Senior Configuration Manager – DoD Release Governance

The Amatriot Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 175,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Amatriot Group is seeking a Configuration Manager in Washington, DC, onsite, to ensure baseline control, deployment coordination, and release governance across a complex environment. You will lead cross‑functional teams across engineering, DevOps, test, cyber, and operations, shaping CM plans, change workflows, and risk mitigation while maintaining auditable release evidence.

Active TS/SCI clearance, Security+, and 8+ years of relevant experience are required; the role emphasizes disciplined

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance.
• Security+ or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s + 8+ years relevant experience (or equivalent experience).
• Ability to pass and maintain additional suitability screenings as required by customer.
• Experience leading or supporting CM, change management, deployment coordination, or baseline management for complex cloud, software, or mission systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross‑functional release planning, readiness, approval, deployment, and validation.
• Experience developing CM/release plans, change control processes, deployment/rollback plans, and release documentation.
• Experience coordinating releases across multiple environments.
• Experience with Agile/DevOps workflows.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket/Git, and related traceability/versioning tools.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, artifact management, branching strategies, automated testing, and promotion pipelines.
• Ability to understand complex systems and coordinate dependencies, risks, impacts, and stakeholder decisions.
• Strong communication and organizational skills; ability to manage multiple releases.
• Proven ability to anticipate issues, close actions, resolve gaps, and maintain discipline in fast‑paced environments.
• Experience supporting federal, defense, intelligence, or mission‑critical programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end configuration management across all environments (dev through IL5/IL6 production).
• Own CM plans, release procedures, baseline controls, governance models, and change workflows.
• Manage release calendars, cadences, readiness criteria, deployment windows, cutover and rollback planning, and post‑release validation.
• Coordinate release planning and execution across engineering, DevOps, cloud, data, test, cyber, IA, operations, network automation, service management, and customer teams.
• Facilitate release readiness reviews, configuration control boards, go/no‑go reviews, and retrospectives.
• Ensure release packages are complete, reviewed, documented, traceable, and approved (code, infrastructure changes, configs, test evidence, security scans, deployment instructions, rollback plans, release notes).
• Maintain traceability across requirements, defects, risks, and changes using Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and associated CI/CD tools.
• Manage configuration control for software, scripts, data pipelines, dashboards, integrations, IaC, automation workflows, interfaces, COTS/FOSS components, and runbooks.
• Maintain environment baselines for non‑prod, simulators, test environments, IL5/IL6 targets, and operational systems.
• Partner with DevOps to ensure CI/CD pipelines support controlled promotion with proper versioning, approval gates, automated tests, and artifact retention.
• Coordinate DoD‑aligned security requirements, STIG configurations, vulnerability remediation, privileged access controls, and audit evidence.
• Manage release impacts across mission‑critical capabilities (event processing, monitoring, cyber, automation, analytics, integrations).
• Oversee release and configuration coordination for AWS IL5/IL6 platforms and tools such as Elastic/Kibana, Kafka, Logstash, Databricks, ServiceNow, Watson AIOps, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and network/cyber data sources.
• Identify and manage release risks, dependencies, blockers, environment constraints, and coordination gaps.
• Provide timely status reporting on scope, readiness, risks, defects, deployment progress, and outcomes.
• Develop release dashboards, metrics, decision briefs, and health indicators.
• Support audits, customer reviews, engineering reviews, and readiness assessments through accurate CM records and release evidence.
• Drive continuous improvement of CM and release processes.
• Provide CM and release training, mentoring, and guidance across engineering and operations teams.
• Coordinate with external partners and adjacent systems on integration planning, data dependencies, release alignment, and interoperability.

Skills

Release planning

Configuration management

Change management

Cross-functional leadership

DevOps workflows

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket/Git

CI/CD tools

AWS GovCloud

Elastic/Kibana

Kafka

Databricks

ServiceNow

Watson AIOps

Job description

The Amatriot Group is seeking a Configuration Manager in Washington, DC, onsite, to ensure baseline control, deployment coordination, and release governance across a complex environment. You will lead cross‑functional teams across engineering, DevOps, test, cyber, and operations, shaping CM plans, change workflows, and risk mitigation while maintaining auditable release evidence.

Active TS/SCI clearance, Security+, and 8+ years of relevant experience are required; the role emphasizes disciplined