Senior Configuration Management Lead – DoD Lab Operations

KES, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Koam Engineering Systems, Inc. (KES Inc.) is seeking a Lead Configuration Management Specialist to oversee configuration control, lab coordination, and documentation within a Department of Defense test and evaluation setting.

You will lead from the front, communicate with the government customer, and ensure lab readiness and asset integrity. The role requires a technical leader who can map lab systems, manage assets, and coordinate across teams to maintain schedules, deconflict assets, and drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as business, engineering, information technology, logistics, cybersecurity, configuration management, or a closely related discipline.
• U.S. Government DoD security clearance/eligibility at the final Secret level required.
• Job located at a U.S. Government Facility.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day coordination for configuration management, lab operations support, technical documentation, asset awareness, and team execution within the Combined Test Bed environment.
• Develop a working understanding of lab systems, team responsibilities, shared assets, equipment dependencies, and operational priorities to support effective coordination and deconfliction.
• Maintain configuration control and documentation for lab assets, including hardware inventory, software baselines, configuration records, controlled documentation, equipment locations, rack layouts, cable paths, system interfaces, and related support materials.
• Coordinate across technical teams to identify conflicts, clarify requirements, deconflict shared assets, track action items, and support timely resolution of operational issues.
• Support Configuration Change Request development, tracking, coordination, documentation, and closure for lab modifications, equipment moves, cabling changes, system updates, restoration actions, and test support activities.
• Serve as a primary point of contact between the government customer, KES program leadership, subcontractor personnel, and Combined Test Bed operations.
• Provide day-to-day team leadership, including task coordination, operational prioritization, schedule awareness, shift coverage planning, gap coverage, and follow-through on assigned actions.
• Proactively engage with teams to identify risks, staffing concerns, schedule impacts, asset conflicts, documentation gaps, and process issues before they impact execution.
• Support the transition to BMC Helix scheduling software by helping the team adapt to new processes, maintain accurate schedules, and improve visibility of coverage requirements.
• Support lab access coordination and ensure personnel meet required clearance, access, and security requirements to enter and operate within the lab environment.
• Maintain strict attention to detail when handling, tracking, storing, transferring, or safeguarding classified media, controlled documentation, and configuration-controlled materials.
• Communicate status, risks, impacts, recommendations, and support needs clearly and professionally to leadership, customers, and internal teams.
• Represent and advocate for the team professionally, reinforce expectations, provide technical guidance, and step into operational gaps when needed.

Skills

Leadership

Configuration Management

Lab Operations

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

BMC Helix

Configuration management databases

Job description

Koam Engineering Systems, Inc. (KES Inc.) is seeking a Lead Configuration Management Specialist to oversee configuration control, lab coordination, and documentation within a Department of Defense test and evaluation setting.

You will lead from the front, communicate with the government customer, and ensure lab readiness and asset integrity. The role requires a technical leader who can map lab systems, manage assets, and coordinate across teams to maintain schedules, deconflict assets, and drive