Configuration Management Specialist

Title
Configuration Management Specialist


EOE Statement
Anakim Consulting is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.


Description

Configuration Management Specialist

Houston, TX 77058

Location: REMOTE from a U.S. based location

Job Description:

Anakim Consulting Inc. has an opening for a Senior Level Configuration Management Specialist to support a cloud services environment. Qualified candidates will have experience in enterprise IT or cloud environments. This position is supporting future hiring needs and contingent upon funding approval. We anticipate a start date in Spring 2026.

Responsibilities include:

• Apply comprehensive knowledge of concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments.
• Provide configuration management planning. Describes provisions for configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits.
• Regulate the change process so that only approved and validated changes are incorporated into product documents and related software.
• Responsible for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing configuration management processes across enterprise cloud environments.
• Ensure cloud resources are consistently configured, securely managed, and traceable throughout their lifecycle, supporting compliance, operational stability, and controlled change within the Cloud Services Office.
• Partner closely with Cloud Operations, Engineering, Architecture, Security, and Change Management teams to prevent configuration drift, maintain accurate configuration baselines, and provide auditable configuration data for governance and compliance purposes.
• Establish and maintain configuration management policies, standards, and procedures for cloud platforms and services.
• Define and manage configuration baselines for cloud infrastructure, platforms, and shared services
• Identify, document, and maintain Configuration Items (CIs) across cloud environments, including infrastructure, platform services, and tooling.
• Ensure accurate CI relationships and dependencies are maintained to support impact analysis and troubleshooting.
• Monitor cloud environments for configuration drift against approved baselines.
• Support Change Management by validating configuration impacts of proposed changes.
• Ensure approved changes are accurately reflected in configuration records and baselines.
• Coordinate remediation activities with Operations and Engineering teams to restore compliance.
• Maintain configuration documentation and evidence to support FISMA, internal audits, and external assessments.
• Provide traceability between approved changes, configuration baselines, and deployed cloud resources.
• Identify gaps in configuration controls and recommend process or tooling improvements.
• Support the maturation of cloud configuration management capabilities across the organization.
• Support configuration management tooling, CMDB integrations, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) practices.
• Promote automation and standardization to improve configuration accuracy and repeatability.
• Produce configuration compliance reports, drift metrics, and operational dashboards for leadership and governance forums.
• Track and report configuration-related risks and remediation status.

Position Requirements

Basic Qualifications:

• U.S. citizenship (no dual citizenship)
• Ability to obtain security access (Public Trust level)
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science or related discipline
  • Equivalent years of related experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
  
  
  
  
  
• 8+ years of related experience supporting configuration management in enterprise IT or cloud environments
• Knowledge of configuration management principles, baselining, and CI lifecycle management
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, GCP and cloud infrastructure concepts
• Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting cloud service organizations or enterprise shared services teams
• Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments (e.g., federal, FISMA)
• Experience with CMDBs, configuration monitoring tools, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Understanding of Change Management and ITIL-aligned service management processes.
• Strong documentation, analysis, and cross-team coordination skills.

Full-Time/Part-Time
Full-Time


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