# Senior Security Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Aerospace & Defence

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## Description

Join Leidos as a Senior Security Engineer on the AGO GEO SPACES mission critical networks project.

As a Senior Security Engineer, you will report directly to the GEO SPACES Security Operations Team Lead and operate independently within the scope of your duties.

Primary responsibilities:

- Review and implement system security controls – OS, application, and network hardening in accordance with DSPF and ISM controls.

- On-board system logs into centralised SIEM, including log normalisation, log forwarder deployment, and configuration.

- Deploy and configure security tools.

- Develop detection engineering, including testing, validation, playbook development, and quality assurance.

- Provide system security advice and collaborate with network and operations teams.

Secondary duties:

- Integrate and maintain Cyber Threat Intelligence platforms and feeds.

- Integrate and maintain Vulnerability Management platforms and tools.

- Conduct Quality Assurance and Control of SOC investigations and responses.

- Support complex and emergency Incident Response activities.

- Conduct research, development, and testing of novel and emerging technologies.

- Support Hunt activities using industry frameworks.

- Provide trusted advisory services.

- Develop security operations-related system requirements.

- Review and approve changes.

- Develop and maintain stakeholder relationships.

Requirements:

- 5-10 years of experience in security operations roles.

- Experience with SIEM technologies – Splunk.

- Experience with AWS and AWS security applications.

- Experience with EDR/XDR tools.

- Experience with cloud and web application firewalls.

- Experience with IDAM.

- Experience with OS SOE hardening – Linux and Windows.

- Experience with Windows AD, Server, and group policies.

You must be an Australian citizen with a current TSPV security clearance and be able to obtain a DISA/OSA.

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## Skills

### Required
- Splunk
- AWS
- EDR/XDR
- cloud and web application firewalls
- IDAM
- Linux
- Windows
- Windows AD

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