Business Analyst - 6 month contract

Business Analyst 

• Accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through our Life Days program. 
• Work with world leading technology business at the forefront of innovation.
• We’re a ‘Family Friendly’ certified workplace – we understand the diverse roles our team members need to play within their own unique family setting and actively support them. 

Our team feel Leidos is a great place to work. Learn more about our culture and benefits by visiting us here https://www.leidos.com/company/global/australia/careers 

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 Australia is seeking a skilled Business Analyst to join our AGO Geo Spaces program, supporting advanced national security technology solutions in a secure, high-compliance environment. In this role you will work with technical and business facing stakeholders to capture requirements for complex ICT systems and platforms. Key responsibilities will include:

• Translate business requirements into technical specifications in-line with proposed solutions.
• Support the implementation and delivery of systems, services and software as per customer specifications and agreed solution document. 
• Use your understanding of the different stakeholders to plan and facilitate workshops to further define functionality, service and system flows
• Liaise with the project team, technical writers and SME’s as well as external vendors to ensure timely delivery of task and project 

What You’ll Bring to Make An Impact 

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst across multiple stages of the system development lifecycle, in particular in transforming requirements into a cohesive design or solution
• Demonstrated ability managing the challenges and constraints of integrating existing systems with new technologies and methodologies.
• Ability to develop clear and concise documentation for a broad range of purposes
• Strong interpersonal skills, in particular with building positive relationships, both internally and externally, in addition to effective verbal and written communications 

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. 

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen who holds an NV2 Security Clearance accompanied by the ability to be successful for a DISA/OSA.

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.

Leidos Australia is an equal opportunities organisation and is 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. 

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

• To apply for this role, follow the links or apply via our Careers page. 
• Recruitment process – typically includes two interviews, a potential case study discussion, and background checks (varies by role). The Talent Acquisition team will brief you in detail before the commencement of interviews.
• 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.
• We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact our Careers team [email protected] if you’d like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.  

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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.