ICT Engineer

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.

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.

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