Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and support secure, resilient cloud and hybrid platforms.
- Automate infrastructure and application delivery using Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, scripting, and deployment tooling.
- Improve platform reliability, performance, security, monitoring, observability, vulnerability remediation, lifecycle management, and operational practices.
- Collaborate with developers, architects, cybersecurity specialists, infrastructure teams, and business stakeholders to improve platform capabilities and deployment processes.
Requirements
- Experience in platform engineering, DevOps, cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, systems administration, or a related discipline.
- Hands-on experience with public cloud and hybrid environments such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices.
- Scripting and automation capability using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar languages.
- Working knowledge of operating systems, networking, APIs, databases, storage, DNS, and enterprise infrastructure.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of monitoring, logging, observability, Git, version control, security principles, identity and access management, secrets management, compliance requirements, and platform security controls.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, stakeholder relationship, and prioritization skills.
- Advantageous experience with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Elastic, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Datadog.
- Knowledge of cloud security, DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering, cost optimization, capacity planning, and resilience practices is advantageous.
- Relevant cloud, DevOps, Kubernetes, infrastructure, or cybersecurity certifications are advantageous.
- A degree, diploma, equivalent practical experience, or relevant professional certification in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, cloud technologies, DevOps, infrastructure, Kubernetes, or cybersecurity is advantageous.
- Australian citizenship and an NV-1 security clearance are required.
Benefits
- Flexible work options including Life Days of up to 12 additional days off per year, part-time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
- Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium and dedicated wellness spaces.
- Access to more than 120,000 on-demand courses and technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
- Career development support for technical specialization and leadership pathways.
- Work on nationally significant, mission-critical projects.
- The hiring process includes a Talent Acquisition conversation, hiring manager or panel interview, and any required role-specific assessment or technical discussion.
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About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government & 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 $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead, visit careers.leidos.com for our latest opportunities.