Configuration Management Specialist (Senior)

CACI•Ashburn, VA

About The Position

CACI is seeking a Senior Configuration Management Specialist for the Global Mission Operations Support (GMOS) contract, supporting the Department of State. The role supports the modernization and maintenance of applications and infrastructure through an integrated IT Service Management approach, contributing to a program of national importance. The specialist will guide a high-performing team and provide technical expertise across enterprise configuration and change management, DevSecOps, and IT service management.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience in related fields; equivalencies are considered.
Active Secret clearance.
Proven experience with enterprise-scale Configuration Management practices, CMDB architecture and administration, and ITIL framework implementation.
Demonstrated leadership in managing complex configuration management projects, leading technical teams, and coordinating across distributed enterprise environments.
Expert-level proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab, SonarQube, and advanced CI/CD pipeline design.
Proven ability to plan and lead major configuration management initiatives, serve as a subject matter expert, and supervise technical teams.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience supporting federal agencies, especially the Department of State.
Advanced professional certifications such as ITIL Expert, Red Hat Certified Architect, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Expert, or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional.

Responsibilities

Lead assessments and continuous monitoring of enterprise computing environments to ensure organization-wide compliance with Configuration and Change Management requirements across more than 350 facilities.
Develop and maintain site topology configurations, network architecture documentation, and infrastructure change records for hybrid on-premises and cloud environments.
Apply master data management techniques and automation workflows to reconcile configuration updates, network discovery results, and CMDB entries against established baselines.
Maintain logical models and the enterprise Configuration Management Database for Service Area devices, applications, and services supporting more than 40,000 users.
Develop and maintain authoritative system baseline documentation, including reference architectures, design specifications, configuration standards, and hardening guidelines aligned with NIST 800-53 controls.
Lead change request preparation, risk assessment, and formal presentations to the Change Management Control Board, providing technical analysis and implementation plans.
Conduct post-implementation reviews after major changes, validate execution, capture lessons learned, and drive process improvements.
Architect and manage DevSecOps tooling and CI/CD pipelines with automated build, test, and security validation.
Serve as a configuration management subject matter expert, mentor junior specialists, and lead knowledge-transfer sessions.
Drive configuration management process optimization, tool consolidation, and automation maturity in collaboration with enterprise architecture teams and service delivery leadership.