Configuration Management Specialist (Senior)

CACI International•Ashburn, VA

8d•$103,800 - $218,100

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 national security through IT solutions and helps modernize and maintain applications and infrastructure using an integrated IT Service Management approach. The specialist leads configuration management across complex enterprise environments, including more than 350 facilities and systems supporting over 40,000 users. The work includes hybrid on-premises and cloud infrastructure, enterprise CMDB management, configuration and change control, and DevSecOps automation. The position requires an active Secret clearance and travel of up to 10%.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience in a related field; equivalencies considered.
Active Secret clearance.
Experience with enterprise-scale Configuration Management practices, CMDB architecture and administration, and ITIL framework implementation.
Leadership experience 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 350+ facilities.
Develop and maintain site topology configurations, network architecture documentation, and infrastructure change records for hybrid on-premises and cloud infrastructures.
Use master data management techniques and automation workflows to reconcile configuration updates, network discovery results, and CMDB entries with established baselines.
Maintain logical models and the enterprise Configuration Management Database (CMDB) for devices, applications, and services supporting 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 presentation to the Change Management Control Board (CAB), including technical analysis and implementation plans.
Conduct post-implementation reviews after major changes, validate execution, capture lessons learned, and drive process improvement.
Architect DevSecOps tooling ecosystems and CI/CD pipelines using Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and SonarQube, with automated build, test, and security validation.
Serve as a technical subject matter expert for configuration management tools and methodologies, mentor junior specialists, and lead knowledge transfer sessions.
Lead strategic initiatives for process optimization, tool consolidation, and automation maturity in collaboration with enterprise architecture teams and service delivery leadership.