ICT Engineer

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) 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

As an ICT Engineer, you will play a key role in the design, deployment and sustainment of complex ICT infrastructure supporting critical programs and operational capabilities. Working within a collaborative Agile environment, you will contribute to the delivery of secure, reliable and scalable technology solutions, ensuring infrastructure and systems are fit for purpose and aligned to evolving customer needs.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build and maintain complex technology networks and ICT systems, including the installation and configuration of physical and virtual hardware, software and portable devices.
• Deploy and integrate infrastructure components, including servers, networking equipment and rack-based solutions, while producing and maintaining accurate network, rack and infrastructure documentation.
• Implement cyber security requirements across infrastructure environments, applying security hardening, ISM controls, firmware updates, patch management and security audit activities to ensure compliance and system resilience.
• Contribute to Agile delivery practices by supporting adaptive planning, user story development and estimation activities, while collaborating closely with engineering teams, stakeholders and customers to deliver capability outcomes.

About You

You are an experienced ICT Engineer with a passion for delivering secure and reliable technology solutions. You enjoy working across diverse infrastructure environments and have the ability to balance technical expertise with effective stakeholder engagement, documentation and continuous improvement practices.

Essential:

• Experience designing, building and supporting complex ICT infrastructure, networks and systems.
• Experience installing, configuring and managing physical and virtual hardware and software environments.
• Capability in the build, deployment and support of portable devices and enterprise technology platforms.
• Experience implementing infrastructure-level cyber security controls, including security hardening, patch management and ISM compliance requirements across network and switching environments.
• Knowledge of security principles and the ability to apply security-by-design approaches to ICT solutions.
• Experience performing firmware updates, security audits and system maintenance activities.
• Ability to create and maintain technical documentation including network diagrams, rack layouts, infrastructure designs and deployment documentation.
• Experience using diagramming and design tools such as Microsoft Visio or similar platforms.
• Experience working within Agile delivery programs, including adaptive planning, user story development and story point estimation.
• Experience using or supporting technologies such as Red Hat Linux, SharePoint and DOORS.
• Experience with hardware installation activities, including the build, integration and installation of equipment racks.

Advantageous:

• Experience with EPM document structures and CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations.
• Experience supporting highly secure or mission-critical ICT environments.
• Familiarity with systems integration, infrastructure modernisation and complex technology refresh activities.
• Experience working across multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering large-scale technology programs.
  

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an NV-1 security clearance.

Due to the nature of our work, applicants must be Australian Citizens and be eligible to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role. Certain roles may be subject International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements which may limit persons who hold dual nationality with certain proscribed countries from accessing material, or in the case of dual Australian-U.S citizens, may require the candidate to obtain a U.S. Persons Abroad authorisation from the U.S DDTC.

If this role interests you, we encourage you to apply. We value different experiences and are interested in the capability and potential you could bring.

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

We’ll let you know what to expect before each stage, including who you’ll meet and how to prepare. If you need any adjustments or support during the process, please let us know.

Ready to explore what’s possible?

If this sounds like a role where you can make an impact and continue to grow, we’d like to hear from you. Please apply via the “Apply Now” button with your resume. If you have any questions about the role or recruitment process, please contact Praveena Sundarakumar, Talent Acquisition.

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.

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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.