Configuration Manager (Canberra)

Description Accrue up to an extra 12 days of leave per year through our Life Days program. Work with a world‑leading technology business on the forefront of innovation. We’re a "Family Friendly" certified workplace – we understand the many and diverse roles our team members play within their own unique family setting and actively support them. Your New Role As a member of our engineering team, you will manage the baselines of several mission systems located on multiple security domains, enabling effective change management over a highly complex ICT environment. You will identify and control configuration items in the Configuration Management Database and engineering baselines. You will provide guidance to other technical teams and work closely with managed service providers, senior stakeholders, and program communities to improve service maturity, embed better ways of working, and contribute to continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities
- Deliver end‑to‑end configuration management services, including identification, control, status accounting, and audits
- Own and maintain the Configuration Management Plan, procedures, work practices, and provide guidance across the team
- Establish, manage, and assure the integrity of configuration management databases, technical data lists, and baselines across service, software and engineering environments
- Plan, track, and manage configuration and change activities, including maintaining a rolling 12‑month schedule of known changes and effort forecasts
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, contractual, and quality requirements through audits, reporting, and participation in configuration control forums
- Drive continuous improvement of configuration management processes and tools, working closely with technical and program stakeholders What You’ll Bring to Make an Impact
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Proven experience and/or certifications in ITIL Service Management with strong Configuration and Change Management expertise, including outside ITIL frameworks
- Hands‑on experience with Configuration Management Systems and maintaining configuration and change processes in complex environments
- Demonstrated ability to develop policies, procedures and work instructions, and manage compliance with contractual, regulatory and quality requirements
- Strong communication, stakeholder engagement and relationship‑building skills, with the ability to work independently and within teams
- Highly organised and adaptable, with experience performing in dynamic, high‑performance or regulated environments (e.g. Defence desirable) Equal Opportunity Employer 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rw8vl