Senior Configuration Analyst - Remote Cloud & Releases

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 74,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is hiring a Senior Configuration Analyst to support VA applications and lead CM and release engineering across multiple environments. This remote, full-time role requires deep CM expertise, scripting ability, and strong collaboration with stakeholders while ensuring compliant, repeatable build and deployment processes.

The position emphasizes training junior analysts, guiding CM best practices, and maintaining standards for software configuration management and DevOps

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant experience; eight or more years may substitute for education.
• Proven experience leading complex software builds and releases across multiple environments.
• Deep expertise in software configuration management and release engineering.

Responsibilities

• Support VA applications and migrate to the cloud.
• Develop and maintain CM tools for identification, control, reporting, and delivery of software products.
• Perform CM and release engineering tasks ensuring compliant build parameters.
• Design, automate, and maintain productivity tools to improve modeling and development.
• Create build procedures to support product development and deployment.
• Develop software configuration standards for company-wide use.
• Train developers in CM tools and quality standards.

Skills

Configuration management

Release engineering

DevOps

Scripting

CI/CD

PowerShell

Python

Bash

JIRA

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related

10+ years relevant experience

Tools

Git

GitLab

GitHub

Azure DevOps Repos

Subversion

Jenkins

Azure DevOps Pipelines

GitHub Actions

Nexus

Artifactory

Ansible

Terraform

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Confluence

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is hiring a Senior Configuration Analyst to support VA applications and lead CM and release engineering across multiple environments. This remote, full-time role requires deep CM expertise, scripting ability, and strong collaboration with stakeholders while ensuring compliant, repeatable build and deployment processes.

The position emphasizes training junior analysts, guiding CM best practices, and maintaining standards for software configuration management and DevOps