Configuration Management and Release Engineering Specialist
About The Position
The Configuration Management and Release Engineering Specialist provides technical leadership and support for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Defense Stockpile Management Systems (DSMS) enterprise application configuration management, software development, and release delivery. The role establishes and maintains configuration-management documentation, controls authorized changes and release artifacts, and helps ensure the integrity, security, availability, performance, and traceability of mission-critical application build and release environments. The position supports the full software development lifecycle by developing application components, interfaces, reports, modules, technical documentation, automated build and deployment tools, and continuous integration/continuous delivery capabilities. It collaborates with development, quality assurance, database, network infrastructure, cybersecurity, and program-management teams to improve release quality, productivity, compliance, and successful production delivery. The specialist coordinates Engineering Review Board and Configuration Control Board governance, manages change requests and configuration baselines, maintains CMDB data and configuration-management artifacts, supports release readiness and deployment, and contributes to software assurance, cybersecurity, vulnerability remediation, configuration compliance, audit preparation, and documentation.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of related experience.
- At least 5 years of ITSM Change and Configuration Management experience.
- Hands-on experience with ServiceNow Change, CMDB, and Configuration modules.
- Familiarity with ITIL frameworks, especially Change and Configuration processes.
- Experience supporting Engineering Review Boards, Configuration Control Boards, or similar governance bodies.
- Strong technical understanding of enterprise networks, systems, applications, and architectures.
- Excellent communication, coordination, facilitation, and documentation skills.
- Experience maintaining configuration-management data and artifact repositories.
- Active/current DoW Secret clearance.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and facilitate Engineering Review Board meetings, including preparation of agendas and technical documentation and recording meeting minutes.
- Review engineering change proposals for technical accuracy, completeness, architecture compliance, cybersecurity, interoperability, and configuration-control requirements.
- Coordinate with technical stakeholders to assess change impacts, track action items, and update required documentation following Engineering Review Board decisions.
- Manage and facilitate Configuration Control Board meetings to evaluate and approve changes to baselined systems.
- Review, validate, and prioritize Request for Change submissions in ServiceNow.
- Ensure changes are categorized, risk-assessed, and documented before Configuration Control Board review.
- Maintain configuration baselines and ensure approved changes are reflected in program documentation.
- Coordinate with functional teams to ensure changes are implemented as approved.
- Track Configuration Control Board decisions, approvals, rejections, and change status in ServiceNow.
- Maintain and improve CMDB accuracy, including configuration-item discovery, relationships, and resolution of discrepancies or configuration drift.
- Develop and maintain configuration-management plans, policies, standard operating procedures, and work instructions.
- Generate Engineering Review Board, Configuration Control Board, and ITSM metrics and status reports using ServiceNow dashboards and reporting tools.
- Establish, maintain, and improve configuration-management procedures, standards, baselines, repositories, change records, and technical artifacts.
- Manage authorized configuration changes, build artifacts, source-code baselines, version-control practices, and deployment records.
- Coordinate change-control activities, including Engineering Review Boards, Change Control Boards, release-readiness reviews, and approval workflows.
- Provide technical guidance on configuration-management methods, documentation requirements, version control, and artifact traceability.
- Develop, maintain, and support enterprise-application components, modules, reports, and interfaces, and support related technical documentation.
- Troubleshoot and resolve integration, deployment, and configuration issues in coordination with technical teams.
- Ensure artifacts, configuration files, and related deliverables are complete, validated, version-controlled, and approved before production release.
- Support software assurance, cybersecurity, vulnerability remediation, configuration compliance, audit preparation, and documentation requirements.
- Collaborate with Development, Quality Assurance, Database, Network, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Program Management personnel to resolve dependencies and support integrated execution.
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, work instructions, implementation plans, rollback plans, release notes, deployment checklists, and after-action documentation.
- Coordinate daily interactions face-to-face and through Teams, as well as weekly scheduled meetings, with Technical and Development teams.
Benefits
- 401(k) with company match.
- Comprehensive health and wellness packages.
- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping employees own their careers.
- Professional growth opportunities, including paid education and certifications.
- Paid vacation and holidays.
- Medical plan options, including options with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental and vision plan options.
- Paid time off including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental leave, military leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment coverage, personal accident coverage, critical illness coverage, and business travel and accident insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
