Specialist, Configuration Management

About This Role

This specialist position is responsible for executing configuration management (CM) activities to ensure consistency among product performance, functional and physical attributes, requirements, design, and operational information throughout the product lifecycle. The role is essential to maintaining the integrity of system documentation, design artifacts, baselines, and associated configuration data through the disciplined application of established CM processes and controls. The Specialist also serves as a subject matter expert to design and program management teams, providing support for analyses, consultations, special topic discussions, tool administration, DevOps-related activities, and other assigned tasks.

Responsibilities

• Apply established configuration management documentation, processes, and principles within an Agile development environment to maintain effective control and traceability of products, configuration items, and baselines
• Review and authorize the release of drawings, technical documentation, and associated records in accordance with Program or Engineering Management direction
• Serve as a liaison between management and cross-functional teams to resolve issues related to configuration analysis, documentation, and baseline integrity
• Administer and support configuration management toolsets, including Agile Product Data Management (PDM), Windchill, Confluence, SharePoint, and other related systems
• Facilitate the Configuration Control Board (CCB) process by evaluating proposed design changes for accuracy, completeness, and impact to the overall system baseline
• Provide training, consultation, user support, and guidance on configuration management methods, tools, procedures, and requirements to project team members responsible for generating and maintaining technical data
• Lead or support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance CM processes, tools, and execution
• Support program audits, including functional and physical configuration audits, and assist in the resolution of audit findings
• Develop Configuration Management cost estimates and plans in support of task orders and proposal efforts

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience; or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience; or in lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
• Experience with configuration management
• Experience using version control, document control, and product lifecycle management tools such as PLM, Agile PDM, SolidWorks, ClearCase, Subversion, Confluence, Windchill, or comparable systems

Nice to have:

• Experience with EIA-649C, MIL-STD-973, and other applicable Configuration Management standards
• Configuration Management certification(s), such as CMPIC, NDIA, or similar credentials