Business Analyst | 12-month contract
12-month contract Business Analyst on Leidos Australia's GEO SPACES program, delivering geospatial and mission-critical systems for Defence and national security. Day to day you elicit and document business requirements, run workshops, write user stories and functional specs, and support testing and change activities.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Part time
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Business analysis
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Experience in business analysis within project, transformation, technology, or operational environments
- Demonstrated ability to gather, analyse, and document business requirements, processes, user stories, and functional specifications
- Experience facilitating workshops and engaging stakeholders across multiple business functions
- Ability to identify process improvement opportunities and contribute to solution design and business change initiatives
- Experience supporting testing activities, including requirements traceability, UAT, and defect management
- Well-developed communication and relationship-building skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Australian Citizen with active NV2 Security Clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a DISA
Nice to have
- Experience working in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments
- Knowledge of business process modelling, continuous improvement methodologies, or change management practices
- Exposure to enterprise systems, digital transformation programs, data-driven initiatives, or technology implementation projects
- Relevant qualifications in Business Analysis, Information Technology, Business, Commerce, or a related discipline
- Experience in complex, multi-stakeholder organisations or large-scale project environments
Full description
About Leidos Australia
At Leidos Australia, our work goes beyond a job title. We design, build, operate and support the systems, services and capabilities that help protect and advance the Australian way of life.
Backed by a global organisation of more than 40,000 people, our Australian team of around 2,000 has partnered with government, defence and national security customers for more than 30 years. We deliver mission-critical solutions where reliability, trust and purpose matter.
Leidos is a destination for people who want their work to have purpose, their contribution to be recognised, and their career to grow without needing to fit a single mould. Meaningful work is supported by benefits, flexibility and career pathways that help you grow while balancing life outside work. This includes:
- 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.
- And Much More – These are just a few of the ways we invest in our people and help them thrive.
About the Team
You’ll join a team where people work with integrity, inclusion, innovation, agility, collaboration and commitment. In practice, that means sharing ownership, solving complex problems together and staying connected to the customer context, the purpose behind the work and how each role contributes to meaningful outcomes.
Mission Software Systems (MSS) brings together expertise across intelligence, software, and cloud to deliver end-to-end capability supporting the full intelligence lifecycle, from planning through to dissemination and feedback. The team fosters a culture of innovation, leveraging modern engineering practices and shared infrastructure to rapidly build, test, and deploy software solutions across a range of environments, including cloud. MSS also plays a key role in advancing technology modernisation within Government, delivering scalable and adaptable solutions for complex enterprise challenges.