What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Configuration Manager position at Apex Systems?
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the software configuration management process, ensuring adherence to the organizations standards.
- Ability to analyze complex configuration challenges and develop effective solutions.
- Work in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment with evolving security and compliance requirements.
- Proactively assess and mitigate security risks related to software configuration and releases.
- Manage a complex build, deploy, and source control environment, automating build processes to increase operational efficiency and reduce human errors.
- Work closely with development teams and vendors to troubleshoot and quickly resolve build errors, and collaborate with vendors and suppliers to ensure coordination between applications where shared configuration is required.
- Ensure accuracy in software baselines, documentation, and compliance records.
- Perform CM audits as planned in application/project plans and report on CM status.
- Recommend and implement continuous process improvements to maximize productivity and deliver high-quality releases into production.
- Participate in the Release Management process in collaboration with the Project Manager and engineering leadership.
- Establish configuration management tasks and delegate and track these tasks across project teams.
- Engaging with development and sustainment teams to implement and conduct testing, resolving problems, taking corrective action, and escalating when needed to resolve and achieve results.
- Oversees management of configuration items, change control board, and lifecycle management
Requirements
- 4 years of experience with engineering and/or software design/maintenance and has a broad range of knowledge and experience in application of software development
- Understanding of version control, change management, build automation, and release management
- Experience working with version control systems such as Subversion, Git, or similar
- Working knowledge or some familiarity with DevSecOps
- Must have an Active a DoD Security Clearance
