Job Summary:

Designs and establishes configuration management procedures. Position involves analyzing changes of product design to determine the effect on the end product and prepares documentation necessary for effecting the change. Coordinates with program management and end users to determine a process for change reporting. Reviews released engineering change data and changes documenting activities to ensure adherence to configuration management procedures and policies.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provide configuration management planning.
• Responsible for identifying and implementing configuration management processes. Review and recommend improvements to existing processes.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the program Configuration Management Plan.
• Responsible for configuration identification of software and documentation, including assigning unique ID numbers and ensuring version control.
• Maintain version control of software and documentation using GitLab or similar software code repositories.
• Maintain software and hardware configuration control of delivered products to the government at the system and subsystem level.
• Works with others to establish automated and partially automated configuration management processes.
• Implement and maintain a physical CM Library, providing controlled access and reproducing data as needed.
• Regulate the change process to ensure only approved and validated changes are incorporated into program products.
• Track CDRL due dates, ensuring timely delivery and configuration control of all versions.
• Organize and support recurring Configuration Control Board, providing agendas and meeting minutes.
• Organize and support physical configuration audits of systems and subsystems.
• Perform configuration status accounting, generating ad hoc reports as required.
• Coordinate with customer and subcontractors to merge external documentation input into common program-controlled documents.
• Update and track Discrepancy Reports.
• Participate in joint stakeholder IPTs and team meetings.
• Perform and support audits to verify that requirements of all baselines have been met.
• Identify, package, duplicate and deliver release products to multiple fielded sites and the government.
• Describe provisions for configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting and configuration audits.
• Identify and maintains the original configuration of requirements documentation, design documentation, and related documentation.
• Responsible for configuration change control.
• Responsible for configuration status accounting.
• Tracks all problems and changes in product documents and reports changes and current configuration.
• Responsible for configuration audits.
• Supports audits to verify that requirements of all baselines have been met.
• Supports the quality assurance process audits.
• Assists with performing procurement and property management policies and practices.
• Assists with inventory tracking.

Required Skills:

• Broad Knowledge of configuration management principles, concepts, policies, and regulations.
• Ability to integrate the separate functions in planning or implementing a configuration management program.
• Ability to gather, analyze, and present facts.
• Ability to identify problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Ability to interpret and apply rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with key individuals/groups outside immediate work unit.
• Knowledge of fielding and life cycle support of simulations, simulators, training, and instrumentation systems.
• Knowledge of current modeling and simulation principles, techniques, processes, regulations, and policies.
• Knowledge of the organizational and functional responsibilities and operations of the employing organization.
• Knowledge of Atlassian Tool Suite (Confluence, Jira).
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written are required.
• Ability to define manageable CM processes (checkout/checkin, build, release, etc) and implement them.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel.
• Knowledgeable in Windows and Linux operating systems.
• Proficient in the use of CM tools, including JIRA, GitLab, and other CI/CD tools.
• Familiarity with media duplicating tools and software.
• Ability to evaluate the current environment, identify needs and propose a recommended CM solution.
• Must be able to take initiative, communicate with team members, and identify and resolve potential issues.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written are required.

Required Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering. Business Administration, or related discipline from an accredited university or college.
• Experience related to the functions described in the job description may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum six years of experience in establishing and maintaining consistent product performance and tracking configuration of all training systems during development and fielding.