Systems Integrator (12 months)

Leidos LLC; Canberra; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Systems Engineer for the GEO SPACES Program in Canberra. You will help sustain and evolve secure, high‑impact defence systems in a collaborative engineering environment.

Join a national capability delivering geospatial and mission systems, with opportunities to work across systems engineering, integration and governance while supporting critical Defence outcomes. Australian citizenship and NV2 security clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Essential experience in systems engineering or integration within complex Defence or government projects.
• Experience with systems analysis, requirements management and design activities.
• Ability to produce and maintain engineering documentation and reports.
• Experience with configuration-managed environments and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to ongoing enhancement, sustainment and integration of GEO SPACES systems.
• Collaborate with systems and software engineers, architects and customers through the lifecycle.
• Support Engineering Change Proposals and systems analysis tasks.
• Work with CM and V&V teams to ensure traceability and documented changes.

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)

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.

Opportunity

Join the GEO SPACES Program, a nationally significant capability delivering geospatial and mission‑critical systems that support Australia’s Defence and national security objectives. As a Systems Integrator, you will play a key role in the sustainment and evolution of complex operational systems, working within a secure and highly collaborative engineering environment. This is a 12‑month contract opportunity offering the chance to work on high‑impact systems that contribute directly to critical Defence outcomes while collaborating with experienced engineering and technical specialists.

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to the ongoing enhancement, sustainment and integration of systems across the GEO SPACES Program, ensuring technical solutions remain secure, reliable and aligned to operational requirements.
• Work closely with systems engineers, software engineers, architects, project teams and customer stakeholders to investigate issues, implement system changes and support engineering decision‑making throughout the system lifecycle.
• Support the delivery of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), systems analysis, requirements management and design activities, helping to progress capabilities through engineering governance and assurance processes.
• Partner with Configuration Management and Verification & Validation teams to ensure system changes are controlled, traceable, verified and documented, contributing to the successful delivery of outcomes that support critical Defence capabilities.

About You

• Essential Experience working in systems engineering, systems integration or sustainment roles within complex project, enterprise, Defence or government environments.
• Knowledge of systems engineering principles, engineering lifecycles and requirements management practices.
• Experience undertaking systems analysis, engineering investigations and contributing to solution design activities.
• Ability to develop and maintain engineering documentation, including requirements, design artefacts, impact assessments and technical reports.
• Experience supporting engineering change management activities and working within configuration‑controlled environments.
• Understanding of engineering governance, assurance, verification and validation processes.
• Ability to identify, assess and manage technical risks while supporting informed engineering decision‑making.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience working within Agile or hybrid delivery environments and collaborating across multidisciplinary teams.
• Advantageous Experience supporting Defence capability, intelligence, geospatial or mission systems.
• Familiarity with ITIL‑aligned service management, sustainment frameworks and operational support environments.
• Experience contributing to continuous improvement initiatives, lessons learned activities and engineering best practices.
• Exposure to secure enterprise environments requiring adherence to security, quality and assurance frameworks.

This role requires the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an active NV2 Security Clearance, with the ability to obtain and maintain a DISA.

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.

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.

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. 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].