The first thing you learn at Leidos Australia is to leave current thinking at the door. Our aim is to make the world a safer, healthier and more efficient place, but we won’t get far using existing ideas. We need incisive minds like yours to weave together information technology, engineering and science skills into practical solutions for the most complex and high risk challenges.

Your new role

We have an opportunity to join our high performing team supporting the Win10 environment for Defence as SOE Engineer.

We can support the roles being in Canberra, Melbourne or Adelaide

You will be responsible in providing 3rd level application and system support in order  to manage SOE Image and Application Packaging services, solutions and support project work across a broad spectrum of imaging and packaging technologies. Primarily SCCM, MSI and MDT.

You will perform the following functions:

·       Expertise experience with implementation of a product rollout for multi- agency/division/department, working with stakeholders, users and vendors, with multiple facets (e.g. Department deployment and migration planning including hardware, software, Software as a Service, testing, training, communication, work team meetings).

·       Plan, Consult and Monitor all project related activities to meet aggressive schedule

·       Gather, analyse and create rollout plans based on stakeholder’s readiness and availability.

·       Plan, manage and facilitate meetings to develop a rollout schedule and plan collaboratively with the stakeholders.

·       Carry out specialist technical and/or engineering activities in a professional manner in support of project and company objectives

·       Carry out complex software packaging and O/S imaging assignments requiring familiarity and expertise with a broad field of engineering and technical knowledge

·       Carry out and/or lead varied software packaging assignments requiring familiarity and expertise with a broad field of engineering and knowledge.

About you and What you'll bring

Coupled with your education and practical experience, you will demonstrate a ‘can-do’, pro-active, approach with the ability to understand the business, identify issues and develop relationships to achieve Leidos objectives.

• Competent imaging & packaging using thick (MSI) & thin (XenApp, ThinApp & App-V) distributions
• Packaging for VDI environments
• Advanced knowledge of MDT and SCCM/Configuration Manager
• Experience with MDOP and client virtualization technologies
• Intermediate knowledge of Windows Client Imaging and Deployment
• PowerShell automation leveraging WMI
• VBScript automation
• Developing/maintaining Custom MOF files
• Some WQL – Windows Query language experience

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and hold a current NV-2 or NV-1 security clearance. If you hold an NV-1 you must be willing to go through the process of gaining your NV-2.

What you’ll love

At Leidos you’ll enjoy 12 weeks’ paid parental leave as a primary carer, flexible work practices, discounted health insurance, novated leasing and more. Foster your career through complete access to learning and development and mentoring opportunities, we have a strong track record of internal promotion and career transitions. Join a company who acknowledges “People First”.