Senior Configuration Engineer - Remote Cloud and CM Lead

Energy Jobline ZR; Marietta (GA); Remote; USD 74,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is hiring a Senior Configuration Engineer for the VA portfolio. This full-time remote role focuses on software configuration management, release engineering, and cloud migration initiatives. You will lead CM tooling, establish standards, and mentor junior staff across multiple environments.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree or higher with 10+ years of relevant experience, strong CM and DevOps skills, and familiarity with federal/regulatory settings. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven track record leading complex software builds and releases across environments.
• Experience in regulated/federal settings and CM practices (identification, baselining, change control, status accounting).
• Strong knowledge of CM, QA, systems engineering, and DevOps concepts.
• Hands-on with source control systems and branching/merging strategies.
• Experience with CI/CD tools and artifact repositories.
• Scripting for automation (Bash, PowerShell, Python).
• Ability to train and mentor junior staff.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Security clearance readiness: Public Trust (MBI) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support VA applications and migrate to the cloud.
• Develop and maintain CM tooling for identification, control, reporting, and delivery of software and COTS.
• Perform CM and release tasks to document and align with hardware configurations.
• Design, develop, automate, and maintain productivity tools to improve modeling and development.
• Create build procedures to support software development and use.
• Establish software CM standards for the organization.
• Train developers in CM tools and quality practices.
• Provide guidance and solutions to complex problems.
• Ensure repeatable build and deployment across projects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and mentor junior analysts/engineers.

Skills

CM expertise

Release engineering

Git/GitLab/GitHub

CI/CD tools

Scripting (Python)

Ansible/Terraform

DevOps

Jira/Azure Boards

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

Nexus/Artifactory

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is hiring a Senior Configuration Engineer for the VA portfolio. This full-time remote role focuses on software configuration management, release engineering, and cloud migration initiatives. You will lead CM tooling, establish standards, and mentor junior staff across multiple environments.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree or higher with 10+ years of relevant experience, strong CM and DevOps skills, and familiarity with federal/regulatory settings. U.S.