Configuration Management Specialist

Position Summary

Avum seeks a skilled and experienced Configuration Management Specialist responsible for managing configuration management (CM) issues related to hardware inventory, documentation, product releases, and software configuration. This position involves collaborating with various teams to ensure compliance with required policies and best practices while maintaining effective communication and documentation throughout the product lifecycle.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Responsible for configuration management (CM) of systems.
• Identify configuration items, implements change control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits.
• Work on teams to create and maintain software, hardware, and documentation configuration baselines (development, test, production, etc.).
• Develop or modify CM plans, policies, and procedures tailored to the complexity and scope of the developmental or operational system.
• Implement CM discipline for the entire life cycle of systems from initial requirements/capabilities baselines to system end-of-life.
• Regulate the change process so that only approved and validated changes are incorporated into product documents and related software, licenses, media, and other IT assets.
• Ensure that all changes to the baselines go through appropriate change boards.
• Track all problems and changes in product documents/software and report changes, control standard operating procedures and current configurations.
• Use or recommend automated CM tools to implement CM policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications:

• US Citizenship with active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required.
• Ability to be onsite 100% in Chantilly, VA in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF).
• 5+ years of experience in CM, preferably in a DoD environment.
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience with CM tools and databases such as Git, SVN, Perforce, JIRA, SPIDER, CM Pro, NSERC, and Naval Lift.
• Knowledge of the DoD ECR and PTRB processes including timelines and development of briefing materials.
• Familiarity with software development methodologies, such as Agile or DevOps.
• Knowledge of build automation tools, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and deployment processes.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

What’s In It For You:

• Receiving competitive compensation and benefits package that includes bonuses and 401K with 6% matching that vests immediately after meeting eligibility requirements.
• Joining a mission-driven technically forward team.

Location:

This role is a 100% onsite in Chantilly, VA.

About Avum:

Avum, Inc. is a certified Small Disadvantaged Business who provides advanced software, database, and business intelligence systems to the DoD/Military, Intelligence Community, and Federal, State, Local and Commercial clients since 1991. We manage technical programs and projects and provide strategic guidance to support our customer's system engineering efforts. We provide sustainment in mission-critical and secure environments. We support information assurance activities and accreditation for the systems we deploy. Our engineers conduct rapid prototyping and Agile customer-focused iterations to produce complex applications, predictive analytic data environments, and NIST SP 800-53 compliant system architecture deployed within Navy and DoD networks. We have subject matter experts in multiple domains and technical expertise across all core technology stacks. We specialize in application development, large-scale database design, data engineering, and data visualization. Through results-driven, agile collaboration, the company continually researches and deploys secure solutions that exceed customer expectations in meeting or beating customer-allocated budgets and schedules. We aspire to the highest standards of ethical behavior and professional integrity in providing our customers with service that consistently earns us the highest possible performance ratings.

Avum, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.