Systems Integrator – 4 Months

Leidos Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 148,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Days

Part-time options

Job sharing

Compressed hours

Headspace access

Wellbeing spaces

Learning portal & courses

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Systems Integration Engineer for a nationally significant GEO SPACES Program. Join a Defence ICT delivery team and help ensure integration across complex systems in a secure environment.

The role emphasizes collaboration, governance, and clear technical communication. The successful candidate will review requirements, support interface assessments, and contribute to planning and risk management while working with architecture, security and project teams to ensure

Qualifications

• Experience in Systems Integration Engineering, Systems Engineering or a similar role.
• Understanding of system integration, interface management, technical documentation and planning.
• Ability to identify dependencies, risks, delivery constraints and sequencing across interconnected systems.
• Knowledge of ICT architectures, security controls and service transition activities.
• Experience collaborating with architecture, engineering, security and project teams.
• Strong communication to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Review system requirements, interface artefacts and documentation to identify dependencies and risks.
• Support subsystem and interface assessments with engineering insights.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to align artefacts, activities and delivery outcomes.
• Contribute to documentation uplift, risk management, and governance reviews in a Defence environment.

Skills

Systems Integration

Systems Engineering

Interface management

Delivery planning

Stakeholder engagement

Technical documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

System architecture

Security controls

Governance & risk

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Systems Engineering, ICT or Cyber Security

Tools

CDRL reviews

Architecture review processes

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.

Description

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.

Benefits

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

Join the GEO SPACES Program, a nationally significant capability delivering geospatial and mission-critical systems that support Australia’s Defence and national security objectives. This is an exciting 4-month contract opportunity for a Systems Integration Engineer to contribute to the delivery of complex Defence ICT capabilities within a secure and operationally critical environment. Working alongside architecture, engineering, security and project teams, you will play a key role in ensuring integration activities are well understood, appropriately planned and ready for execution.

• Review system requirements, technical documentation and interface artefacts to identify integration dependencies, risks, constraints and implementation considerations across complex ICT systems.
• Support subsystem and interface assessments, providing engineering insights and recommendations that inform integration planning and technical decision-making.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to align technical artefacts, integration activities and delivery outcomes, ensuring traceability and readiness for implementation.
• Contribute to documentation uplift, risk and dependency management, implementation planning activities and governance reviews that support successful program delivery within a Defence environment.

About You

You are an experienced Systems Integration or Systems Engineer with a background working in Defence, government or other complex enterprise ICT environments. You enjoy solving integration challenges, working across technical disciplines and helping ensure systems are delivered in a structured, well-governed and operationally effective manner.

Essential

• Experience in Systems Integration Engineering, Systems Engineering, Integration Engineering or a similar role supporting complex ICT environments.
• Understanding of system integration, interface management, technical documentation, subsystem design and implementation planning.
• Ability to identify technical dependencies, integration risks, delivery constraints and sequencing considerations across interconnected systems.
• Knowledge of ICT architectures, infrastructure environments, security controls, operational support models and service transition activities.
• Experience collaborating with architecture, engineering, security and project teams to review, align and improve technical artefacts and delivery outcomes.
• Well-developed communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to clearly communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Advantageous

• Tertiary qualifications in Systems Engineering, Information and Communications Technology, Cyber Security, Infrastructure Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting Defence governance, design assurance, security accreditation or service transition activities.
• Exposure to documentation uplift initiatives, CDRL reviews, implementation planning, ROM development or project scheduling activities.
• Familiarity with structured engineering methodologies, requirements management tools and architecture review processes.
• Experience working within classified or multi-classification Defence ICT environments.

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.

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

Original Posting

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

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.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

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 at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

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.