Configuration/Data Manager

Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd.•Dayton, OH

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Odyssey is hiring a Configuration/Data Manager to support the Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Program AFLCMC/WIS Asymmetric Warfare Division. The program advances, sustains, and modernizes the Air Force’s next-generation communications and command-and-control capabilities for TACP operators. The position independently performs configuration and data management tasks in accordance with the Performance Work Statement and provides advisory, documentation, tracking, review, and reporting support across configuration and data management activities. The role is onsite at Wright Patterson AFB and involves 10% travel.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must hold an active Secret clearance.
Either a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a related field and at least three years of experience in the respective technical or professional discipline, including three years in the DoD; or seven years of directly related experience with appropriate certifications described in the PWS labor-category performance requirements, including five years in the DoD.
Proficiency with configuration and data management systems such as Windchill, Teamcenter, or similar platforms for tracking specifications and changes.
Ability to create and maintain tracking systems, generate reports, and analyze configuration data using tools such as Excel or databases.
Skill in preparing technical documents, specifications, and compliance reports in accordance with industry and government standards.
Understanding of system specifications, development standards, and configuration audits for hardware and software components.
Ability to communicate technical and non-technical information clearly, verbally and in writing, to diverse stakeholders.
Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, program offices, and government personnel.
Attention to detail and accuracy in documentation, tracking systems, and compliance reviews.
Problem-solving ability and adaptability to evolving requirements, issues, and changing priorities.

Responsibilities

Independently perform configuration and data management tasks in alignment with the Performance Work Statement.
Prepare and deliver finished products—including spreadsheets, briefings, figures, graphics, tables, forms, and papers—in technical and non-technical formats, classified and unclassified, as requested.
Provide advisory assistance and draft documentation for the full range of configuration management and data management actions.
Support configuration management for hardware and software, including reviewing program-unique system, development, and product specifications for format, content, compliance, and export-control markings.
Generate and maintain tracking systems for specification updates, SCN comments, discrepancies, corrective actions, change requirements, implementations, and specification status.
Support change proposal activities by distributing, logging, creating, and maintaining files of Government-approved change proposals.
Maintain change-processing tracking systems for status and reporting from inception through supplemental agreement.
Perform Configuration Control Board Secretariat duties, including preparing for and facilitating CCBs and developing reports and charts for CCB activities.
Participate in formal technical reviews, including PDR and CDR, and manufacturing or production readiness reviews.
Provide advisory and documentation support for FCA, PCA, and compliance audits, including planning audits, reviewing hardware and software configuration items, tracking discrepancies, and maintaining action items and minutes.
Support status accounting by reviewing the prime contractor’s status accounting system for accuracy and maintaining records and databases for specifications, parts lists, version descriptions, SCNs, and change-control documents such as ECPs, CCPs, and variances.
Provide contract data management support for Data Item Descriptions (DIDs), CDRLs, AF Form 585, and data call letters.
Collect backup information and support official data release upon Government approval.
Conduct data reviews by coordinating inputs, preparing draft documentation, participating as an advisor, drafting minutes, and tracking action items through closure.