monitoring.
• Create automation to streamline monitoring deployment and configuration management.
• Use observability data to support troubleshooting and contribute to documentation and improvements.

Skills

Software engineering principles

Scripting

System integration

Diagnostics & troubleshooting

Collaboration

Communication

Security awareness

Tools

Python

PowerShell

JavaScript

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Linux

Cloud basics

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a technically curious software engineering professional to help build and operate enterprise monitoring and observability solutions using the Elastic Stack. You will develop configurations, dashboards and alerts while collaborating with senior engineers and architects to improve system visibility and operational resilience.

The role involves scripting and automation across Linux/Windows environments, understanding databases and cloud services, and contributing to