Senior Configuration Management Analyst – Defense Systems

ANALYGENCE; Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tharros is seeking a Senior Configuration Management Analyst to support NSWCDD in Dahlgren, VA. You will lead CM activities across weapon and fire control systems throughout the lifecycle, ensuring baselines stay traceable and well-documented.

Responsibilities include managing baselines, releases, status accounting, ECPs, and CCBs, and coordinating with government and engineering teams. Strong experience with CM tools and documentation is required.

Qualifications

• Develop, implement, and maintain configuration management processes and procedures supporting weapon, combat, and fire control systems.
• Manage configuration baselines and maintain configuration control across hardware, software, firmware, and associated technical documentation.
• Maintain documentation version control and coordinate controlled releases for weapon and fire control system products.
• Perform configuration status accounting and track changes across multiple system and software baselines.
• Support Configuration Control Boards (CCBs), including preparation, coordination, tracking, and disposition of proposed configuration changes.
• Support the development, review, tracking, and processing of Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs) and other configuration change documentation.
• Generate, maintain, and report software and configuration management metrics to support program status, technical reviews, and Government reporting requirements.
• Manage software media generation, release, distribution, and associated configuration records.
• Coordinate the generation, verification, release, and distribution of hardware and software technical documentation.
• Develop and maintain software development process documentation, configuration management plans, standards, procedures, and work instructions.
• Maintain traceability and configuration records using Government-provided configuration management and requirements management tools.
• Coordinate configuration management activities with Government CM authorities, systems engineers, software teams, test organizations, and other program stakeholders.
• Support technical reviews, audits, working groups, and other program activities requiring configuration management expertise.
• Identify configuration discrepancies, assess impacts to established baselines, and support resolution of configuration-related issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead CM activities across weapon, combat, and fire control systems throughout the lifecycle.
• Maintain configuration baselines and ensure traceability of hardware, software, and documentation.
• Coordinate releases and manage documentation version control for system products.
• Support CCBs, ECP processing, and CM metrics reporting for program reviews.
• Collaborate with Government CM authorities, engineers, and software teams to resolve CM issues.
• Develop and maintain CM documentation, plans, and work instructions.
• Support audits, reviews, and other program activities requiring CM expertise.

Skills

Configuration management

Documentation management

Change management

CCB support

Configuration status accounting

Software metrics

Documentation generation

Release management

Traceability

Education

Bachelor of Science

Tools

ACCESS

DOORS

Azure DevOps

Jira

Change Synergy

SWIMS

Job description

Tharros is seeking a Senior Configuration Management Analyst to support NSWCDD in Dahlgren, VA. You will lead CM activities across weapon and fire control systems throughout the lifecycle, ensuring baselines stay traceable and well-documented.

Responsibilities include managing baselines, releases, status accounting, ECPs, and CCBs, and coordinating with government and engineering teams. Strong experience with CM tools and documentation is required.