Configuration Manager

Chickasaw Nation Industries; South Dakota; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) immediate vesting

Life Insurance

STD/LTD

Professional development

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Chickasaw Nation Industries seeks a Configuration Manager to oversee the configuration baseline for Air Force FM systems, ensuring integrity across infrastructure, middleware, database, and applications. You will lead change control, documentation governance, and readiness reviews, coordinating with system administrators, software engineers and cybersecurity staff to sustain compliant deployments.

BS/BA preferred with 5+ years in CM; the role may require eligibility for security clearance and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; 5+ years of relevant configuration management experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain configuration baseline across client systems.
• Lead configuration identification, change control, auditing and status accounting.
• Support patch engineering and vulnerability remediation validation (IAVA/TCNO/NOTAM).
• Collaborate with system administrators, software engineers and cybersecurity staff.

Skills

Configuration management

Change control

System integration

Cybersecurity coordination

Documentation governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

*Please note, that this position is contingent upon the award or funding. The essential duties, experience, education requirements, and salary are subject to change.*The Configuration Manager provides technical, managerial, and administrative oversight of the configuration baseline for Air Force Financial Management (FM) systems. This role ensures disciplined configuration management practices across infrastructure, middleware, database, and application layers, and supports the sustainment, optimization, and performance validation of the FMWorkFlow (FMWF) system. The Configuration Manager works closely with engineering, cybersecurity, system administration, and program management personnel to ensure configuration integrity and compliance with Air Force directives and sustainment processes.Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. serves as a holding company with multiple subsidiaries engaged in several lines of business (Business Services, Health, Infrastructure and Engineering, Mission Optimization, Technology and Transportation) for the federal government and commercial enterprises. A portion of our profits is used to support Chickasaw citizens. We are proud to support the economic development and long-term viability of the Chickasaw Nation and its people. CNI offers premium benefits eligible on the first day of hire to full time employees; (Medical - Dental – Vision), Company Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance, 401(K) Immediate Vesting, Professional Development Assistance, Legal Aid Assistance Program, Family Planning / Fertility Assistance, Personal Time Off, and Observance of Federal Holidays.As a federal contractor, CNI is a drug-free workplace and adheres to the Federal Controlled Substance Act.ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTSThe ability to obtain, maintain and access classified information at the Top Secret level.Must support Air Force patch and sustainment directives (IAVA, TCNO, NOTAM) when configuration impacts require validation.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESEssential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.Maintain and govern the technical configuration baseline for client systems, ensuring alignment with approved engineering changesLead configuration identification, change control, auditing, and status accounting across application, middleware, database, and infrastructure components.Oversee engineering change documentation and participate in configuration and readiness reviewsSupport patch engineering and vulnerability remediation validation by ensuring configuration consistency when implementing IAVA, TCNO, or NOTAM directives.Manage configuration documentation governance, including system diagrams, version records, and sustainment artifacts.Ensure consistent configuration across development, test, and production environments and support patch validation and test configuration controlCollaborate with system administrators, software engineers, database engineers, and cybersecurity staff to maintain technical integrity throughout system changes.Identify opportunities for configuration optimization and system improvement based on engineering analysis and sustainment feedback.EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIREDBachelor s degree (BS/BA) from a four-year college or university is preferred and/or minimum of five (5) years experience.PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job. Work is primarily performed in an office/warehouse setting. Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel. Regularly required to reach with hands and arms, occasionally above head. Regularly required to twist at the waist, climb and descend stairs while carrying objects. Ability to speak and hear. Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. Regularly lifts and/or moves up to twenty-five pounds and occasionally lifts and/or moves up to fifty pounds. Works near moving mechanical parts. Regularly exposed to general office and general office machinery noise. May be exposed to warehouse, truck or forklift noise.EOE including Disability/VetCNI offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes:MedicalDentalVision401(k)Family Planning/Fertility AssistanceSTD/LTD/Basic Life/AD&DLegal-Aid ProgramEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Paid Time Off (PTO)Training and Development OpportunitiesYour application submission will be considered for all potential employment opportunities with Chickasaw Nation Industries (CNI).#INDCNI