Systems Integrator (12 months)

Leidos; South Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Days leave program

Family Friendly workplace

Job summary

Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions with 2000+ local experts, solving challenges in government, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets. As a Systems Integrator, you’ll support sustainment and evolution of complex systems, collaborating across engineers, architects, and project teams to define requirements and manage risk.

The role is a 12-month opportunity, operating within secure environments, and requires close alignment with engineering governance and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience working as a systems engineer within complex project, sustainment, or enterprise environments.
• Solid understanding of systems engineering principles and lifecycle management.
• Experience working within secure enterprise, Defence, or government environments.
• Experience working within an Agile or hybrid delivery model.
• Exposure to sustainment environments and engineering change management processes.
• Familiarity with engineering governance, assurance, and configuration management practices.
• Experience eliciting, analysing, and managing requirements across the system lifecycle.
• Experience performing system analysis and contributing to system design activities within secure operational environments.

Responsibilities

• Perform engineering investigations to support defect resolution, capability enhancement, and sustainment decisions.
• Define, develop, and execute Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) for systems under sustainment.
• Undertake systems analysis, requirements management, and system design activities for minor to major system changes.
• Progress system changes through defined engineering gates and assurance processes.
• Develop and maintain systems engineering documentation and artefacts, including requirements, design descriptions, and impact assessments.
• Collaborate with Configuration Management personnel to support change control, baselines, and configuration integrity.
• Support Verification and Validation activities by contributing to requirements traceability, design justification, and technical evidence.
• Identify, analyse, and manage technical risks, escalating complex or systemic issues in accordance with defined processes.
• Ensure engineering activities are undertaken in accordance with applicable security, quality, and engineering governance frameworks.
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and other project members to support delivery outcomes and provide considered technical advice.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, lessons learned, and engineering best practices.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal teams, customers, and other stakeholders across all levels.
• Operate in accordance with defined Engineering, Project Management, and ITIL-aligned service management frameworks.

Skills

Systems engineering

Lifecycle management

Secure government environments

Agile/hybrid delivery

Requirements management

Engineering governance

Verification & Validation

Configuration management

Technical risk management

Technical communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

• Accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through our Life Days program.

• Work with world leading technology business at the forefront of innovation.

• We're a 'Family Friendly' certified workplace - we understand the often many and varied roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them.

Our team feel Leidos is a great place to work. Learn more about our culture and benefits by visiting us here https://www.leidos.com/company/global/australia/careers

Do Work That Matters

Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts, backed by our global experience and network of partners, are working to solve the world's toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

As a Systems Integrator, you will be part of a high-performing engineering delivery team supporting the sustainment and evolution of complex systems. You will operate under general direction and be responsible for the reliable execution of assigned systems engineering activities across investigation, analysis, design, and change implementation within established engineering and assurance frameworks.

Working within secure and complex environments, you will apply sound systems engineering principles to support sustainment activities, system changes, and engineering investigations. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, architects, project teams, and stakeholders to define requirements, develop engineering artefacts, manage technical risk, and progress systems through defined engineering governance and assurance gates.

You will work with Configuration Management and Verification & Validation (V&V) engineers to ensure system changes are appropriately controlled, verified, and documented across the system lifecycle.

This role is a 12-months opportunity and will provides the opportunity to contribute to nationally significant systems while supporting the continuous improvement of engineering quality, assurance, and delivery practices.

You will also:

• Perform engineering investigations to support defect resolution, capability enhancement, and sustainment decisions

• Define, develop, and execute Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) for systems under sustainment

• Undertake systems analysis, requirements management, and system design activities for minor to major system changes

• Progress system changes through defined engineering gates and assurance processes

• Develop and maintain systems engineering documentation and artefacts, including requirements, design descriptions, and impact assessments

• Collaborate with Configuration Management personnel to support change control, baselines, and configuration integrity

• Support Verification and Validation activities by contributing to requirements traceability, design justification, and technical evidence

• Identify, analyse, and manage technical risks, escalating complex or systemic issues in accordance with defined processes

• Ensure engineering activities are undertaken in accordance with applicable security, quality, and engineering governance frameworks

• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and other project members to support delivery outcomes and provide considered technical advice

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, lessons learned, and engineering best practices

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal teams, customers, and other stakeholders across all levels

• Operate in accordance with defined Engineering, Project Management, and ITIL-aligned service management frameworks

What You’ll Bring to Make An Impact

• Demonstrated experience working as a systems engineer within complex project, sustainment, or enterprise environments

• Solid understanding of systems engineering principles and lifecycle management

• Experience working within secure enterprise, Defence, or government environments

• Experience working within an Agile or hybrid delivery model

• Exposure to sustainment environments and engineering change management processes

• Familiarity with engineering governance, assurance, and configuration management practices

• Experience eliciting, analysing, and managing requirements across the system lifecycle

• Experience performing system analysis and contributing to system design activities within secure operational environments

• Track record of working on complex system projects involving multiple stakeholders and technical domains

• Experience working with configuration-controlled systems and supporting assurance, verification, or validation activities

• Ability to identify and manage technical risks and support informed engineering decision-making

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear engineering documentation

• Ability to work effectively with architects, engineers, and other project members to support delivery objectives

Don't worry if you don't tick all the boxes – if you meet most of them, we encourage you to submit your application. We're most interested in your strengths, what you want to learn and how far you want to go.

This role does requires the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an active NV2 Clearance, accompanied by the ability to be successful for a DISA.

Diverse Team Members, Shared Values and a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought, experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. It's about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work, feels welcome, valued, and respected, and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase - Chief Executive, Leidos Australia.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies Network,Young Professionals, Defence & Emergency Services, Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride+) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests, and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.