SOE Verification & Validation (V&V) – Test Lead

Company Description

Leidos is a Fortune 500® Technology, Engineering, and Science Solutions and Services leader. Leidos' 47,000 global employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Va., Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.

Leidos Australia has been a trusted partner to the Australian Government, including the Department of Defence, for more than 25 years, having delivered some of the most complex software and systems integration projects in Australia. With a local workforce of around 2,000, of which 85% hold a government security clearance, we have one of the largest security-cleared workforces in Australia. Our team is also backed by Leidos' global expertise, experience and capabilities.

Job Description

Your New Role

Working in a close-knit, collaborative team, you will be responsible for collaborating with stakeholders to refine requirements and manage scalable automated testing. This role will see you planning, implementing, and documenting testing activity for ongoing support of a Standard Operating Environment (SOE) in a large environment. Testing iterative updates of the SOE against a variety of endpoints across various platforms, you will bring demonstrated experience using System centre configuration manager (SCCM) and understanding of the SOE prestaging and build process.

Using your experience, you will effectively use testing management software to Develop, automate and execute comprehensive test plans and cases to identify, track and manage defects in the SOE. Your experience with PowerShell scripting and its interface with testing management software will be an asset to the ongoing support and continuous improvement of the teams work practise. This will allow you to Identify and mitigate risks during testing along with providing detailed analysis and reports on functional test activities and results.

This role is based in our Canberra office.

Qualifications

About You and What You'll Bring

You must have demonstrable knowledge and understanding of operating system testing and hold a minimum NV1 Clearance (NV2 preferred). You will have strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to your work, and an ability to understand the business, identify issues and develop relationships to achieve objectives

• Appropriate degree from an accredited university, or equivalent experience/combined education with substantial professional experience in large, testing environments
• General understanding of the SOE prestaging and build process
• Intermediate knowledge of SCCM/Configuration Manager and Citrix administrative consoles
• Intermediate knowledge of PowerShell scripting
• Experience with Active Directory and Group Policy Objects
• Experience with SOE testing in a large environment with a variety of hardware endpoints
• Familiarity with testing management software (ALM desirable)
• Exposure to IT infrastructure and hardware testing

Additional Information

What you'll love At Leidos, you’ll enjoy 12 weeks’ paid parental leave as a primary carer, flexible work practices, discounted health insurance, novated leasing and more. Foster your career through complete access to learning and development and mentoring opportunities, we have a strong track record of internal promotion and career transitions. 

As a business we are focusing on setting people up for growth and success, so individuals can develop specialist skills and make significant contributions whilst broadening their experience within the cyber security field.  If this sounds like you and you have the right attitude coupled with the willingness to challenge yourself and want to be in a team delivering security capability for government – apply today.

We embrace diversity and are committed to creating a truly inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, veterans, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.