Configuration Manager, Senior

Configuration Manager, Senior

• Job
  -0185
• # Positions: 1
• Location:
  
  US-MD-Ft. Meade
• Experience (Years): 15
• Posted Date: 2 days ago (9/7/2026 4:49 PM)
• Category:
  Systems Engineering

Senior Configuration Manager

Location:

Fort Meade, Maryland, USA

Job Type: Full-Time

Shift: Day

Telework:
None

Salary Range: **$170,000 to $200,000 per year

WOOD Federal Solutions is seeking a Senior Configuration Manager to support a complex systems engineering environment involving model-based systems engineering (MBSE), architecture development, and lifecycle management activities.

The Configuration Manager will establish, maintain, and enforce configuration management processes that ensure the integrity, traceability, and control of technical baselines, system models, engineering documentation, and related artifacts throughout the system lifecycle. The selected individual will work closely with systems engineers, architects, technical teams, and program leadership to manage configuration control activities and maintain disciplined control of evolving engineering products.

This role requires a senior-level professional with extensive experience supporting configuration management within systems engineering environments and a strong understanding of configuration control, engineering documentation, baseline management, status accounting, and lifecycle traceability. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating independently, coordinating across multiple stakeholders, and ensuring that configuration management practices support the quality and integrity of complex engineering efforts.

Security Clearance Requirements:

This position requires all candidates to be U.S. Citizens and possess an active TS/SCI Security Clearance with a Polygraph.

Establish, implement, and maintain the program's Configuration Management Plan (CMP) and supporting CM procedures in accordance with contract and organizational requirements.

• Manage and maintain configuration baselines for system architecture, models, documentation, and related engineering artifacts.
• Support Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) environments by maintaining configuration control of models and associated artifacts developed using Cameo or related modeling tools.
• Coordinate and facilitate Configuration Control Board (CCB) activities including agenda preparation, change request evaluation, documentation of decisions, and tracking of approved changes.
• Review and process Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and configuration change documentation to ensure completeness and compliance with established CM processes.
• Maintain configuration status accounting for all configuration items (CIs), baselines, and approved changes across the program.
• Ensure traceability between system requirements, architecture models, documentation, and engineering artifacts.
• Maintain document control procedures for engineering documentation, technical data packages, and program deliverables.
• Conduct configuration audits, including functional and physical configuration audits where applicable.
• Ensure CM processes support program lifecycle activities including system development, architecture evolution, integration, and sustainment.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, architecture, and program management teams to ensure proper implementation of configuration management practices across the program.
• Support preparation for internal and external program reviews and audits related to configuration management.

Education and Experience

One of the following is required:

• Bachelor's degree in a Qualified Engineering Field or related discipline from an accredited college or university plus fifteen (15) years of systems engineering experience; or
• High School Diploma or GED plus nineteen (19)…