Configuration Management Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Health insurance
• Relocation bonus

Location: Palm Bay, Florida
Work Location: Patrick Space Force Base; periodic commute to the company's Melbourne office may be required
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Schedule: 9/80 schedule — 80 hours over nine working days, with every other Friday off

We are seeking a Specialist, Configuration Management to support mission-critical software and infrastructure in a Linux-based environment. The candidate will manage configuration baselines, software and algorithm releases, deployment governance, sensor onboarding, and configuration records throughout the lifecycle of mission systems.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with GitLab, Atlassian tools, AWS environments, and configuration management processes. This role requires close collaboration with software engineers, algorithm developers, systems engineers, test personnel, infrastructure teams, mission leads, and Government customers.
The selected candidate will support operations at Patrick Space Force Base and may periodically commute to the company's Melbourne office.
Key Responsibilities
Configuration Management and Baseline Control

• Lead and maintain configuration management processes for mission software, algorithms, infrastructure, and related technical artifacts.
• Establish and maintain software and algorithm baselines, including version control, revision history, release packages, approvals, and traceability.
• Maintain configuration status records identifying approved software versions, algorithms, capabilities, and supporting components for each environment.
• Ensure configuration changes are documented, reviewed, tested, approved, and deployed through controlled processes.

Software Releases and Test Governance

• Coordinate controlled software and algorithm deliveries into Development Test (DT), Operational Test (OT), and operational environments.
• Develop and administer DT/OT governance processes, including entry and exit criteria, test readiness, discrepancy tracking, configuration identification, and approvals.
• Support release-to-operations decisions and ensure required documentation and approvals are complete.
• Facilitate or support Configuration Control Boards (CCBs), release readiness reviews, test readiness reviews, and other configuration or deployment decision forums.

Sensor Onboarding and Traceability

• Manage the sensor onboarding process, tracking candidate sensors, onboarding status, technical prerequisites, interfaces, configuration information, testing progress, approvals, and operational readiness.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, software releases, algorithm revisions, sensor configurations, test results, defects, waivers, and operational deployments.
• Maintain accurate and authoritative configuration records throughout the system lifecycle.

Tools, Collaboration, and Customer Support

• Use GitLab, Atlassian tools, and other automated systems to manage configuration records, change requests, release artifacts, workflows, and approvals.
• Collaborate with software engineers, algorithm developers, systems engineers, test personnel, infrastructure teams, mission leads, and Government customers.
• Provide daily customer support as the configuration management focal point for release, configuration, onboarding, access, and deployment assistance.
• Support effective coordination between software and infrastructure teams in a Linux-based environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering with at least 4 years of relevant experience; or
• Graduate degree with at least 2 years of relevant experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance or Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• CompTIA Security+ certification, another DoD IAT Level II certification, or the ability to obtain the required certification within 90 days of starting.
• Substantive experience with Atlassian tools, GitLab, AWS environments, and collaboration across software and infrastructure teams, as described in the job posting.