ATC Projects Configuration Management Specialist - Columbia, MD

Your tasks

• Artifact & Repository Management
• Manage and maintain artifact repositories
• Ensure proper storage, versioning, tagging, and life cycle management of artifacts
• Enforce naming conventions, versioning standards, and retention policies for artifacts Configuration Management
• Develop ATC Projects team configuration management process and procedures; coordinate to resolve configuration issues.
• Design, develop and establish configuration and data management plans and documents based on project requirements.
• Track and manage changes to configuration items (CIs) using CM tools and processes.
• Maintain baseline configurations and ensure consistency across development, test, and production knowledge management repositories and environments. Project Support
• Ensure artifacts are properly generated, stored, and promoted through environments.
• Assist in artifact completion, ensuring traceability from pre-sales to customer-delivery.
• Provide input to Program Management on project risk management plans. Governance & Compliance
• Ensure compliance with organizational CM policies, standards, and audit requirements.
• Support internal and external audits by providing artifact traceability and documentation.
• Maintain accurate CM records and reports. Process Improvement
• Identify opportunities to improve artifact management workflows and automation.
• Assist in implementing best practices for artifact lifecycle management and repository usage.
• Contribute to documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Your qualifications

• Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Knowledge of CMS terms, tools, and methodologies.
• Experience with Change Control Boards, defect tracking, project baseline maintenance, formal change control processes, and formal functional and physical audit practices.
• Professional training / certification in CM processes (e.g. CMMI, ISO, MIL-STD).
• Ability to learn and implement CM/Data Management (DM) & Quality Assurance (QA) tools.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Proficient in Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence)
• Familiarity with requirements management tools (Jira easeRequirements, Jama)
• Excellent technical writing skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally up to 30%.
• Understanding of systems engineering and project development life cycle
• Proactive, analytical, detail-oriented and self-managed.
• Comfortable managing peer-deliverables and auditing of project team.
• US citizen capable of receiving a US Government security clearance. Preferred Qualifications:
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git, SVN) and branching strategies.
• Experience managing container artifacts (e.g., Docker images) and registries.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code or configuration tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).
• Exposure to security practices such as artifact scanning and vulnerability management.
• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., government, aerospace, healthcare).

Interested?