Configuration Management Specialist

Joint Research and Development, LLC • Stafford, VA, US, VA

12h • $55,000 - $90,000

About The Position

As a Configuration Management Specialist, you will play a vital role in the configuration management of both developmental and operational systems. You will work collaboratively with a team to create and maintain configuration baselines for various stages, including development, testing, and production. Utilizing your expertise, you will recommend and utilize automated configuration management tools to implement and enforce configuration policies and procedures. Additionally, you will develop and modify configuration management plans, policies, and procedures based on the complexity and scope of the system.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree required.
• 5 years of experience as a Configuration Management Specialist on programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Ability to assist in implementing hardware and software version control processes, policies, and procedures.
• Relevant certifications in configuration management (e.g., ITIL, CCMP, SEC+, CMII Certification).
• Experience working in a classified or sensitive environment.
• Proficiency in using industry-standard configuration management tools.
• Familiarity with software development methodologies and practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Working knowledge of BMC Remedy, and Salesforce
• MUST BE US CITIZEN.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting CM programs for the DHS, TSA, DoD or FAA is a plus, and will be given preference.
• Heavily prefer someone who currently holds a DHS Secret Security Clearance.
• Will accept Public Trust, DoD Security Clearance, or clearable people who will also pass DHS’s strict suitability guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for configuration management activities, including product identification, change control, status accounting, operation of the program support library, and development and monitoring of equipment/system acceptance plans.
• Coordinates, prepares, and conducts Configuration Control Boards, identifies, monitors, and generates configuration reports.
• Coordinates with users and systems development personnel on releases of both system- level software and applications software.
• Controls configuration baselines and interfaces through Engineering Change Proposal/Specification processing
• Supports development of Build Notes, Release Notes, and Version Description Document
• Responsible for configuration management of requirements, design, and code.
• Manages Technical Data Packages from requirements collection to software deployment
• Monitors library structure and procedures to assure system integrity, including procedures for collection, release, production, test, and emergency libraries and the movement/migration of components between libraries.
• Monitors end item acceptance plans.
• Proven ability to liaise between programmers, designers, IT personnel and customers, and other stakeholders
• Fulfills contract data requirements by preparing drafts, forwarding correspondence, preparing and processing CM required data items; and compiles, prepares, and maintains the master records for the establishment and change of configuration baselines, engineering release system, configuration item development record (including the configuration index and change status listing), and configuration status accounting
• Provides solutions supporting parallel development and facilitates product branching and merging activities
• Conducts configuration audits
• Implements configuration and change management solutions and provides support to the system engineering, software engineering, and testing teams
• Able to perform some administrative tasks associated with planning, scheduling, and documenting meetings
• Must be highly adaptable to perform a diverse set of tasks not outlined above.

Benefits

• more paid time off than the average company upon hire
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for unreimbursed medical & dependent day care
• Disability Insurance
• 401K Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level