Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Leidos is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer

Leidos is hiring a Site Reliability Engineer for the AGO GEO SPACES program, delivering advanced national security technology solutions in a secure, high-compliance environment. You will be responsible for the availability, performance, capacity, and reliability of critical production systems across a large-scale, fault-tolerant infrastructure.

What You'll Do

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

What We're Looking For

  • Australian Citizen.
  • Active TSPV security clearance.
  • Ability to be successful for a DISA/OSA.
  • Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer.
  • Strong background in Linux/UNIX administration.
  • Hands-on experience using IaC and configuration tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Chef.
  • Experience with virtualised (VMware) or cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Experience working with developers through CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitLab CI.

Nice to Have

  • Comfortable creating meaningful automation using Python, Go, or Bash.

Technical Stack

  • Linux/UNIX
  • Python, Go, Bash
  • Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef
  • VMware, AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Jenkins, GitLab CI

Benefits & Compensation

  • Life Days: Accrue up to 12 days of extra leave per year.
  • Leidos Life Hub: Access to discount offers or cashback rewards with over 400 retailers.
  • Family Friendly certified workplace.

Inclusion is at the heart of our culture and is one of our core values. 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. Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace.

Required Skills
LinuxUNIXPythonGoBashAnsibleTerraformPuppetChefVMwareAWSSite Reliability Engineering
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Leidos
Leidos Engineering provides consulting services to public-owned and investor-owned electric utilities for comprehensive engineering design of electrical transmission, substation, and distribution projects nationwide. The Power Delivery Services Team supports utilities and mobile operators with reliable power and telecommunication expertise.
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Job Details
Department Information Technology
Category infrastructure
Posted 2 months ago