NAVAIR Configuration Management Analyst

American Systems•California, MD

About The Position

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is seeking a Software Configuration Management (SW CM) Subject Matter Expert to support NAVAIR and Triton software configuration-management activities for Australia and other international customers. The role also augments the Triton Sustainment Support Activity (SSA) Configuration Management team’s media-processing and shipment activities. The analyst manages controlled software baselines, release artifacts, configuration records, and physical media in accordance with approved program, customer, quality, cybersecurity, export-control, and records-management processes. The position supports software releases and deliveries by maintaining customer-specific configurations and ensuring associated artifacts are complete and traceable. It also supports approved media intake, scanning, documentation, preparation, and shipment. The analyst identifies configuration discrepancies and release risks, coordinates corrective action, and contributes to improvements in CM procedures and materials.

Requirements

Must hold a DoD Secret clearance and be able to obtain an Interim Top Secret clearance to start.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
At least 5 years of experience in related fields.
Demonstrated experience in software configuration management, software release management, or configuration-control processes.
Experience managing software baselines, version-controlled artifacts, release documentation, and configuration status accounting.
Familiarity with media handling, malware/virus scanning, media creation/burning, labeling, packaging, and shipment-preparation processes.
Ability to maintain detailed records, ensure traceability, and work effectively in a process-driven environment.
Strong organizational, communication, and coordination skills.
Ability to work across engineering, program, logistics, quality, security, and customer-facing organizations.
Ability to follow applicable handling, access, security, export-control, customer-release, and records-management procedures.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting international customers or Foreign Military Sales-related software deliveries.
Experience supporting unmanned aircraft systems, mission systems, avionics, or defense software programs.
Familiarity with configuration-management tools, defect/change-tracking tools, and document-management repositories.
Experience working in a Sustainment Support Activity or comparable depot/sustainment environment.

Responsibilities

Serve as the SW CM SME supporting Triton software configuration-management activities for Australia and other international customers.
Coordinate, track, and maintain customer-specific software baselines, release packages, configuration item records, version histories, and associated documentation.
Support preparation, review, and execution of approved software releases and deliveries, ensuring artifacts are complete, traceable, and aligned with authorized customer configurations.
Facilitate configuration-control activities, including change tracking, status accounting, release readiness reviews, and discrepancy resolution.
Augment the Triton SSA CM team by checking in approved media, performing required scans, documenting scan results, and preparing authorized media for release and shipment.
Identify configuration discrepancies, media-processing issues, or release risks; coordinate corrective actions and elevate issues through the appropriate CM lead or program channels.
Support continuous improvement of CM procedures, templates, checklists, metrics, and training materials.