Senior Configuration Management Engineer

Description: Onsite in herndon, VA Our client seeks a Senior Configuration Management Engineer to lead and mature CM practices for a globally distributed mission system spanning enterprise infrastructure, cloud services, and networks. The role will define baselines, govern change control, and enforce traceability across CI/CD, VMware/vSphere, AWS, and network configurations. The engineer will drive auditability and deployment repeatability while coordinating with security for compliant, hardened baselines. Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen with an active Secret clearance. This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. Salary: $150,000 - $200,000/ yr. w2 Responsibilities: • Serve as the CM technical lead responsible for strategy, governance, and execution across infrastructure, application, and network domains. • Define and maintain configuration baselines for hardware, software, firmware, cloud resources, and documentation across development, test, staging, production, and lab environments. • Establish and operate the CM lifecycle, including baseline creation, change requests, implementation, verification, and release documentation. • Own CM practices for GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines, ensuring traceability from requirements to deployments. • Baseline and control configurations for VMware/vSphere and AWS environments, driving adoption of Infrastructure as Code. • Define CM standards and processes for network devices and services, including routing, VPNs, firewalls, and switching. • Operate change control workflows, including impact analysis, technical reviews, and post-change verification. • Perform periodic configuration audits, identify discrepancies, and drive corrective actions. • Maintain controlled updates for documentation, including diagrams, as-built configurations, and version inventories. • Coordinate with Security to ensure baselines align with compliance requirements, including hardening, logging, and access control. Experience Requirements: • Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance. • Proven expertise in configuration management across infrastructure, cloud, network, and CI/CD domains. • Strong knowledge of CM tools and practices, including GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines, VMware/vSphere, and AWS environments. • 10-15 years of experience in configuration management, systems engineering, or a related role. • Ability to travel internationally up to 10%. • Must possess an active Passport or obtain one immediately upon hire. • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools and scripting languages such as Python or Bash (preferred). • Familiarity with network configuration management tools and practices (preferred). • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills (preferred). • Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment (preferred). • Experience with compliance requirements for security, logging, and access control (preferred). Education Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. • AWS certification (preferred).