Security Services Manager

Description

• We're a 'Family Friendly' certified workplace - we understand the often many and varied 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

The Security Services Manager plays a critical cross-functional role in driving the delivery, oversight, and continuous improvement of security operations, engineering, and governance functions across the program. Working to the Chief Engineer, you will oversee routine operations of the Security Services Tower working closely with each team's Technical Lead. This role is responsible for the performance and coordination within the Security Services Tower and works laterally across all delivery towers and functions to ensure alignment, collaboration, and strategic integration.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Team Development: Lead and manage Security Engineers and GRC professionals, overseeing performance, coaching, career development, and training. Support workforce planning and recruitment to meet BAU and project needs, ensuring capability aligns with evolving priorities.
• Workload, Governance & Quality Oversight: Coordinate Security Services Tower activities and deliverables, ensuring prioritisation, scheduling, and alignment with program goals and governance frameworks. Oversee quality assurance of all security artefacts, products, and services.
• Process, Tools & Continuous Improvement: Maintain effective tools, methodologies, and repeatable processes for delivering secure, supportable ICT and cyber solutions. Drive continuous improvement and innovation across people, process, and technology, exploring R&D and emerging cyber capabilities.
• Cross-Functional & Business Engagement: Collaborate with technical leaders and business units to design and deliver complex solutions. Work closely with other service towers to embed security early in solution design and operations, and liaise with corporate functions (HR, Finance, Quality, Commercial) to align with broader enterprise needs.
• Security Operations & Incident Support: Contribute to security incident response by coordinating technical teams and communication channels, ensuring timely and consistent stakeholder updates across internal and external audiences.

About You

• Proven Leadership Experience: Demonstrated technical and team leadership in operational, client-facing, and collaborative roles, including within matrixed environments.
• ITIL Process Expertise: Practical experience with formal ITIL Configuration, Change, and Release Management processes, including associated reporting.
• Cyber Security Exposure: Background in Cyber Security Operations or supporting services is preferred, though not essential.
• Customer-Focused Approach: Strong commitment to customer service and delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Team Leadership: Experience successfully leading teams across varied functions and organisational structures.

This role does require the successful applicant to be an Australian Citizen, hold a NV-1 level security clearance and be able to uplift to NV-2.

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 - virtual / face to face interview & background checks.
• 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 careers.au@au.leidos.com if you'd like to discuss any additional support during your application or throughout the recruitment process.

At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."

If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in.

Original Posting:

At Leidos, we don't want someone who "fits the mold"-we want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless, the over-caffeinated, the ones who ask, "what's next?" before the dust settles on "what's now."

If you're already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2... good. You'll fit right in.

Pay Range:

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.

Client-provided location(s): Canberra, Australia

Job ID: Leidos-R-00165100

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-08-26T18:45:57