Configuration Manager, Senior

Torch Technologies is seeking a Senior Configuration Manager in Kettering, OH, to support the EPASS GB contract within the AFLCMC/GB Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate. This role involves providing and maintaining CM for system artifacts, reviewing CM programs, managing CM files, and participating in change control boards. The manager will ensure compliance, track changes, and support audits for the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Initiative, a transformation project for Air Force Sustainment Center's organic depot maintenance.

Must Have

• U.S. Citizenship
• BA/BS Degree in a relevant discipline
• 8 years of experience in configuration management
• Possess and maintain a T1/NACI clearance
• Provide and maintain CM of all relevant system artifacts
• Review and evaluate Development/Sustainment Contractor's CM program and data deliveries
• Maintain CM files including configuration identification, change control, and status accounting records
• Implement CM plans
• Participate in cross-functional change control boards meetings
• Manage Government and Development/Sustainment Contractor correspondence
• Develop and administer configuration management plans
• Maintain design traceability and integrity
• Convene and manage change control boards
• Assist the Government with configuration control for ERP and IT systems
• Manage configurations of software, engineering documents, design drawings, engineering changes and notices
• Track and manage proposed and approved changes throughout system development & sustainment lifecycle
• Ensure integrity of the baseline including major releases, minor releases, patches, and software maintenance
• Maintain the CM library and software repository
• Manage and control system baselines
• Control the configuration of IT systems

Good to Have

• Certification in Software Configuration Management
• Certification in Agile Development
• Scrum Master Certification

Perks & Benefits

• ESOP participation
• 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health Saving Accounts
• Health Reimbursement Accounts
• EAP
• Education assistance
• Paid time off
• Holidays

Torch Technologies has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Configuration Manager located in Kettering, OH (Dayton, WPAFB) to support our EPASS GB contract. As part of the AFLCMC/GB Business and Enterprise Systems Directorate, the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul Initiative (MRO) is a DOTMLPF-P transformation and standardization of both the business processes and enabling materiel solution which provides Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC) with an integrated capability for planning, scheduling and executing organic depot maintenance to support agile planning, optimized workload assignment, resource allocation and integrated quality.

As a Senior Configuration Manager your duties will include the following, but are not limited to:

• Provide and maintain CM of all relevant system artifacts, e.g., documentation, source code, build files, scripts, etc., to allow the government the capability to build and release a working copy of the system to the appropriate production environment;
• Review and evaluate the Development/Sustainment Contractor's CM program and data deliveries for accuracy, completeness, and compliance;
• Maintain CM files including configuration identification, change control, and status accounting records;
• Implement CM plans;
• Participate in cross-functional change control boards meetings such as, but not limited to, Configuration Control Board (CCB), Change Control Board (CCB), Functional Review Board (FRB), Requirements Review Board (RRB), etc., to record and manage proposed and approved changes;
• Review the change control boards' membership list for currency and completeness;
• Support Engineering Assessments;
• Prepare for, conduct, and/or support major audits such as Physical Configuration Audits (PCAs) and Functional Configuration Audits (FCAs);
• Record and maintain assessment and audit findings, minutes, and action items;
• Report the Development/Sustainment Contractor's required software delivery status;
• Support pre- and post-contract award data reviews via meeting attendance and capturing meeting minutes;
• Review and evaluate the Development/Sustainment Contractor's conformance to CDRL requirements;
• Manage Government and Development/Sustainment Contractor correspondence;
• Support the establishment of work flows;
• Ensure configuration items are properly identified and documentation is accomplished;
• Track configuration item deliverables and responses;
• Support development/sustainment of paper and automated archival systems of all covered documentation;
• Work closely with program management, systems engineers, quality managers, draftsmen and design/manufacturing engineers in an integrated product team environment;
• Develop and administer configuration management plans;
• Maintain design traceability and integrity;
• Convene and manage change control boards;
• Assist the Government with configuration control for ERP and IT systems. This shall include configuration planning, maintenance of configuration documentation and data, and maintaining inventory/configuration status accounting;
• Manage configurations of software, engineering documents, design drawings, engineering changes and notices, and planning/conducting design audits with the required skills and experience necessary to work closely with program management, systems engineers, quality managers, and design engineers in an integrated product team environment;
• Support requirements and change control boards via meeting attendance and capturing meeting minutes;
• Track and manage proposed and approved changes, e.g., Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Change Requests (CRs), and Discrepancy Reports (DRs) / Problem Reports (PRs), throughout system development & sustainment lifecycle;
• Ensure integrity of the baseline including major releases, minor releases, patches, and software maintenance;
• Provide QA checks on system baselines, i.e., Functional, Allocated, Product;
• Support Licensing tasks and packaging and delivering of software to users;
• Maintain the CM library and software repository;
• Manage and control system baselines;
• Recommend and document comprehensive configuration management plans for software, hardware, firmware, and peripherals for IT systems;
• Evaluate data and preparing plans and briefings in support of software-driven systems;
• Evaluate and monitor effectiveness of configuration management plans to identify potential and existing problems and make recommendations for resolution;
• Audit and review IT system configurations for compliance to required specifications;
• Control the configuration of IT systems; and/or,
• Develop and manage access and change control guidelines and procedures to avoid unauthorized access and changes to system configurations.

Job Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship
• BA/BS Degree in a relevant discipline and 8 years of experience in the respective technical/professional discipline being performed
• Candidate must possess and maintain a T1/NACI

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in Software Configuration Management - Desired.
• Certification in Agile Development – Desired, or
• Scrum Master Certification - Desired

Schedule: 40 hours a week

Work Location: Kettering, OH

Travel: 0-10%

Relocation Assistance Available: No

Position Contingent Upon Award of Contract: No

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Benefits:

Torch Technologies is proud to offer a stable and professional work environment, a competitive salary, and an excellent, comprehensive benefit package including: ESOP participation, 401(k) match and safe-harbor contribution, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, Health Saving Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts, EAP, education assistance, paid time off, and holidays.

Applying to Torch Technologies:

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