Junior Cloud Platform Engineer - Systems Administrator

Description

We're a 'Family Friendly' certified workplace - we understand the often many and varied roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them.

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

You will support a multi year Defence program delivering Australia's Health Knowledge Management System, a secure, large scale AWS cloud platform enabling end to end clinical support for the Australian Defence Force across domestic and global deployments.

In this role, you will support the application of modern DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering practices to operate and continuously improve a secure, resilient, and highly available cloud environment. You will focus on automation, reliability, scalability, and observability, while collaborating closely with internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver stable and continuously improving platform services.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate and support a secure, multi account AWS cloud environment hosting Windows and Linux workloads, Kubernetes clusters, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage platform lifecycle activities including provisioning, patching, scaling, maintenance, and operational support.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve Infrastructure as Code and automation first solutions to enable consistent and scalable platform deployments.
• Implement observability, monitoring, and reliability engineering practices to support proactive issue detection, incident response, and service improvement.
• Collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and stakeholders to support platform delivery, operational readiness, and continuous improvement initiatives.

About You and What You'll Bring

• Experience supporting and operating AWS cloud environments within enterprise or production settings, including multi account architectures.
• Experience with containerised platforms such as Kubernetes (EKS), CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices, observability, monitoring, and operational resilience.
• Ability to produce clear operational documentation, runbooks, and support procedures.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset, with the ability to work closely with technical teams, vendors, and stakeholders.

This role requires the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold a minimum Baseline level clearance and be able to gain and maintain a NV 1 level 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.

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.

EEO Statement

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.