Systems Engineering Lead

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. 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. 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 ICT Project Systems Engineering Lead is the key technical authority within a project team, ensuring the successful design, development, integration, testing, and deployment of complex ICT systems and infrastructure. The role involves providing expert technical direction, leadership, and hands-on problem-solving to the engineering team while collaborating with project management and stakeholders to meet project goals and deliver high-quality, reliable, and scalable solutions. Key Responsibilities include: - Provide technical leadership and systems engineering oversight across the full lifecycle, guiding architecture decisions, resolving complex technical issues, and ensuring alignment with enterprise strategy. Lead system design and architecture development, including requirements analysis, modelling, specification development, and evaluation of emerging technologies. Support project execution by contributing to planning activities, maintaining SE artefacts (SEMP, TEMP, TTO), and ensuring system delivery meets quality, security, and compliance standards. Manage technical risks and issues, proactively identifying potential impacts, implementing mitigation strategies, and ensuring system stability throughout delivery. Lead and mentor engineering and technical teams, fostering collaboration, supporting capability development, and ensuring effective communication across multidisciplinary stakeholders. Oversee system implementation, integration, and operations, ensuring optimal performance, availability, and supportability of ICT systems, including participation in escalation or on-call response where required. What You’ll Bring to Make An Impact Extensive experience in systems engineering leadership within complex ICT environments, including architecture development, system integration, and lifecycle management. Relevant tertiary qualifications and certifications, such as engineering, ICT, or related disciplines, with desirable credentials including ITIL, Systems Engineering (INCOSE / ASEP / CSEP). Strong technical expertise across ICT infrastructure, with the ability to analyze, design, and optimize systems using industry standards, frameworks, and modelling practices. Demonstrated experience in project delivery including planning, estimation, documentation, risk management, and working closely with project managers and cross-functional teams. Excellent stakeholder communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts and lead discussions with technical and non-technical audiences. Proven ability to lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering high performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement. 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 require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold TSPV security clearance. Diverse Team Members, Shared Values and a Common Purpose Providing our customers with smar ... (truncated, view full listing at source)