Configuration Engineer

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading cyber operations, intelligence solutions and operations, network infrastructure, engineering and business enablement and enterprise operations company supporting a wide range of U.S. Federal agencies. The company operates as an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) firm, which is uncommon within our sector and contributes to our strong workplace reputation in the DC area.

The Configuration Engineer will support our federal partners to enhance national security. Responsibilities include establishing and enforcing end‑to‑end configuration control across a global program, spanning on‑prem, virtualized, and cloud services, and supporting infrastructure and networks. The role owns configuration baselines and standards, change control and release readiness artifacts, and the toolchain that enables repeatable builds and deployments (e.g., Git Lab, CI/CD pipelines, repositories, IaC).

The engineer ensures traceability from requirements to deployed configuration, prevents drift through audits and automated checks, maintains authoritative documentation and as‑built records, and coordinates with engineering, operations, security, and field teams to deliver compliant, reliable changes without disrupting mission operations.

• Work closely with the engineering team to establish, control, and maintain the configuration infrastructure and requirements of a global system.
• Own the configuration baselines of bare metal, virtualized, and cloud service‑based systems.
• Collaborate with engineering and operations to ensure day‑to‑day execution and performance of the system.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field and appropriate work experience.
• Knowledge of engineering processes.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Willingness to travel 20‑40% and ability to conduct site surveys and coordinate installation/maintenance activities.

• Experience working on OCONUS deployments.
• Experience developing workflow processes.
• Ability to communicate effectively and concisely using a variety of styles and techniques appropriate to the audience.
• Extensive analytical, problem‑solving, interpersonal, and organizational skills.

ATS is committed to a program of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, age, religion/creed, hairstyles and hair textures, handicap/disability, genetic information/history, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable law. We support the employment and advancement in employment of individuals with disabilities and of protected veterans, and we treat qualified individuals without discrimination on the basis of their physical or mental disability or veteran status.