Software Engineer: Secure, Mission-Critical Systems

Leidos; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Software Engineer to join a high-performing delivery team. You will contribute to developing, integrating, testing, and maintaining software components that support mission-critical systems in secure environments.

You will work under general direction to ensure reliable execution of software tasks within established engineering and quality frameworks, collaborating with engineers and stakeholders to meet defined requirements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering production software across the full SDLC.
• Experience designing or integrating APIs/services (REST).
• Familiarity with development tools and collaborative workflows.
• Understanding of secure, quality-focused development in enterprise settings.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and test software components to meet requirements.
• Contribute across the full SDLC from planning to deployment support.
• Write secure, maintainable, and testable code with approved tools and frameworks.
• Perform coding, unit testing, and support system integration and deployment.
• Apply patterns and APIs for effective solutions; troubleshoot defects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing.

Skills

SDLC delivery

API integration

Dev tools familiarity

Secure development practices

Tools

Source control

Issue tracking

CI/CD

Containers

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a Software Engineer to join a high-performing delivery team. You will contribute to developing, integrating, testing, and maintaining software components that support mission-critical systems in secure environments.

You will work under general direction to ensure reliable execution of software tasks within established engineering and quality frameworks, collaborating with engineers and stakeholders to meet defined requirements.