Technical Specialist – Cloud, Automation & Security

Leidos; South Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking Expressions of Interest for Technical Specialists to support GEOSPACES’ advanced national security technology solutions. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to design, implement, and maintain intelligence mission systems and tailored tenant environments.

The roles focus on engineering control, software design, data integration, automation, platform operations, CI/CD, and security/compliance to meet critical customer objectives.

Qualifications

• Teritary qualifications in Engineering and/or Information Technology domains.
• Experience designing, building and supporting complex IT infrastructure platforms.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and methodologies, including Terraform and Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Engineering Control – drive efficient engineering and configuration control processes.
• Software Design & Build – design and implement software systems using automation tools and DevOps practices.
• Data Integration – deploy and operate data ingestion pipelines and configure workflow systems.
• Automation & Scripting – develop scripts to provision, configure, and manage systems.
• Platform Operations – monitor, maintain, and optimise infrastructure for availability and security.
• Deployment & Delivery – support CI/CD pipelines, releases, and delivery of applications.
• Security & Compliance – integrate security best practices into workflows, including secrets management and access control.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing – write technical docs to support operations and teamwork.
• Collaboration – work with architects and engineers to improve platform capabilities.

Skills

Windows/Linux platforms

Automation

Networking

Virtualisation

Infrastructure

Software

Data

Systems Engineering

Education

Tertiary qualifications in Engineering/IT

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking Expressions of Interest for Technical Specialists to support GEOSPACES’ advanced national security technology solutions. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to design, implement, and maintain intelligence mission systems and tailored tenant environments.

The roles focus on engineering control, software design, data integration, automation, platform operations, CI/CD, and security/compliance to meet critical customer objectives.