Remote Senior Configuration Engineer: Cloud & DevOps Lead

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Senior Configuration Engineer to drive software configuration management and release engineering across VA-related applications. The role emphasizes cloud migration, CM tooling, and building repeatable deployment processes.

You will mentor junior staff, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure compliance with CM standards in a regulated, federal-like environment. This remote, U.S.-based position requires a strong background in DevOps and CM.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software builds and releases across environments.

Responsibilities

• Support VA applications and migrate to the cloud.
• Develop and maintain CM tools for CM identification, control, reporting, and delivery of software (COTS and in-house).
• Perform CM and release tasks ensuring documented parameters, compliant hardware configurations, and repeatable processes.
• Design, develop, automate, and maintain productivity tools for software modeling and development.
• Design and implement build procedures to support product development and usage.
• Develop CM standards for company-wide use.
• Train software developers in CM tools and quality standards.
• Provide technical guidance and solutions to complex problems.
• Operate autonomously and make sound decisions.
• Ensure compliant, repeatable build and deployment across projects.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead and train junior analysts/engineers in CM best practices.

Skills

Configuration management

Release engineering

CI/CD

DevOps

Scripting

Git workflows

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Nexus/Artifactory

Ansible

Terraform

PowerShell

Python

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Git

GitLab

GitHub

Azure DevOps Repos

Subversion

Jenkins

Azure DevOps Pipelines

Nexus

Artifactory

Confluence

Visio

Lucidchart

Terraform

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Senior Configuration Engineer to drive software configuration management and release engineering across VA-related applications. The role emphasizes cloud migration, CM tooling, and building repeatable deployment processes.

You will mentor junior staff, collaborate with stakeholders, and ensure compliance with CM standards in a regulated, federal-like environment. This remote, U.S.-based position requires a strong background in DevOps and CM.