Security Engineering Manager

**Description**
- 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.

**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**

Leidos is partnering with Defence to deliver a critical cybersecurity capability for the strategic platform underpinning their on-premise networks. Our team plays a key role in providing robust, forward-thinking cybersecurity services that directly support the Department’s mission.

We’re seeking collaborative, capable professionals to help us strengthen and evolve this essential capability. This is a unique opportunity to join a well-established engagement and make a meaningful impact on how cybersecurity is delivered within Defence.

**What You’ll Do**

As part of our cyber engineering team, you’ll support the capabilities that our 24x7 Cyber Analysts rely on to protect Defence systems. You'll work in a supportive and innovative environment, drawing on your experience to help ensure these systems are secure, reliable, and effective.

We’re looking for a people-focused leader to guide a team of cybersecurity professionals and help maintain a strong security engineering function for our customer.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Manage a cybersecurity engineering team supporting key security tools and foster a positive, inclusive, and high-performing team culture
- Mentor and support the development of junior team members
- Oversee deployment and maintenance of security updates and infrastructure
- Collaborate with stakeholders to plan and manage product lifecycles
- Support network monitoring and incident response activities
- Perform integration and functional testing

**About You**
- Experienced in leading and coordinating diverse professional teams
- Hold a relevant degree or equivalent practical experience
- Experienced with cybersecurity tools (e.g. Trellix, Splunk, Tenable, Palo Prisma)
- Consistently deliver high-quality results in complex technical environments and have commitment to continual improvement and shared success
- Comfortable working across multidisciplinary teams and engaging with stakeholders
- This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen, hold a minimum NV-1 level security clearance and be able to upgrade._

**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._

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**
- Recruitment process - virtual / face to face interview & 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.

**Original Posting**:
**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.