At Leidos we bring together science, engineering and technology to deliver smart solutions to our customers’ most complex challenges. Great ideas are our currency and every person here is encouraged and enabled to be curious, open-minded and confident in bringing theirs to the table - to be inspired by what they can achieve and the impact they can have.

Your New Role

We have an opportunity on one of our important programs within a small close-knit team that works closely with our clients. Our team has a diverse mix of skills and cross skilling is a strategy, so flexibility highly desirable and provides a great opportunity to extend your skillset. 

Working for Leidos, you will be required to work as part of a team but have the maturity to work autonomously. Your strong communication, interpersonal and technical skills will be key to establishing yourself with the customers and team.

As our virtualisation specialist, you will have a very good working knowledge of VMware technology stack supporting the installation, configuration and upgrade of software tools including virtualization and application discovery tool-sets, and commercial user tools. 

The main function of the role will be to support a complex VMWare environment and keep it patched (particularly security patches) and maintained on a day to day basis including timely upgrading of products.

You will also have a strong working knowledge of the full VMWare stack including:

• VMware vSphere, ESXi and vSAN
• VMware Horizon
• vRealize Suite
• NSX datacentre (an advantage)

Ideally you will also have experience with the following; 

• Updating and patching of VMware products
• VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF)
• Support and maintenance of the CISCO and Dell hardware
• Scripting or programming using Windows PowerShell, Python, Ansible, VRA or similar

Here are some of the criteria that we think will bring success to the role. 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. The following qualifications are desirable:

• VCP Data Center Virtualisation
• VCP Cloud Management and Automation.

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen and have the ability to hold and maintain a current NV-1 security clearance. This permanent or contract opportunity can be based onsite at Scoresby, Melbourne or Civic, Canberra.

At Leidos, we embrace diversity and are committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.