Senior Windows Engineer: Hybrid Cloud & Automation Lead

Leidos; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Paid Leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Senior Windows Engineer to maintain and evolve enterprise Windows infrastructure, spanning on-premises and hybrid cloud. You will collaborate across infrastructure, security, network, architecture, and applications teams to deliver reliable, secure services in Canberra.

The role requires deep expertise in Windows Server, AD, PowerShell automation, and security hardening, with a focus on high availability, incident response, and risk management.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Windows Server engineering, systems administration, or enterprise infrastructure operations.
• Advanced knowledge of Windows Server, AD DS, DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, and authentication services.
• Experience administering enterprise-scale Windows environments, including patching, certificates, permissions, and configuration management.
• Advanced PowerShell automation and scripting for operational efficiency.
• Experience with Windows security hardening, vulnerability remediation, access management, and compliance controls.
• Experience supporting high-availability environments, disaster recovery, backup and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead the administration, optimisation, and continuous improvement of enterprise Windows Server environments.
• Contribute to infrastructure modernisation, cloud adoption, automation, and technology refresh initiatives.
• Drive security and compliance outcomes through system hardening and patch management.
• Provide senior technical expertise for complex incidents, root-cause analysis, and mentoring engineers.

Skills

Windows Server

Active Directory

PowerShell

Security hardening

Incident response

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Azure

Terraform

ARM/Bicep

Ansible

SCCM

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a Senior Windows Engineer to maintain and evolve enterprise Windows infrastructure, spanning on-premises and hybrid cloud. You will collaborate across infrastructure, security, network, architecture, and applications teams to deliver reliable, secure services in Canberra.

The role requires deep expertise in Windows Server, AD, PowerShell automation, and security hardening, with a focus on high availability, incident response, and risk management.