Configuration Manager

Leidos•St. Louis, MO

About The Position

Leidos National Solutions has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join our team delivering Geospatial solutions through system integration, operations, and sustainment support. In this role, you will assist with standing up and contributing to testing, development, and operations of cloud and on-premise environments supporting mission critical operations for a government customer. This role will support a full range of configuration management activities, including requirements analysis, cost control methodologies, contract data requirements, and special projects that require high attention to detail and a very proactive attitude. Primary Responsibilities As a member of our team, you will manage the baselines of several mission systems located on multiple security domains enabling effective change management. You will identify and control configuration items defined in the Configuration Management Plan and engineering baselines. You will provide other technical teams with configuration management guidance or advice and work closely with technical teams to improve service maturity, embed better ways of working and contribute to continuous improvement, with real opportunities to take ownership of configuration management initiatives. Own and maintain the Configuration Management Plan, procedures, work practices, and provide configuration management guidance across the team Establish, manage and assure the integrity of configuration management baselines, technical data lists, and baselines across service, software and engineering environments Plan, track and manage configuration and change activities Drive continuous improvement of configuration management processes and tools, working closely with technical and program stakeholders Other tasks as assigned

Requirements

Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and possess excellent oral and written communication skills
Strong analytical skills and the ability to pay careful attention to detail
Capacity to work well in groups/teams
Strong briefing skills and experience presenting to senior customer management
BS degree and 2 – 4 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with less than 2 years of prior relevant experience.
Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI and ability to obtain a Polygraph post hire
Must be a U.S. Citizen

Nice To Haves

Previous Configuration Management experience
Experience with Amazon Web Services
Experience with cloud-based architectures
Familiar with cross domain architectures at various levels
Experience with automated testing and monitoring

Responsibilities

Manage the baselines of several mission systems located on multiple security domains enabling effective change management
Identify and control configuration items defined in the Configuration Management Plan and engineering baselines
Provide other technical teams with configuration management guidance or advice
Work closely with technical teams to improve service maturity, embed better ways of working and contribute to continuous improvement, with real opportunities to take ownership of configuration management initiatives
Own and maintain the Configuration Management Plan, procedures, work practices, and provide configuration management guidance across the team
Establish, manage and assure the integrity of configuration management baselines, technical data lists, and baselines across service, software and engineering environments
Plan, track and manage configuration and change activities
Drive continuous improvement of configuration management processes and tools, working closely with technical and program stakeholders
Other tasks as assigned