Configuration Manager

Description

Join Leidos' Digital Sector as we stand up a brand-new Agile development team at the forefront of federal IT modernization, delivering real digital transformation where it matters most. This is a rare ground-floor opportunity to architect, build, and integrate cutting-edge infrastructure solutions in support of some of our nation's most sensitive and critical missions.

• Early-stage flexibility with partial telework during initial development phases
• Full-time on-site presence at secure facility in Washington, DC will be required as the program matures
• A collaborative, Agile environment where your input shapes the architecture from day one
• Dev platform based on Service Now, Elastic, AWS and Red Hat

• An active TS/SCI clearance (required for consideration)
• Willingness to complete and maintain additional customer suitability screenings throughout employment
• Current Security+ certification or higher/equivalent

The Configuration Manager will ensure baseline control, deployment coordination, and release governance across a complex environment.

The Configuration Manager will maintain disciplined control of software, infrastructure, data pipeline configurations, interface definitions, deployment packages, COTS/FOSS versions, environment baselines, and security relevant configurations. They will translate complex technical activity into a clear, auditable release framework that supports operational stability, compliance, and mission outcomes.

This role requires strong leadership, communication, and organization skills, with the ability to facilitate release readiness reviews, configuration control boards, deployment planning, risk discussions, customer briefings, and coordination across distributed teams. The ideal candidate is a structured, proactive leader who can impose order, drive readiness, elevate risks early, and ensure disciplined release execution.

• Lead endtoend configuration management across all environments (dev through IL5/IL6 production).
• Own CM plans, release procedures, baseline controls, governance models, and change workflows.
• Manage release calendars, cadences, readiness criteria, deployment windows, cutover and rollback planning, and postrelease validation.
• Coordinate release planning and execution across engineering, Dev Ops, cloud, data, test, cyber, IA, operations, network automation, service management, and customer teams.
• Facilitate release readiness reviews, configuration control boards, go/nogo reviews, and retrospectives.
• Ensure release packages are complete, reviewed, documented, traceable, and approved (code, infrastructure changes, configs, test evidence, security scans, deployment instructions, rollback plans, release notes).
• Maintain traceability across requirements, defects, risks, and changes using Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and associated CI/CD tools.
• Manage configuration control for software, scripts, data pipelines, dashboards, integrations, IaC, automation workflows, interfaces, COTS/FOSS components, and runbooks.
• Maintain environment baselines for nonprod, simulators, test environments, IL5/IL6 targets, and operational systems.
• Partner with Dev Ops to ensure CI/CD pipelines support controlled promotion with proper versioning, approval gates, automated tests, and artifact retention.
• Coordinate DoDaligned security requirements, STIG configurations, vulnerability remediation, privileged access controls, and audit evidence.
• Manage release impacts across mission critical capabilities (event processing, monitoring, cyber, automation, analytics, integrations).
• Oversee release and configuration coordination for AWS IL5/IL6 platforms and tools such as Elastic/Kibana, Kafka, Logstash, Databricks, Service Now, Watson AIOps, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and network/cyber data sources.
• Identify and manage release risks, dependencies, blockers, environment constraints, and coordination gaps.
• Provide timely status reporting on scope, readiness, risks, defects, deployment progress, and outcomes.
• Develop release dashboards, metrics, decision briefs, and health indicators.
• Support audits, customer reviews, engineering reviews, and readiness assessments through accurate CM records and release evidence.
• Drive continuous improvement of CM and release processes.
• Provide CM and release training, mentoring, and guidance across engineering and operations teams.
• Coordinate with external partners and adjacent systems on integration planning, data dependencies, release…