Configuration/Data Manager - Resume Canvassing

Job Summary

Stratagem Solutions, Incorporated is in search of applicants with a strong configuration background who are interested in satisfying a requirement to support an Army Acquisition Product Manager’s Configuration Management Team. This is a resume canvassing action and not an application for an immediate vacancy. SSI may not immediately contact candidates who apply to these positions follow up interview. SSI will retain resumes for consideration in future requirements.

Responsibilities and Duties

Description:

• Establish and control functional, allocated, and product baselines
• Analyze proposed engineering changes of functional, allocated, and product baselines to determine potential impacts and effects on product and system
• Coordinate modification records for management control
• Review and analyze released engineering change data and coordinates changes with engineering, quality, support, manufacturing, and engineering data control activities.
• Ensure that customer requirements are implemented and review change accounting activity to ensure compliance with configuration management policies
• Manage data inputs into product data management tools and configuration trace systems to ensure configuration and revision control integrity of technical baselines
• Validate and verify configuration status accounting process to ensure key data is captured; provides guidance/direction for proper data entry and creation of configuration trace structure and open item creation and closures
• Ensure the integrity of product traceability and data management throughout its entire lifecycle.
• Preserve and organize data for the Product Manager's product lines, ensuring adherence to policies and procedures for each program.
• Maintain data management plans and submittals in accordance with various contracts using the Government's tools.
• Assist in automating data collection activities and working with the Product Teams to store and retrieve data points.
• Support configuration and data management audits and reviews
• Document and manage delivery of all required contract data
• Participate in proposal process; interpret statement of work and proposal documents to identify CM requirements
• Perform configuration management activities per the project’s defined policies, processes, and procedures
• Perform configuration activities for configuration identification, configuration status accounting, and configuration control, utilizing the Government's tools
• Reviewing and releasing documents and hardware drawings in preparation for a Level 2 Technical Data Package (TDP) delivery
  
• Perform change control and audits of configured items; analyze audit findings; and report CM status for multiple projects
  
• Identify training needs and initiate process training for the team when necessary
• Responsible for writing documentation for the CM tools to include the Software Configuration Management Plan
• Reviewing drawing/document/software trees
• Preparing and conducting peer reviews
• Updating CM records in the Data and Configuration Item List (DCIL)
• Writing change requests
• Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL) management and other CM duties as required.

Minimum Requirements:

• Knowledge of Government standards for data security such as markings, handling of classified and unclassified information, and how to handle the distribution of this information
• Develop and maintain Configuration Management Plans (CMP)
• Perform Functional Configuration Audits (FCA) and Physical Configuration Audits (PCA)
• Software Configuration Management
• Experience in CM Tools (e.g., PTC Windchill, SharePoint, TopVue, etc.)
• Hardware CM Experience
• Experience with military products and services
• Experience working with United States Government (USG) customers
• Understanding of Data Management process and relationship to CDRLs and Data Rights
• Interprets engineering changes and understands Change Control Board process
• Knowledge of how to dialogue with USG for successful outcomes
• Solid knowledge of CM processes
• Previous experience using and/or implementing a Project Lifecycle Management (PLM) tool
• Configuration management experience performing tasks for hardware or software projects requiring process control such as DO-178 and/or DO-254.
• Possess excellent organization and verbal and written communication skills.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors and 10 years
• Masters and 8 years
  

Travel: May require travel up to 10%.

Special Requirements: Applicants selected are required to have an active security clearance: SECRET and must maintain the minimum requirements for access to classified information.

Testing: Candidates may be subject to a written test as part of the candidate interview and selection process to demonstrate written communication skills and/or the ability to deal with potentially challenging notional situations which may arise while supporting a Product Office.

Benefits

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• AD&D
• Short / Long Term Disability
• 401K with Company Contribution
• Identity Theft Protection
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Bereavement/Jury Duty/Reserve Military Training Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement