Description
Accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through our Life Days program.
Work with world leading technology business at the forefront of innovation.
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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
The Knowledge Lead is responsible for governing, maturing, and enabling high‑quality knowledge management across all ICT operational domains. This role ensures that critical intelligence support environments benefit from accurate, current, and accessible knowledge assets that uplift service quality, reduce incident recurrence, accelerate resolution, and improve decision‑making across the program.
You will lead the development, maintenance, and continual improvement of knowledge processes, collaborating closely with Incident, Problem, Change, Engineering, and Operational teams to ensure a robust, ITIL‑aligned knowledge ecosystem.
The Knowledge Lead is critical in ensuring a resilient and optimised support ecosystem. By enabling technicians, analysts, and operations teams with the best possible information at their fingertips, this role directly improves service quality, reduces interruptions to mission capability, and strengthens the overall reliability of Australia's national geospatial intelligence systems.
Own and mature the Knowledge Management process aligned to ITIL best practices, ensuring strong governance, quality and consistency across the program
Design and maintain knowledge frameworks including lifecycle standards, workflows, taxonomy, templates and approval practices for a multi-vendor environment
Govern the creation, review and publication of knowledge articles, SOPs, work instructions, Known Errors and Workarounds to ensure accuracy and compliance
Drive knowledge maturity across ICT operations by embedding structured knowledge behaviours and uplifting capability across teams
Translate incidents, problems, PIRs and recurring issues into timely, actionable knowledge to reduce reoccurrence, risk and escalations
Collaborate with SMEs, engineering, service management and operational teams to keep technical and operational knowledge current and mission-aligned
Provide insight through reporting and analysis of knowledge quality, usage, gaps and trends, driving continual service improvement and operational efficiency
What You’ll Bring to Make An Impact
Demonstrated experience in Knowledge Management, Service Management or a related ICT operational discipline, with strong understanding of ITIL processes (Incident, Problem, Knowledge and Change)
Proven ability to produce clear, accurate and high-quality technical and operational documentation
Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills, with experience working across multi-vendor and complex ICT environments
Analytical and detail-oriented, able to interpret operational data and translate insights into practical knowledge and guidance
Proactive and improvement-focused, with the ability to work independently and uplift process maturity and user experience
Experience with ITSM platforms (e.g. ServiceNow, JIRA) and/or ITIL v4 certification, with Defence or secure environment experience highly regarded
Don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes – if you meet most of them, we encourage you to submit your application. We’re most interested in your strengths, what you want to learn and how far you want to go.
This role does requires the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold an active TSPV 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. 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
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.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and 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 $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
Pay and Benefits
Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.
Securing Your Data
Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at LeidosCareersFraud@leidos.com.
If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.
