USAF Configuration Manager

Job Location:

Ellsworth, WI - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

cFocus Software seeks a Configuration Manager to join our program supporting the United States Air Force. This position is onsite with the onsite location being in Ellsworth South Dakota. This position requires a TS/SCI SSBI clearance.
Qualifications:

Active TS/SCI SSBI clearance
B.S. Computer Science Information Technology or a related field
6 years of Configuration Management experience
Demonstrated experience managing configuration control for complex mission-critical federal DoD or enterprise information systems.
Strong knowledge of configuration identification baseline management change control status accounting verification/audit release control and document governance.
Experience leading configuration control boards engineering change reviews configuration reviews readiness reviews and production-release gates.
Ability to evaluate technical operational cybersecurity interface data schedule test and rollback impacts of proposed changes.
Experience controlling configurations across software Windows/Linux infrastructure virtualization databases middleware identity services cybersecurity tooling and development/test environments.
Experience coordinating patch vulnerability security-directive upgrade enhancement and emergency-change activities within prescribed timelines.
Ability to maintain authoritative repositories configuration item relationships baselines version histories approval records and audit-ready evidence.
Working knowledge of RMF Assessment and Authorization security-control evidence vulnerability remediation and DoD/Air Force cybersecurity compliance.
Strong process leadership facilitation technical writing quality control analysis metrics stakeholder coordination and communication skills.

Duties:

Establish maintain and enforce the configuration management plan procedures standards roles approval authorities and lifecycle controls for FMWF and associated environments.
Identify configuration items and define authoritative technical baselines for software infrastructure databases middleware security components documentation development/test assets and deployed capabilities.
Maintain configuration identification version control status accounting change history relationships ownership and traceability for configuration items and baselines.
Coordinate engineering change requests from initiation through impact analysis technical review authorization implementation verification closure and baseline incorporation.
Facilitate configuration control boards and other change-governance forums; prepare agendas decision packages technical evidence minutes action items and approval records.
Plan and support configuration reviews readiness reviews production-readiness assessments and other systems engineering technical reviews.
Ensure proposed changes include technical cybersecurity operational schedule interface testing rollback data and mission-impact analysis before approval.
Coordinate changes across application WebSphere middleware DB2 database Windows/Linux Active Directory Nutanix virtualization CyberArk development/test and cybersecurity stakeholders.
Control enterprise patch and security-directive changes including IAVAs TCNOs NOTAMs updates enhancements and corrective engineering modifications.
Ensure patches updates enhancements and system modifications are validated in controlled development/test environments before production release.
Implement configuration management controls for development assets test data builds releases deployment packages scripts documentation and environment settings.
Verify production readiness approved implementation rollback capability required evidence and post-deployment performance following configuration changes.
Validate that configuration baseline integrity is preserved after modifications and that unauthorized or undocumented changes are identified and corrected.
Govern technical documentation naming conventions versioning approvals retention distribution and records traceability.
Maintain configuration status metrics change backlogs aging implementation success exceptions audit findings baseline discrepancies and QASP-aligned performance data.
Support technical audits cybersecurity assessments RMF authorization evidence vulnerability remediation incident reviews COOP disaster recovery and emergency changes.
Provide configuration management guidance training and quality reviews to engineers administrators developers cybersecurity personnel and program staff.

Required Experience:

Manager

Active TS/SCI SSBI clearance
B.S. Computer Science Information Technology or a related field
6 years of Configuration Management experience
Demonstrated experience managing configuration control for complex mission-critical federal DoD or enterprise information systems.
Strong knowledge of configuration identification baseline management change control status accounting verification/audit release control and document governance.
Experience leading configuration control boards engineering change reviews configuration reviews readiness reviews and production-release gates.
Ability to evaluate technical operational cybersecurity interface data schedule test and rollback impacts of proposed changes.
Experience controlling configurations across software Windows/Linux infrastructure virtualization databases middleware identity services cybersecurity tooling and development/test environments.
Experience coordinating patch vulnerability security-directive upgrade enhancement and emergency-change activities within prescribed timelines.
Ability to maintain authoritative repositories configuration item relationships baselines version histories approval records and audit-ready evidence.
Working knowledge of RMF Assessment and Authorization security-control evidence vulnerability remediation and DoD/Air Force cybersecurity compliance.
Strong process leadership facilitation technical writing quality control analysis metrics stakeholder coordination and communication skills.

Duties:

Establish maintain and enforce the configuration management plan procedures standards roles approval authorities and lifecycle controls for FMWF and associated environments.
Identify configuration items and define authoritative technical baselines for software infrastructure databases middleware security components documentation development/test assets and deployed capabilities.
Maintain configuration identification version control status accounting change history relationships ownership and traceability for configuration items and baselines.
Coordinate engineering change requests from initiation through impact analysis technical review authorization implementation verification closure and baseline incorporation.
Facilitate configuration control boards and other change-governance forums; prepare agendas decision packages technical evidence minutes action items and approval records.
Plan and support configuration reviews readiness reviews production-readiness assessments and other systems engineering technical reviews.
Ensure proposed changes include technical cybersecurity operational schedule interface testing rollback data and mission-impact analysis before approval.
Coordinate changes across application WebSphere middleware DB2 database Windows/Linux Active Directory Nutanix virtualization CyberArk development/test and cybersecurity stakeholders.
Control enterprise patch and security-directive changes including IAVAs TCNOs NOTAMs updates enhancements and corrective engineering modifications.
Ensure patches updates enhancements and system modifications are validated in controlled development/test environments before production release.
Implement configuration management controls for development assets test data builds releases deployment packages scripts documentation and environment settings.
Verify production readiness approved implementation rollback capability required evidence and post-deployment performance following configuration changes.
Validate that configuration baseline integrity is preserved after modifications and that unauthorized or undocumented changes are identified and corrected.
Govern technical documentation naming conventions versioning approvals retention distribution and records traceability.
Maintain configuration status metrics change backlogs aging implementation success exceptions audit findings baseline discrepancies and QASP-aligned performance data.
Support technical audits cybersecurity assessments RMF authorization evidence vulnerability remediation incident reviews COOP disaster recovery and emergency changes.
Provide configuration management guidance training and quality reviews to engineers administrators developers cybersecurity personnel and program staff.