Configuration Management - Technical Writing

Job Title

Configuration Management / Documentation Specialist

Colorado Springs, CO

Peraton is seeking incumbent and external qualified candidates to support North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Cheyenne Mountain Complex (NCMC) - Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment (NCMC-ITW/AA) and Space Support Contract III (NISSC III). Qualified candidates will help operate, maintain, and sustain critical national mission systems to deliver resilient strategic threat warning and space capabilities as part of a world-wide architecture, providing strategic warning that our nation depends on during a conflict.

This program will provide an opportunity to exploit the capabilities inherent in our diverse national systems to better meet the needs of the national command authority and warfighters to detect, track, and respond to strategic threats through 2030 and beyond.

Support configuration management activities including change tracking, configuration identification, status accounting, and baseline management.

Maintain and update technical documentation, engineering artifacts, operational procedures, technical manuals, and system records.

Support configuration control boards (CCBs), engineering review activities, and change management processes.

Track and maintain hardware, software, documentation, and system configuration baselines across mission environments.

Support audit readiness, compliance reviews, and documentation verification activities.

Coordinate with engineering, software development, cybersecurity, integration, and operations teams to ensure documentation accuracy and configuration integrity.

Develop and maintain discrepancy reports, change requests, technical procedures, and operational support documentation.

Support version control and release management activities for technical documentation and system baselines.

Assist with records management, document repositories, and document lifecycle activities.

Support continuous process improvement initiatives focused on configuration integrity, operational efficiency, and documentation quality.

Ensure configuration management and documentation activities comply with program security, operational, and quality standards.

Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience; OR Master's degree with 3+ years of relevant experience. Additional four (4) years of experience may be considered in lieu of degree.

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility required, ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI access required.

Experience supporting configuration management, documentation control, technical writing, or change management activities within DoD, Intelligence Community, space, missile defense, or command-and-control environments.

Familiarity with configuration management principles, change control processes, and technical documentation standards.

Experience maintaining technical records, engineering documentation, or operational procedures.

Familiarity with document repositories, version control systems, and configuration tracking processes.

Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.

Ability to collaborate across engineering, software development, cybersecurity, integration, and operations teams.

Experience supporting NORAD, USSPACECOM, Space Force, missile warning, or space domain awareness missions.

Experience supporting satellite ground systems, command-and-control systems, or enterprise mission systems.

Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Git Lab, Remedy, or similar configuration/documentation platforms.

Experience supporting audit readiness and compliance activities within classified operational environments.

Familiarity with Agile development and Dev Sec Ops  environments.

Experience supporting software and hardware baseline management activities.

Security+ or other DoD 8140/8570 compliant certification preferred.

Target Salary Range: $86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the…