Platform Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Wellness program

Paid leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a hands-on Platform Engineer to build, support and enhance secure, containerised services used by engineering teams. You will manage Kubernetes environments (OpenShift or equivalent), implement CI/CD pipelines, and drive automation across the platform.

You will work with Rancher, OpenShift and Jenkins, applying scripting and Ansible to streamline deployments while maintaining security controls and incident response capabilities.

Qualifications

• Hands-on platform or infrastructure experience with automation.
• Experience with secure platform practices and DevSecOps.
• Strong troubleshooting and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build, support and improve platform services for engineering teams.
• Maintain Kubernetes environments and monitor platform health.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines and automate deployment processes.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Linux

Jenkins

Ansible

Docker

Helm

Security

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Tools

Rancher

Git

OpenShift

Job description

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.

Mission Software Systems (MSS) brings together expertise across intelligence, software, and cloud to deliver end-to-end capability supporting the full intelligence lifecycle, from planning through to dissemination and feedback. The team fosters a culture of innovation, leveraging modern engineering practices and shared infrastructure to rapidly build, test, and deploy software solutions across a range of environments, including cloud. MSS also plays a key role in advancing technology modernisation within Government, delivering scalable and adaptable solutions for complex enterprise challenges.

The Opportunity

In this role, you will build, support and improve the platform services used by engineering teams to develop, deploy and operate secure applications. You will support containerised workloads across Kubernetes platforms while improving automation, reliability and deployment practices. Maintain and support Kubernetes environments using Rancher and OpenShift to monitor workloads, deployments and platform health. Support the migration of containerised workloads between Kubernetes platforms, including updates to Helm charts, deployment configurations and routing.

Develop, maintain and improve CI/CD and GitOps pipelines, supporting reliable Docker image build, test and deployment outcomes using Jenkins and Git. Automate platform configuration, deployment and operational tasks using Ansible, scripting and infrastructure-as-code practices. Administer Linux-based platform environments, including upgrades, patching, troubleshooting and performance monitoring. Integrate applications with supporting platform services, including object storage, artifact repositories and Git repositories. Support secure platform operations, including security scanning, vulnerability remediation, certificate management, access controls and DevSecOps practices. Troubleshoot platform, pipeline and environment issues in collaboration with development, test and security teams.

About You

You bring hands‑on platform or infrastructure experience and enjoy replacing manual processes with reliable automation. You can investigate issues across infrastructure, pipelines and applications while keeping security and service continuity in view.

Essential

• Hands‑on experience supporting Kubernetes environments, including OpenShift or similar platform management tooling.
• Experience administering Linux‑based server or platform environments.
• Experience building, maintaining or troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines, particularly using Jenkins.
• Practical experience with automation and configuration management using Ansible, scripting or similar technologies.
• Understanding of Docker, containerised application delivery and Kubernetes deployment patterns.
• Experience with Helm, infrastructure as code or other platform automation tooling.
• Knowledge of security scanning, vulnerability remediation, certificate management, access controls and secure platform practices.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication and collaboration skills.

Advantageous

• Experience migrating workloads between Kubernetes platforms, particularly Rancher and OpenShift.
• Experience integrating applications with object storage, artifact repositories or enterprise Git services.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, observability or platform performance management.
• Experience working with DevSecOps practices and secure deployment environments.
• Exposure to complex, secure, regulated or restricted enterprise environments.

This role requires the successful applicant to be an Australian citizen. Security clearance requirements vary depending on the role and project and may include Baseline, NV1, NV2 or TSPV clearances. To be considered, applicants must hold, or be eligible to obtain and maintain, the appropriate security clearance and any associated customer access approvals required for the position. Due to the nature of our work, applicants must be Australian Citizens and be eligible to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role. Certain roles may be subject International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements which may limit persons who hold dual nationality with certain proscribed countries from accessing material, or in the case of dual Australian‑U.S citizens, may require the candidate to obtain a U.S. Persons Abroad authorisation from the U.S DDTC.

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

What to Expect When You Apply

Our hiring process is designed to be straightforward, respectful and easy to navigate. If your skills, experience and qualifications look aligned with the role, our Talent Acquisition team will contact you to discuss the next stage. You can expect:

• An initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition team
• An interview with the hiring manager or interview panel
• Any role‑specific assessment, technical discussion or customer step required for the position

We’ll let you know what to expect before each stage, including who you’ll meet and how to prepare. If you need any adjustments or support during the process, please let us know.

If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact Praveena Sundarakumar, Talent Acquisition.

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.

Pay and Benefits

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

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.