Configuration and Data Manager

Avion Solutions; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Avion Solutions, Inc. in Huntsville, AL, seeks a Configuration and Data Manager to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

The role focuses on organizing and preserving program assets, governing the IDE, and coordinating data flows across the program. You will lead documentation reviews, manage CDRL and lessons learned, prepare briefing decks for program reviews, and ensure compliance with security and DoD standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with at least seven (7) years of data/configuration management experience supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs.
• Proven background establishing and maintaining strict configuration-controlled environments.
• Ability to review systems engineering documentation to verify accuracy and alignment with program specifications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience delivering structured, audience-tailored presentations and reports.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and have the ability to obtain/maintain a DoW security clearance.
• Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Organize and maintain program assets, including reports, briefings, engineering drawings, and technical documentation.
• Manage the intake, routing, tracking, and archival of MDA development data.
• Serve as the lead administrator for the program’s Integrated Data Environment (IDE), managing MDA SharePoint sites and shared data repositories.
• Facilitate major program reviews by coordinating logistics, compiling briefing decks, tracking objective evidence, and recording action items.
• Oversee the end-to-end CDRL lifecycle, including receipt, tracking, forecasting, and cross-functional distribution.
• Support prime contractor CCB activities by logging change requests, preparing supporting data packages, and documenting meeting minutes and action items.
• Maintain the Lessons Learned database, overseeing the drafting, coordination, archival, and distribution of findings across government and industry stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Configuration management

Documentation review

Verbal communication

Written communication

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Windchill

SharePoint

MS Teams

Power BI

Jira

DOORS

Cameo

Git

Job description

Avion Solutions Inc., a 100% employee-owned company, is seeking candidates for a Configuration and Data Manager to support the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). This position is located in Huntsville, AL.

Job Responsibilities/Duties:

• Organize and maintain program assets, including reports, briefings, engineering drawings, and technical documentation.
• Manage the intake, routing, tracking, and archival of MDA development data.
• Serve as the lead administrator for the program’s Integrated Data Environment (IDE), managing MDA SharePoint sites and shared data repositories.
• Facilitate major program reviews by coordinating logistics, compiling briefing decks, tracking objective evidence, and recording action items.
• Oversee the end-to-end CDRL lifecycle, including receipt, tracking, forecasting, and cross-functional distribution.
• Support prime contractor CCB activities by logging change requests, preparing supporting data packages, and documenting meeting minutes and action items.
• Maintain the Lessons Learned database, overseeing the drafting, coordination, archival, and distribution of findings across government and industry stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree with at least seven (7) years of data/configuration management experience supporting missile defense or large-scale, complex DoD programs.
• Proven background establishing and maintaining strict configuration-controlled environments.
• Ability to review systems engineering documentation to verify accuracy and alignment with program specifications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience delivering structured, audience-tailored presentations and reports.
• Must be a U.S. citizen and have the ability to obtain/maintain a DoW security clearance.
• Must be able to travel up to 15% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with MDA and System Engineering processes.
• Hands-on proficiency with tools such as Windchill, SharePoint, MS Teams, Power BI, Jira, DOORS, Cameo, and Git.
• Experience applying AI/ML tools to enhance data analytics, workflow automation, and process improvement.

Equal Opportunity:

Avion Solutions, Inc. reaffirms its belief in equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. Avion Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and a VEVRAA-governed Federal Contractor that affords equal employment opportunity to protected veterans and people with disabilities. Avion Solutions, Inc. provides all employees and job applicants equal employment opportunities in hiring and promotion without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion, color, veteran status, genetic information, physical or mental disability, national origin, or any other reason prohibited by law.