Navy - Configuration Management Specialist
About The Position
cFocus Software is seeking a Configuration Management Specialist to join our program supporting the United States Navy (DON) in the San Diego, CA area. This role requires an active Secret clearance and involves supporting configuration management, baseline management, engineering support, and modernization planning for DoD programs, specifically within the Navy. The specialist will be responsible for preparing and maintaining platform baselines, supporting various review boards, managing configuration records, and coordinating engineering changes. This role also involves monitoring and validating configuration data in Navy systems, providing recommendations for process improvements, and supporting modernization planning and installation readiness activities. The position requires strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and specific configuration management systems.
Requirements
- Active Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Business, Program Management, Logistics, Computer Science, or related discipline.
- 3 – 7+ years of experience supporting configuration management, baseline management, engineering support, modernization planning, or related DoD programs.
- Knowledge of configuration management principles, baseline management, and change control processes.
- Understanding of Navy modernization processes, platform integration activities, and configuration governance requirements.
- Experience supporting technical reviews, configuration control boards, readiness reviews, and modernization planning activities.
- Knowledge of engineering documentation, technical baselines, installation documentation, and configuration status accounting.
- Experience with SPIDER, RIPTIDE, iMET, SharePoint, databases, or similar configuration management systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and data management skills.
- Ability to perform configuration audits, discrepancy analysis, and data reconciliation.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare reports, briefings, and executive-level documentation.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting Navy, NAVWAR, PEO C4I, or other DoD acquisition and modernization programs is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Prepare, maintain, and update Information Warfare Platform (IWP) Capability Baselines for surface ships and shore platforms.
- Support Baseline Management (BLM) and Configuration Management (CM) activities for Program Management Warfare (PMW) offices, NAVWAR, Platform Readiness Reviews (PRRs), and Execution Readiness Reviews (ERRs).
- Develop and maintain As-Planned and As-Installed platform baselines and associated modernization documentation.
- Perform baseline wholeness analyses and configuration assessments supporting PRRs, ERRs, and fleet readiness initiatives.
- Support Configuration Management Governance Boards, Platform Configuration Control Boards (PCCBs), Technical Review Boards (PTRBs), and other configuration review forums.
- Maintain configuration records, change histories, audit trails, and document repositories to ensure traceability and accountability.
- Coordinate and track Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Ship Change Documents (SCDs), installation drawings, technical directives, and configuration updates.
- Monitor and validate configuration data within SPIDER, RIPTIDE, iMET, and other Navy modernization and configuration management systems.
- Provide recommendations to improve configuration control processes, database accuracy, and modernization planning tools.
- Support modernization planning by validating platform configurations, system dependencies, capability builds, and integration requirements.
- Review and reconcile configuration discrepancies, missing records, and historical modernization data.
- Support platform installation readiness activities, funding execution tracking, and schedule coordination associated with approved modernization efforts.
- Prepare and maintain Quarterly Work Packages (QWPs), baseline reports, status reports, metrics, and executive briefings.
- Coordinate configuration management activities with engineers, logisticians, acquisition personnel, installation managers, planners, and Government stakeholders.
- Conduct configuration audits, data validation activities, and quality reviews to ensure compliance with Navy policies and configuration management standards.
- Provide technical documentation support, meeting support, action item tracking, and configuration status accounting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
