Sentinel - Sr Principal Configuration Analyst

Sr Principal Configuration Analyst (A-04 Level)

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Join Northrop Grumman on our continued mission to push the boundaries of possible across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace. Enjoy a culture where your voice is valued and start contributing to our team of passionate professionals providing real-life solutions to our world's biggest challenges. We take pride in creating purposeful work and allowing our employees to grow and achieve their goals every day by Defining Possible.

With our competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, we have the right opportunities to fit your life and launch your career today.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems is seeking to hire an Sr Principal Configuration Analyst (A-04 Level) to join its team. This position is located in Huntsville, Alabama and will support the Sentinel program.

This role may offer a competitive relocation assistance package.

What You Get To Do:

A Configuration Management (CM) specialist focusing on Functional Configuration Audits (FCA) and Physical Configuration Audits (PCA) ensures that complex hardware and software systems accurately match their approved technical baselines.

Manage change control, identify data discrepancies, and ensure the product is ready for production

Verify that a product's design and actual performance meet the requirements specified in its functional and allocated baselines (e.g., verifying test results).

Examine the physical configuration of the product to ensure it corresponds exactly to the final "build-to" (or "code-to") product baseline documentation, technical data packages, and Bills of Materials (BOM)

Transition products from "as-designed" baselines to "as-built" and "as-delivered" states

Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or non-compliances in configuration data and track them through resolution

Ensure all deliverables adhere to contract requirements, software licensing, and export compliance standards

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Perform Physical Configuration Audit (PCA)

Ensures that product design provides agreed-to performance capabilities

Validate integrity of product configuration information

Verify consistency between a product and its product configuration information

Determine that adequate processes are in place to provide continuing control of the configuration

Provide confidence that product definition information is under configuration control

Perform Functional Configuration Audit (FCA)

Validate V&V Data:
Review system and software verification and validation (V&V) data

Confirm Requirements:
Verify that all functional and non-functional requirements have passed their test procedures

Review Documentation:
Ensure user manuals, operational documents, and support materials are complete

Approve Maturity:
Demonstrate that the system is ready for transition into beta testing or production

Basic Qualifications:

8 Years experience with a bachelor's degree, 6 years with a Master's degree or 4 year with PhD. An additional 4 Years of direct Configuration Management or Data Management experience can be considered 'in lieu' of a degree

Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years with no impediments to receiving a Top Secret Clearance

Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs

Demonstrate expert technical knowledge over CDM practice and SOW areas

Led a configuration & verification audit team and managed the SOW

Facilitate Supplier Surveillance Reviews, Functional Configuration Audits & Physical Configuration Audits for hardware and software

Support internal program CDM audits against program SOW & Functional PRoP

Solid written and verbal skills to effectively interact with Government counterparts, other defense contractor organizations, and other cross-functional organizations

Preferred Qualifications

Active TS/SCI security clearance

Knowledge of EIA-649 or MIL-HDBK-61B

Experience administering configuration and data management release cycles for drawings, models and configured documents and administer changes using Siemens Teamcenter, NX, ROSE Tool, Jira, SharePoint,…