Remote Senior Configuration Engineer – Cloud & Release Lead

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

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Senior Configuration Engineer to support VA applications and migrate to cloud platforms. The role emphasizes CM, release engineering, and automation across multiple environments.

The candidate should have deep CM expertise, strong scripting abilities, and experience with CI/CD pipelines, source control, and IaC tools. This is a remote, full-time position with U.S. citizenship requirements and a Public Trust clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline; 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong background in software configuration management and release engineering.
• Experience with CM practices: identification, baselining, change control, status accounting.
• Experience with Git, GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps Repos, Subversion.
• Experience with CI/CD: Jenkins, Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions.
• Automation scripting in Bash, PowerShell, Python.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Software configuration management

Release engineering

CI/CD

Scripting

DevOps

Git-based workflows

Infrastructure as code

Team mentoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

10+ years relevant experience

Tools

Git

GitLab

GitHub

Azure DevOps Repos

Subversion

Jenkins

Azure DevOps Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Nexus

Artifactory

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is seeking a Senior Configuration Engineer to support VA applications and migrate to cloud platforms. The role emphasizes CM, release engineering, and automation across multiple environments.

The candidate should have deep CM expertise, strong scripting abilities, and experience with CI/CD pipelines, source control, and IaC tools. This is a remote, full-time position with U.S. citizenship requirements and a Public Trust clearance.