Configuration Manager/Data Manager

Leidos; King of Prussia (PA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellness programs

Income Protection

Paid Leave

Retirement

Job summary

Leidos Defense is seeking a highly skilled CM/DM expert to drive configuration control across programs, ensuring customer requirements, DoD standards, and best practices are met.

As a Principal contributor, you will guide IPTs, lead engineering teams through hardware lifecycles, and translate data into actionable insights that shape program outcomes.

You will collaborate across functions, develop training in CM/DM, and communicate findings to leadership to support mission success.

Qualifications

• BS degree and 12–15 years of prior relevant experience; or Masters with 10–13 years.
• Strong CM/DM process knowledge.
• Experience querying and automating data extraction and modeling for practical applications.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced cross-functional environment.
• U.S. Citizenship and active Top Secret clearance.
• Ability to travel 25% or more.

Responsibilities

• Develop the CM/DM program processes meeting customer requirements, governance, and industry standards.
• Implement CM/DM processes in a classified environment and train program teams.
• Create leadership presentations to share findings and recommendations.
• Perform data management tasks delivering a complete view of design and development data.
• Create an end-to-end vision for how data will flow across the program.
• Identify and evaluate current data management technologies.
• Maintain a corporate repository of data management artifacts and procedures.
• Implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility.
• Ensure data integrity through routine data quality analysis.

Skills

CM/DM expertise

Data modeling

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office (Excel/PowerPoint)

Security clearance

Travel readiness

Education

BS degree

Master's degree

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos Defense is seeking a highly skilled, visionary configuration management/data management expert to join our multi-disciplinary engineering organization. In this role, you will drive the program process and procedures to maintain configuration control in all aspects of program execution, incorporating customer requirements, industry best practices, and industry standards. This role supports architectural design, hardware-software integration, deployment of next-generation tactical systems, and advanced technologies for critical Department of Defense (DoD) initiatives. As a Principal contributor, you will act as a primary subject matter expert providing direction to the program elements on all aspects of CM/DM processes and procedures. You will provide direction across multi-functional Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and guide engineering teams through entire hardware lifecycles.

Leidos Defense Sector

provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world's toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Primary Responsibilities

• The Configuration Management & Data Management (CM&DM) Lead will develop the program’s configuration management and data management process, including customer requirements, corporate governance, industry standards, and best practices.
• The CM&DM Lead will implement the process and procedures in a classified environment, developing their team and ensuring that all program team members are appropriately trained.
• Develop presentations for leadership to share findings and assist in making actionable recommendations.
• Perform and support data management tasks that deliver a complete view of design and development data.
• Create a fluid, end-to-end vision for how data will flow
• Identify and evaluate current data management technologies
• Maintain a corporate repository of all data management-related artifacts and procedures
• Implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility
• Ensure data integrity is maintained by completing routine data quality analysis.

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree and 12 - 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 - 13 years of prior relevant experience.
• Strong content knowledge in Configuration Management & Data Management processes and procedures
• Knowledge of querying and automated processes to extract, model, integrate, and evaluate complex datasets and business problems for practical application.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced cross-functional environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• U.S. Citizenship is strictly required. Candidate must possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance
• Ability to travel 25% or more

Pay Range

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

Pay and Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave
• Retirement

Original Posting

October 30, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.