Description
At Leidos Australia, you'll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration, and commitment. As a Virtual Data Centre (VDC) Solutions Architect, you will shape secure, resilient, and scalable virtual infrastructure that supports critical government and enterprise environments in our GEO SPACES Team.
Responsibilities:
- Design secure Virtual Data Centre architectures spanning compute, storage, and networking.
- Develop architecture patterns, standards, reference designs, and detailed technical designs for virtual infrastructure.
- Guide project teams through design reviews and technical assurance, helping translate architecture into solutions that can be delivered effectively.
- Partner with cloud, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure platforms meet availability, resilience, and disaster recovery requirements.
Requirements:
- Experience in Virtual Data Centre architecture within enterprise or Defence environments.
- Capability across VMware technologies such as vSphere, ESXi, NSX, and vSAN, or equivalent virtualisation platforms.
- Experience designing highly available, resilient virtual infrastructure, including disaster recovery considerations.
- Ability to develop architecture standards, reference designs, and technical platform documentation.
- Ability to communicate complex technical designs clearly and collaborate across cloud, security, infrastructure, and project teams.
Benefits:
- Flex Your Way – Tailor work to your life with options including Life Days (up to 12 extra days off per year), part-time arrangements, job sharing, and compressed hours.
- Wellbeing That Matters – Free access to Headspace and MeQuilibrium, plus dedicated wellness spaces to support your mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.
- Learn Without Limits – Access over 120,000 on-demand courses, alongside technical, project management, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
- Work That Makes an Impact – Contribute to nationally significant projects that matter, solve complex challenges, and accelerate your career through unique growth opportunities.
- Build Your Future – Whether you're deepening technical expertise or preparing for leadership, we'll invest in your development every step of the way.