Configuration Management, Senior Advisor

Join Peraton in advancing the safety efficiency and modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) through the FAAs Business National Airspace and Technical Computing Services (BNATCS) contract. As a trusted partner to the Federal Aviation Administration Peraton helps deliver the systems and services that keep our nations skies safe and connected.

Were looking for innovative professionals who thrive in mission-critical environments and are passionate about shaping the future of air traffic management. This is your chance to make an impact on one of the worlds most vital transportation infrastructures working alongside leaders in aviation engineering data science and systems integration.

At Peraton you wont just support the mission youll define it.

Peraton is seeking an experienced Configuration Management (CM) Engineer to lead the planning implementation and governance of configuration management across a large-scale federal Peratonsrole as a systems integrator this position is critical tomaintainingorder and traceability across a complex landscape of custom-developed COTS GOTS and third-party vendor components each with its own development lifecycle release cadence and change velocity.

Configuration management in an integration environment is far more than version control. It is the discipline that ensures every system baseline is known every change is evaluated for cross-system impact everydeliverableis auditable and every release into the operational environment is verified against an authoritative configuration. You will serve as the CM authority across the integrated program working at the intersection of systems engineering software development test and operations to ensure that configuration integrity ismaintainedfrom design through deployment and sustainment.

This role is based in Herndon VA.

Responsibilities:

• Develop andmaintainthe Configuration Management Plan (CMP) defining CM policies processes roles and tools across the integrated program encompassing internal teams subcontractors and vendor deliverables

• Establish and enforce CM standards and procedures for configuration identification change control configuration status accounting and configuration auditsin accordance withEIA-649 MIL-STD-973 and agency-specific CM requirements

• Define the configuration item (CI) hierarchy across the integrated systemidentifyinghardware software firmware documentation and interface CIs atappropriate levelsof control

• Maintain the program baseline structure functionalallocated and product baselines ensuring traceability from requirements through design implementation test and deployment

• Administer the Configuration Control Board (CCB) process preparing change requests coordinating cross-functional impact analyses and documenting board decisions

• Lead cross-system impact analysis for proposed changes evaluating ripple effects across multi-vendor integrated components interfaces data exchanges and dependent systems adiscipline uniquely criticalin an integrator environment

• Manage engineering change proposals (ECPs) waivers deviations and specification change notices across the integrated program

• Ensure that all changes to baselined configurations are formally evaluated approved implemented verified and recorded before release

• Maintain configuration status accounting (CSA) records that provide a complete current and auditable history of all configuration items baselines changes and release states across the enterprise

• Plan and conduct functional configuration audits (FCAs) and physical configuration audits (PCAs) to verify that delivered systems match their approved configuration documentation

• Conduct CM audits of subcontractor and vendor deliverables to ensure compliance with program CM standards contractual data requirements and interface specifications

• Generate CM metrics and reports change activity baseline health audit findings open action items for program leadership and government stakeholders

• Define and manage integration baseline management processes that control how multi-vendor components are assembled versioned and promoted through integration test and production environments

• Coordinate release management activities across development teams integration labs and operational environments ensuring that release packages are complete verified and traceable to approved baselines

• Manage interface configuration control ensuring that interface control documents (ICDs) data exchange specifications and API contracts are baselined versioned and change-controlled across all system boundaries

• Collaborate withDevSecOpsand CI/CD pipeline teams to integrate CM controls branching strategies artifact versioning build traceability and deployment gating into automated development and delivery workflows

• Administer andoptimizeCM tooling version control systems (Git Bitbucket GitLab) artifact repositories (Nexus Artifactory) change management platforms (Jira ServiceNow IBM DOORS) and baseline management tools

• Ensure CM tool interoperability across the integrated program enabling consistent configuration tracking despite different tools and processes used by subcontractors and vendor teams

• Drive CM process improvement initiativesidentifyinginefficiencies automation opportunities and best practices that enhance configuration integrity and reduce cycle time

• Translate CM requirements audit findings and baseline status into clear actionable guidance for program leadership government stakeholders and engineering teams

• Mentor and guide systems engineers software developers and subcontractor CM staff in CM principles processes and tool usage

Required Qualifications

• US CItizenship
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust Clearance
• 15 years of experience in configuration management systems engineering or software engineering within large-scale programs

• Bachelors degree in Systems Engineering Computer Science Information Systems Engineering Management or a related field (or 4additionalyears of relevant experience in lieu of degree)

• Demonstrated experience serving as a CM lead within a systems integrator environment managing configuration across multi-vendor multi-technology integrated solutions with complex baseline and interface dependencies

• Deepexpertisein configuration management principles and standards EIA-649 MIL-STD-973 CMMI-CM or equivalent applied to hardware software and system-level configurations

• Proven experience administering Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) and leading cross-system change impact analysis in integrated environments

• Strong command of CM tooling ecosystems Git-based version control artifact repositories change management platforms and requirements management tools (DOORS Jira ServiceNow)

• Hands-on experience integrating CM controls intoDevSecOpsand CI/CD pipelines including branching strategiesbuildtraceability artifact versioning and deployment gating

• Solid understanding of systems engineering lifecycle processes requirements management design integration verification validation and sustainment and how CM supports each phase

• Experience conducting functional and physical configuration audits (FCA/PCA) across complex multi-vendor systems

• Working knowledge of federal frameworks (NIST FedRAMP RMF) as they relate to configuration management change control and security baseline maintenance

• Experience supporting federal or DoD programs with complex integration and multi-contractor coordination challenges

• Background in mission-critical or safety-critical systems where configuration integrity directlyimpactsoperational reliability and safety

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional coordination across systems engineering software development test cybersecurity and operations teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with configuration management foraviation air traffic management or national airspace systemsand familiarity with aviation-specific CM and safety assurance requirements

• Background in managing configurations forreal-time systems embedded software and hardware/software co-managed environments

• Experience withmodel-based systems engineering (MBSE)configuration management versioning and baseliningSysML/UAF models within MBSE tools (CameoSparxEA)

• Familiarity withcloud infrastructure configuration management infrastructure-as-code (Terraform CloudFormation Ansible) container image versioning and cloud environment baseline control

• Experience withdata configuration management schema versioning data migration scripts and reference data baseline control

• Knowledge ofnetwork architecture(SD-WAN secure transport) configuration control within integrated environments

• Experience withAIOps and observability platformsfor configuration drift detection and automated compliance monitoring

• Relevant certifications such asCMPIC CM Certification ITIL 4 Managing ProfessionalorINCOSE CSEP/ESEP

• ITIL certification and experience aligning CM processes with ITSM incident management and release management workflows

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