Senior Geospatial Software Engineer at Leidos · Canberra

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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

As a senior member of our geospatial software engineering team, you will provide innovative and high‑value solutions to a range of complex spatial and technical challenges for our customers. You will work across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including planning, design, development, integration, and testing, and will frequently apply a broad range of tools and modern geospatial technologies to deliver robust, scalable, and maintainable software solutions.

You will be an established senior geospatial software engineer with extensive experience integrating ESRI technologies, developing custom geospatial applications, and working across both proprietary and open‑source GIS platforms. You will regularly contribute technical leadership, apply sound engineering judgement, and explore creative approaches to solving complex spatial problems.

Key responsibilities include:

• Lead geospatial software prototyping and technical investigations to define optimal development approaches
• Provide technical leadership across the design, development, integration, testing, and deployment of geospatial solutions
• Analyse and refine complex functional and non-functional requirements with engineers and stakeholders
• Design and build custom geospatial applications, services, ESRI/ArcGIS integrations, and JavaScript-based user interfaces
• Architect and implement geospatial data ingestion, transformation, and processing workflows
• Ensure software quality and continuous improvement through best practices, secure development, and mentoring junior engineers

What You’ll Bring to Make An Impact

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Geospatial Science, or equivalent experience aligned to a senior engineering role
• Proven experience in a senior geospatial software engineering position within engineering or project environments
• Extensive expertise in ESRI technologies (ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro) and custom geospatial application development (JavaScript)
• Strong experience designing and implementing geospatial data engineering and ETL workflows
• Experience integrating open-source GIS tools, external systems (e.g., REST APIs), and modern CI/CD practices
• Proficiency with Agile methodologies, containerisation (e.g., Docker), and development tools such as Git, JIRA, and Confluence

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.

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

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

• Recruitment process - 1 virtual interview or 1 face to face, a psychometric test & background checks.

• 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.

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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.