Mission-Critical Configuration Manager

Leidos; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Days

Headspace access

MeQuilibrium access

On-demand courses

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Leidos Australia is seeking a Configuration Management professional to establish and maintain controls across hardware, software, and documentation. You will coordinate baselines, changes and records, developing plans and procedures, and ensuring traceability and audit readiness across complex systems.

The role requires collaboration with engineering, quality, project managers and customers, with exposure to defence or regulated programs preferred.

Qualifications

• Essential experience in configuration management within engineering, technology or project environments.
• Knowledge of configuration identification, baselining, change control and status accounting.
• Ability to manage configuration items across hardware, software and technical documentation.
• Experience supporting change boards, configuration audits and release activities.
• Capability in maintaining accurate records within configuration or product lifecycle tools.
• Ability to work with engineers, quality teams, project managers and customers.
• Advantageous Knowledge of systems engineering, software release or asset management practices.
• Experience with configuration repositories, PLM tools or requirements management systems.
• Exposure to defence, aerospace or regulated programs.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the configuration controls needed to protect the integrity and traceability of complex systems.
• Coordinate baselines, changes and configuration records across hardware, software, documentation and supporting environments.
• Develop and maintain configuration management plans, procedures, item structures and baselines.
• Administer configuration control and change processes, ensuring proposed changes are assessed, approved and traceable.
• Maintain configuration status accounting and provide accurate reporting on versions, releases and approved changes.
• Support audits, reviews and release activities by ensuring configuration evidence is complete, controlled and accessible.

Skills

Configuration management

Baselining

Change control

Documentation management

Audit support

Cross-functional communication

PLM tools knowledge

Tools

PLM tools

Configuration repositories

Requirements management systems

Job description

Leidos Australia is seeking a Configuration Management professional to establish and maintain controls across hardware, software, and documentation. You will coordinate baselines, changes and records, developing plans and procedures, and ensuring traceability and audit readiness across complex systems.

The role requires collaboration with engineering, quality, project managers and customers, with exposure to defence or regulated programs preferred.