Configuration Manager

About the role

The Configuration Manager supports the Ground-Based Radar (GBR) Digitization Program, a major modernization initiative enhancing missile warning, missile defense, and space domain awareness capabilities. This role involves establishing, maintaining, and overseeing configuration management processes to ensure integrity, traceability, and control of technical baselines across the program lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Establish, maintain, and oversee configuration management (CM) processes ensuring integrity, traceability, and control of technical baselines across the program lifecycle.
• Manage configuration identification, change control, status accounting, and verification for hardware, software, firmware, documentation, and system interfaces.
• Review engineering change proposals, design release packages, technical data packages, and system documentation for completeness, accuracy, and proper authorization.
• Coordinate and facilitate Configuration Control Boards (CCBs), track approved changes, maintain baseline documentation, and ensure modifications are communicated to all stakeholders.
• Work closely with systems engineering, software development, cybersecurity, logistics, and test teams to assess impacts of proposed changes.
• Prepare, review, and submit deviations, waivers, and engineering change requests when requirements cannot be fully met.
• Support functional and physical configuration audits, technical reviews, and CM status reporting for program leadership and government customers.
• Analyze complex technical changes, identify risks, and implement solutions that maintain system integrity while supporting program schedules.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Business Administration, or related field and 8+ years of relevant experience (additional experience, training, or certifications may substitute for degree).
• US Citizen; currently possesses an Active Secret Clearance.
• Experience supporting large-scale technical, aerospace, defense, or government programs.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing CM processes throughout the system development lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of configuration identification, change control, status accounting, configuration audits, and technical baseline management.
• Experience reviewing engineering documentation, technical data packages, software releases, hardware configurations, and design change requests.
• Experience facilitating Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) and managing engineering change processes.
• Familiarity with CM standards such as EIA-649, MIL-HDBK-61, and DoD CM practices.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess technical and operational impacts of proposed changes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Professional certifications such as Certified Configuration and Data Manager (CCDM), INCOSE ASEP/CSEP, or PMP.
• Experience supporting DoD, MDA, U.S. Space Force, Air Force, or Intelligence Community programs.
• Direct experience supporting radar systems, missile warning systems, missile defense programs, command and control systems, space surveillance systems, or large-scale modernization efforts.
• Experience supporting Digital Engineering, MBSE, Agile development, DevSecOps pipelines, and integrated hardware/software development.
• Familiarity with CM and requirements management tools such as Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Git, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, DOORS, Cameo, Windchill, Teamcenter, or similar platforms.
• Proven ability to manage complex technical baselines across geographically dispersed sites while ensuring configuration integrity and compliance.
• Experience supporting engineering reviews, system integration activities, software release management, deployment planning, and sustainment operations.

Skills

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience with CM and requirements management tools.
• Ability to analyze complex technical changes and implement solutions.

Benefits

Details about benefits are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Pay

$92,300.00 - $166,850.00

Schedule

Details about the schedule are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.