Field Service Engineer

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Leidos Australia delivers IT and airborne solutions that protect and advance the Australian way of life. Our 2000 local experts backed by our global experience and network of partners are working to solve the worlds toughest challenges in government intelligence defence aviation border protection and health markets.

Your New Role and Responsibilities

Leidos Australia is seeking a skilled Site Reliability Engineer to join our GEOSPACES program delivering advanced national security technology solutions in a secure high-compliance environment.

In this role you will ensure the availability performance capacity and reliability of critical production systems combining technical expertise in systems administration with practical hands-on problem-solving. Operating across large-scale fault-tolerant infrastructure you will help maintain operational excellence and support mission-critical capabilities in a secure highly regulated environment.

• Drive operational stability by applying software engineering practices to infrastructure and operations challenges.

• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 incident response ensuring fast recovery thorough RCA and preventative measures to reduce recurring issues.

• Implement and manage monitoring alerting and logging systems maintaining deep visibility into performance and tracking SLOs and SLIs.

• Manage and provision infrastructure using IaC practices applying configuration management tools and scripting for consistency and repeatability.

• Improve CI/CD pipelines and release processes working closely with development teams to enable smooth reliable deployments.

What Youll Bring to Make An Impact

• Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer bringing a thoughtful collaborative approach to solving operational challenges and supporting complex incident investigations.

• Comfortable creating meaningful automation using Python Go or Bash to support teams and streamline workflows.

• Strong dependable background in Linux/UNIX administration with a supportive approach to troubleshooting in intricate enterprise environments.

• Handson experience using IaC and configuration tools such as Ansible Terraform Puppet or Chef to build consistency and empower teams.

• Experience nurturing reliable virtualised (VMware) or cloud environments (AWS Azure GCP) working closely with developers through CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitLab CI.

Dont worry if you dont tick all the boxes if you meet most of them we encourage you to submit your application. Were most interested in your strengths what you want to learn and how far you want to go.

Due to the nature of the role you must be an Australian Citizen who holds an active TSPV security clearance; accompanied by the ability to be successful for a DISA/OSA.

Diverse Team Members Shared Values and a Common Purpose

Providing our customers with smarter solutions takes an incredible team with diversity of thought experience and perspectives driving innovation. Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. Its about creating a workplace where everyone can do important work feels welcome valued and respected and has equal access to opportunities to thrive. Paul Chase Chief Executive Leidos Australia.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders culturally and linguistically diverse people people with disabilities veterans neurodiverse people and people of all genders sexualities and age groups.

Our five Advocacy Groups (Women and Allies NetworkYoung Professionals Defence & Emergency Services Action for Accessibility and Abilities and Pride) provide an opportunity for team members to connect and collaborate on shared interests and work to support and celebrate our diverse community.

Next Steps

• To apply for this role follow the links or apply via our Careers page.

• Recruitment process - 2 interviews background checks & DISA/OSA.

• Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) certain circumstances this can place limitations on persons who hold dual nationality permanent residency or are former nationals of certain countries as per ITAR 126.1.

• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact our Careers team if youd like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

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