Remote Senior Configuration Engineer | Cloud & CM Leader

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Ashburn (VA); Remote; USD 74,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC seeks a Senior Configuration Engineer to lead CM and release activities for VA projects. This remote, U.S.-based position requires strong CM, DevOps, and scripting skills, plus the ability to mentor junior staff and collaborate with stakeholders.

Candidates should demonstrate experience with large, regulated environments and deliver compliant, traceable builds across multi-environment deployments. U.S. Citizenship and a Public Trust clearance are required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex software builds and releases.
• Experience in large regulated or federal environments.
• Deep expertise in software configuration management and release engineering.
• Broad knowledge of development, QA, systems engineering, and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Support VA applications and migrate to the cloud.
• Develop and maintain CM tools for identification, control, reporting, and delivery of software and COTS products.
• Perform CM and release tasks to document parameters and ensure compliant builds.
• Create, automate, and maintain productivity tools for software modeling and development.
• Design and implement build procedures to support product development and use.
• Develop software CM standards for company-wide use.
• Train developers in CM tools and quality standards.
• Provide technical guidance and solutions to complex problems.
• Operate autonomously and meet deadlines across projects.
• Ensure compliant, repeatable build and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and mentor junior analysts/engineers.

Skills

Configuration management

Release engineering

DevOps

Scripting

CI/CD

Git

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

PowerShell

Python

Automation

Communication

Mentoring

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline

Tools

Git

GitLab

GitHub

Azure DevOps Repos

Subversion

Jenkins

Azure DevOps Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Nexus

Artifactory

Bash

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Confluence

Visio

Lucidchart

JIRA

Azure Boards

Trello

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC seeks a Senior Configuration Engineer to lead CM and release activities for VA projects. This remote, U.S.-based position requires strong CM, DevOps, and scripting skills, plus the ability to mentor junior staff and collaborate with stakeholders.

Candidates should demonstrate experience with large, regulated environments and deliver compliant, traceable builds across multi-environment deployments. U.S. Citizenship and a Public Trust clearance are required.