Configuration Manager

Job Title:

Configuration Manager

Job Category:
Engineering and Technical Support

Time Type:
Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
None

Employee Type:
Regular

Percentage of

Travel Required:

None

Type of Travel:
None

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We are seeking an experienced Software Configuration Manager to join our growing Electronic Warfare team in Sterling, VA, supporting Counter Unmanned Systems (UxS). In this role, you will lead configuration management for software applications and embedded firmware while coordinating with our Hardware Design and Manufacturing Operational Group to maintain configuration control across integrated product offerings.

This position combines configuration management oversight with hands-on Dev Ops engineering. You will establish change control processes, implement them within the development toolchain, and maintain configuration integrity throughout the product lifecycle. Working closely with software engineers, Dev Ops teams, manufacturing technicians, procurement and logistics specialists, and program managers, you will ensure configuration management practices meet contractual requirements while supporting efficient development and delivery.

• Develop and maintain configuration management plans, policies, procedures, and work instructions in accordance with contractual requirements, company standards, and program objectives.
• Establish and maintain configuration identification, version control, status accounting, and audit processes for software, firmware, and supporting hardware.
• Define configuration items, naming conventions, versioning standards, and baselines across development, test, and production environments.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, source code, builds, test results, and delivered artifacts.
• Manage software change requests, ensuring changes are properly reviewed, approved, validated, and incorporated into established baselines.
• Participate in Change Control Board and Engineering Review Board activities, evaluating proposed changes for completeness, compliance, and potential impact on program requirements.
• Implement technical controls, including branch protection, merge approvals, and designated code ownership, to enforce established change control processes.
• Conduct configuration audits and maintain the documentation and records necessary to demonstrate compliance with contractual and program requirements.
• Collaborate with program stakeholders to analyze, negotiate, and implement configuration management policies, standards, and requirements across applicable contracts and delivery orders.

• Administer and configure Git Lab, including protected branches and tags, merge request approval rules, CODEOWNERS, push rules, and group-level compliance controls.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Git Lab CI and Jenkins to automate software builds, testing, security scanning, and artifact publication.
• Establish reproducible build processes through containerized environments, pinned dependencies, and version-controlled pipeline configurations.
• Manage software artifacts across container registries and package repositories, including Kubernetes-deployed microservices, container image provenance, retention policies, and software bill of materials (SBOM) generation and tracking.
• Configure and maintain Jira workflows to support change control, release management, and traceability between Jira and Git Lab.
• Provide technical guidance to software developers, Dev Ops engineers, systems engineers, quality assurance teams, and program management on configuration management processes and tools.

• Establish and enforce release readiness criteria, coordinate release scope and cut-off dates, and prepare release notes aligned with approved change records.
• Compile and retain release evidence, including commit provenance, build records, artifact checksums, dependency manifests, test results, and approval documentation.
• Manage deployment approvals and environment promotion to ensure the same validated artifact is promoted across environments rather than rebuilt for each deployment.
• Develop and maintain rollback procedures and accurate configuration records reflecting deployed software and firmware.

• US Citizenship.
• Able to obtain TS/SCI security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and 5+ years of directly related experience.
• Working knowledge of software configuration…