Description
DevOps Engineer Lead
Our team feel Leidos is a great place to work. Learn more about our culture and benefits by visiting us here https://www.leidos.com/company/global/australia/careers
Do Work That Matters
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 world’s toughest challenges in government, intelligence, defence, aviation, border protection and health markets.
Your New Role and Responsibilities
We have an opportunity to join a small close-knit DevOps team that works closely with our client. Our team has a diverse mix of skills and cross training is a strategy, so flexibility will be required.
Your role in the team will be to lead the technical team in the design, implementation and optimization of DevOps practices, services and tools to provide an ecosystem of development environments for streamlined system delivery.
Key Responsibilities: -
Lead and mentor a cross-functional DevOps/Kubernetes team.
Design, build, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and automation systems.
Implement DevSecOps practices to ensure secure, auditable, and compliant delivery across ISDs.
Collaborate with development and QA teams to streamline and accelerate software delivery.
Manage infrastructure reliability and lead platform modernization and migration initiatives.
What You'll Bring to Make An Impact:
Kubernetes (Rancher/RKE2), Docker, GitLab CI/CD
AWS and hybrid on-premise environments
JFrog Artifactory & Xray, SonarQube, Selenium Grid
Ansible, Terraform, and infrastructure automation
Strong leadership, mentoring, and collaboration skills
Don’t worry if you don’t tick every box – we value curiosity, strengths, and the desire to grow.
This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold a TSPV security clearance.
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. It's 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 Network, Young 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
Applicants may also need to meet International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) requirements. In 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 careers.au@au.leidos.com if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.
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.
Original Posting:
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
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.
