Leidos

Senior Geospatial Software Engineer

Leidos

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Canberra • Australia

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

DockerETLJavaScriptSDLC

About the role

  • Provide innovative and high‑value solutions to complex spatial and technical challenges for our customers
  • Work across the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including planning, design, development, integration, and testing
  • Lead geospatial software prototyping and technical investigations to define optimal development approaches
  • Provide technical leadership across the design, development, integration, testing, and deployment of geospatial solutions
  • Analyse and refine complex functional and non-functional requirements with engineers and stakeholders
  • Design and build custom geospatial applications, services, ESRI/ArcGIS integrations, and JavaScript-based user interfaces
  • Architect and implement geospatial data ingestion, transformation, and processing workflows
  • Ensure software quality and continuous improvement through best practices, secure development, and mentoring junior engineers

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Geospatial Science, or equivalent experience aligned to a senior engineering role
  • Proven experience in a senior geospatial software engineering position within engineering or project environments
  • Extensive expertise in ESRI technologies (ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro) and custom geospatial application development (JavaScript)
  • Strong experience designing and implementing geospatial data engineering and ETL workflows
  • Experience integrating open-source GIS tools, external systems (e.g., REST APIs), and modern CI/CD practices
  • Proficiency with Agile methodologies, containerisation (e.g., Docker), and development tools such as Git, JIRA, and Confluence
  • Must be an Australian Citizen and hold an active TSPV Clearance.
Benefits
  • Accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through our Life Days program.
  • Health and Wellness programs
  • Income Protection
  • Paid Leave
  • Retirement.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
geospatial software engineeringJavaScriptgeospatial data engineeringETL workflowssoftware development life cyclegeospatial application developmentdata ingestiondata transformationdata processingtechnical leadership
Soft Skills
problem solvingcommunicationmentoringcollaborationanalytical thinkingleadershipstakeholder engagementinnovationcontinuous improvementplanning
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in ITBachelor’s degree in Geospatial ScienceTSPV Clearance