Configuration Management Specialist

Configuration Management Specialist

Houston, TX 77058

Location:

REMOTE from a U.S. based location

Anakim Consulting Inc. has an opening for a Senior Level Configuration Management Specialist to support a cloud services environment. Qualified candidates will have experience in enterprise IT or cloud environments.

• Apply comprehensive knowledge of concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments.
• Provide configuration management planning. Describes provisions for configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits.
• Regulate the change process so that only approved and validated changes are incorporated into product documents and related software.
• Responsible for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing configuration management processes across enterprise cloud environments.
• Ensure cloud resources are consistently configured, securely managed, and traceable throughout their lifecycle, supporting compliance, operational stability, and controlled change within the Cloud Services Office.
• Partner closely with Cloud Operations, Engineering, Architecture, Security, and Change Management teams to prevent configuration drift, maintain accurate configuration baselines, and provide auditable configuration data for governance and compliance purposes.
• Establish and maintain configuration management policies, standards, and procedures for cloud platforms and services.
• Define and manage configuration baselines for cloud infrastructure, platforms, and shared services.
• Identify, document, and maintain Configuration Items (CIs) across cloud environments, including infrastructure, platform services, and tooling.
• Ensure accurate CI relationships and dependencies are maintained to support impact analysis and troubleshooting.
• Monitor cloud environments for configuration drift against approved baselines.
• Support Change Management by validating configuration impacts of proposed changes.
• Ensure approved changes are accurately reflected in configuration records and baselines.
• Coordinate remediation activities with Operations and Engineering teams to restore compliance.
• Maintain configuration documentation and evidence to support FISMA, internal audits, and external assessments.
• Provide traceability between approved changes, configuration baselines, and deployed cloud resources.
• Identify gaps in configuration controls and recommend process or tooling improvements.
• Support the maturation of cloud configuration management capabilities across the organization.
• Support configuration management tooling, CMDB integrations, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices.
• Promote automation and standardization to improve configuration accuracy and repeatability.
• Produce configuration compliance reports, drift metrics, and operational dashboards for leadership and governance forums.
• Track and report configuration-related risks and remediation status.