Configuration Management, Senior Advisor

Required Qualifications

• US CItizenship

• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust Clearance

• 15+ years of experience in configuration management, systems engineering, or software engineering within large-scale programs

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Management, or a related field (or 4additionalyears of relevant experience in lieu of degree)

• Demonstrated experience serving as a CM lead within a systems integrator environment, managing configuration across multi-vendor, multi-technology integrated solutions with complex baseline and interface dependencies

• Deepexpertisein configuration management principles and standards — EIA-649, MIL-STD-973, CMMI-CM, or equivalent — applied to hardware, software, and system-level configurations

• Proven experience administering Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) and leading cross-system change impact analysis in integrated environments

• Strong command of CM tooling ecosystems — Git-based version control, artifact repositories, change management platforms, and requirements management tools (DOORS, Jira, Service Now)

• Hands-on experience integrating CM controls into
  
  Dev Sec Opsand  CI/CD pipelines, including branching strategies,build traceability, artifact versioning, and deployment gating

• Solid understanding of systems engineering lifecycle processes — requirements management, design, integration, verification, validation, and sustainment — and how CM supports each phase

• Experience conducting functional and physical configuration audits (FCA/PCA) across complex, multi-vendor systems

• Working knowledge of federal frameworks (NIST, FedRAMP, RMF) as they relate to configuration management, change control, and security baseline maintenance

• Experience supporting federal or DoD programs with complex integration and multi-contractor coordination challenges

• Background in mission-critical or safety-critical systems where configuration integrity directlyimpactsoperational reliability and safety

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional coordination across systems engineering, software development, test, cybersecurity, and operations teams

• Experience with configuration management for aviation, air traffic management, or national airspace system sand familiarity with aviation-specific CM and safety assurance requirements

• Background in managing configurations forreal-time systems, embedded software, and hardware/software co-managed environments

• Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE) configuration management — versioning and baselining
  
  SysML/UAF models within MBSE tools (Cameo,SparxEA)

• Familiarity withcloud infrastructure configuration management— infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible), container image versioning, and cloud environment baseline control

• Experience with data configuration management— schema versioning, data migration scripts, and reference data baseline control

• Knowledge ofnetwork architecture(SD-WAN, secure transport) configuration control within integrated environments

• Experience with AIOps and observability platforms for configuration drift detection and automated compliance monitoring

• Relevant certifications such asCMPIC CM Certification, ITIL 4 Managing Professional,orINCOSE CSEP/ESEP

• ITIL certification and experience aligning CM processes with ITSM, incident management, and release management workflows

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