Senior Configuration & Data Management Analyst Security Clearance

Position: Senior Configuration & Data Management Analyst I with Security Clearance
SENIOR CONFIGURATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT ANALYST I - SECRET CLEARANCE Rocket Lab’s Optical Systems division solves mission-critical space domain and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) challenges for Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) customers. Our vision is to revolutionize the space-based payload market with innovative and novel designs for space, terrestrial, and airborne environments. Building on more than 20 years of electro-optical and infrared systems innovation from Geost, Optical Systems delivers solutions to the warfighter for responsive, scalable sensing solutions across all orbital domains.

We are looking for a Senior Configuration and Data Management Analyst I based at our Optical Systems site in Tucson, AZ or Chantilly, VA. You will have the opportunity to support internal and external customers and suppliers by providing procedural configuration execution for all projects and programs through their lifecycle. You will be responsible for ensuring that data released, transmitted, or exported is done in accordance with customer, regulatory and company procedures.

You will report to the Program Manager. WHAT YOU’LL GET TO DO:
Develop and implement configuration management plans and procedures to ensure the integrity and traceability of all project artifacts.
Establish and maintain baseline configurations for software, hardware, and documentation throughout the product lifecycle.
Manage the configuration control board (CCB) process, including the review and approval of configuration changes.
Oversee data management activities, including data collection, storage, retrieval, and archival.
Implement data quality control measures to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency of data assets.
Examine and analyze documents, drawings, change orders, and specifications to verify completeness and accuracy of data from a control perspective to ensure the data meets the standards before release.
Comply and verify requested configuration of documents, drawings, and models prior to export to customer and/or suppliers.
Prepare data for transmit or export using approved methods for ITAR/EAR control prior to posting to an approved portal site.
Ensure that proper procedures are followed during the release of all engineering changes.
Explain policies, practices, and procedures in support of engineering releases and the turnback process.
Support audits for the company release process as needed
Post customer SDRL deliverables as needed and track the status of rejected items.
Customer Product Data Administration: interface with customer through web tools and ensure customer documentation is downloaded for release in the RLOS release system.
Update the RLOS release system as required, assists with batch loads to support system marking as necessary.
Travel less than 10% internationally and domestically.
Perform other duties as assigned. YOU’LL BRING THESE

QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other technical discipline.
5+ years of experience.
Active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance with TS/SCI eligibility.
Demonstrable experience in utilizing MS Office. THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:
Current SSBI clearance.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess and propose effective solutions.
Excellent management skills, including the ability to prioritize tasks, manage resources, and deliver results within given constraints.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and present technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
Regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, operate computer keyboard and controls, and communicate verbally and in writing.
Must be physically able to commute to buildings.
Occasional exposure to dust, fumes and moderate levels of noise.