Configuration Analyst - Secret Clearance

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions; Quantico (VA); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunhill Government Solutions is seeking a Configuration Management professional to own the CI management and IT asset lifecycle across hardware, software, and licenses. You will ensure records are accurate, compliant with CM and ITAM policies, and aligned with government requirements.

Responsibilities include baselining configurations, managing CM tools, conducting audits, and coordinating with Change Control Boards to maintain a single source of truth for owned assets and deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• 2-5 years in configuration management and change control, including configuration identification, configuration control, status accounting, and physical configuration audits.
• ITIL Foundation preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, documents, and baselines Configuration Items (hardware, software, deliverables, documentation, processes).
• Maintains Baseline Configurations per the CM Plan and documents interim baselines.
• Administers the Configuration Management System to reflect DISA STIG-compliant baselines and secure end-states.
• Tracks Change Requests with CCBs and Requirements Analysts; records decisions and notes.
• Performs configuration audits for compliance with the CM plan and AIMM.
• Maintains CI records and closes documentation gaps in CMDB.
• Supports RMF documentation by aligning baselines and CI records with system security plans and eMASS artifacts.

Skills

Configuration Mgmt

Change Control

IT Asset Lifecycle

CM Tool Experience

Documentation

Audits

Compliance Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

ClearCase

RAZOR

TFS

Job description

Responsible for configuration item (CI) management and IT asset lifecycle management across the full software/hardware delivery lifecycle — from acquisition through retirement/disposal. Ensures CIs and asset recordsremainaccurate, current, and compliant with corporate and government configuration management (CM) and asset management (ITAM) policies. Bridges Configuration Management and Asset Management functions tomaintaina single, reliable source of truth for what the organization owns, deploys, and supports.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Configuration Management

• Identifies, documents, and baselines Configuration Items (hardware, software, deliverables, documentation, processes) with program teams.
• Creates andmaintainsBaseline Configurations per the Configuration Management Plan; documents the interim baseline and associated CI documentation list.
• Administers the Configuration Management System (e.g., TFS, Jira, ServiceNow, SharePoint) as subject matterexpert,, ensuring CI records reflect DISA STIG-compliant baseline configurations and secure end-states
• Tracks Change Requests with Change Control Boards (CCBs) and Requirements Analysts; records CCB decisions, assignments, and notes.
• Performs configuration audits at the team level; audits for compliance with the CM plan, division policy, and the program's AIMM.
• Identifiesand closes documentation CI gaps;maintainsCI records in the Configuration Management System.
• Supports RMF documentation by aligning configuration baselines and CI records with system security plans andeMASSartifacts

Lifecycle / Asset Management

• Owns the full IT asset lifecycle — procurement intake, receipt, deployment, maintenance, refresh, retirement, and disposal — for hardware, software, and licenses.
• Maintainsaccurateinventory and CI-to-asset linkage in the ITAM/CMDB tool; reconciles asset records against configuration baselines.
• Tracks software license entitlements and usage;identifiescompliance gaps and supports audit/true-up activity.
• Coordinates asset tagging, check-in/check-out, and ownership/location tracking,including full accountability and reporting for Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE) per Government property tracking requirements
• Conducts periodic physical audits and inventory reconciliations; resolves discrepancies between physical assets, CMDB, and financial/asset records.
• Manages end-of-life disposal/decommissioning in compliance with data sanitization and CI retirement procedures, ensuring associated CI records are closed out.
• Supports refresh-cycle and total-cost-of-ownership forecasting using asset and configuration data.
• Generates release baseline packages and gathers metrics on baseline/asset accuracy for leadership reporting.
• Recommends improvements to the baseline configuration intake process and asset lifecycle workflows.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education:Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience:2-5 years in configuration management and change control, including configuration identification (Security, Functional, Allocated, Product Baselines), Configuration Control, Configuration Status Accounting, and Physical Configuration Audits; experience with IT asset lifecycle tracking (procurement through disposal) and software license compliance.
• ITIL Foundationpreferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills; well organized with strong attention to detail.
• Experience with a CM tool such as Jira, ServiceNow, ClearCase, RAZOR, or TFS, and its Asset Management module.
• Experience with standard file naming conventions and logical directory/CMDB structures.
• Familiarity with software license models (Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle, etc.) and compliance requirements.
• Experience with full software development lifecycles (agile and waterfall).
• Comfortable in an environment with evolving/unstable requirements; customer-service oriented and self-motivated.

Location:

Quantico, VA — hybrid

Clearance:

Active Secret clearance required.

Compensation:

$77,000 - $83,000 per year, depending on experience.

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