Leidos is a Fortune 500® Technology, Engineering, and Science Solutions and Services leader. Leidos' 47,000 global employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.
 
Leidos Australia has been a trusted partner to the Australian Government, including the Department of Defence, for more than 25 years, having delivered some of the most complex software and systems integration projects in Australia. With a local workforce of around 2,000, of which 85% hold a government security clearance, we have one of the largest security-cleared workforces in Australia. Our team is also backed by Leidos' global expertise, experience and capabilities.

We've got so much to offer at Leidos, here are a just a few of the Benefits we provide our team:

• 12 Extra Days Leave: Life Days are the Leidos way of recognising that we all need some extra time out to take care of life. By working slightly more than the minimum weekly hours (2 hours per week for full timers) you can accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year.
• Leidos Life Hub provides access to discount offers or cashback rewards with over 400 Australian and International retailers.
• Professional development and support to set you up for success and assist you in achieving your career aspirations.

We have an opportunity for a Software Support Analyst to join our exciting multi-year Defence program to deliver an enterprise Health Knowledge Management System (HKMS). This capability will enable better clinical decision making for the ADF by providing market leading healthcare to ADF personnel and is a key capability and priority for the ADF.

The duties of this role include:

• Provide Level 2 and Level 3 software support for mission system applications involving interacting with end users, providing technical support and troubleshooting of technical issues.
• Identifying and managing ongoing process improvements to enhance operational availability and reliability.
• Completing fulfilment of service requests within the team’s scope.
• Monitor and manage service request, incident, and problem queues to meet contractual KPI’s
• Triage and assignment of service request, incident, and problem tickets to senior software analysts or other support teams.
• Managing Incident end to end demonstrating ownership including triage, investigation, resolution, escalations and post incident follow up.
• Managing Problems end to end by performing root-cause analysis of application related issues and recommend solutions, liaising with other ITSM service towers and end users as required.
• Interact with client system owners and 3rd party product vendors as needed as part of managing incidents, problems and escalated issues.
• Creating and maintaining system and operational documentation, including the creation and maintenance of Knowledge Based Articles for the Level 1 Help Desk and Level 2 Client Business Support
• Participation in a team on-call roster and management of priority incidents and problems with in contractual KPI’s.

About You and What You'll Bring

• Experience with application troubleshooting, diagnosing, testing and resolving customer issues.
• Experience with ticketing, knowledge management and ITSM products such as JIRA, Confluence and Micro focus Service Manager or similar.
• Experience in ITIL Service Request fulfilment, Incident and Problem processes.
• Desired experience with Windows Server, Linux and Linux Containers.
• Desired experience with scripting languages and task automation.
• Desired experience with system monitoring and alerting products such as Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Knowledge of networks, network protocols and tools within an Enterprise IT environment.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple, concurrent activities, while understanding and managing priorities, dependencies and risk.
• Ability to work and liaise with team remotely due to the organisational structure being spread nationwide.

Due to the nature of work we do for our customers, all applicants are required to be Australian Citizens and hold a NV1 security clearance with AGSVA and be capable of upgrading to a NV2 security clearance.

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.

At Leidos, we embrace diversity and are 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.

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”.