Configuration Manager - Chantilly, United States - Open Systems Technologies

Description

Open Systems Technologies Corporation is a leader in the government contracting marketplace, providing Enterprise Security and Cloud Computing solutions to support large organizations. Our capabilities include supplying federal government entities and private businesses with software development, scientific and engineering technical assistance, systems integration, and enterprise security. Since its founding in 1996, OST has been committed to delivering high-quality, best-in-class results that bring added value to our clients while investing in our employees futures by providing exciting projects to work on, and robust benefits to include technical training and certifications, relocation assistance and a 401K match with immediate vesting.

Open Systems Technologies is looking for a Systems Engineer/Configuration Manager to work on a cloud integration and sustainment program that is involved in the deployment and maintenance of multiple operational cloud-deployed solutions.

A successful candidate will have experience with Agile methodologies as well as the ability to participate in release planning events, daily scrums, and other technical discussions as needed. The primary function of this role will be to move ("replicating") data and products among networks, providing dissemination support from all NGA networks to appropriate domains, and loading data/products to networks. The DTO will work on a team that transfers NGA products, information, data, and web content for dissemination on NGA and coalition networks. This role may support all activities owned by the CM team including documentation, software management, architecture diagrams, cloud cost control methodologies and reporting, and other projects while requiring significant collaboration with other teams, program management, and customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Ability to lead and monitor DTO requests
• Select, transfer and load items from one security or network domain to another security or network domain
• Transfer selected items and load to the correct location on the server, ensuring indexes, metadata and other supporting information is updated as needed
• Select, transfer and load items to NGA Gateway networks
• Document transfer and perform quality assurance for all items transferred
• Ensure appropriate records of data and information transferred are created and maintained
• Review deployments for each Sprint with a focus on newly implemented features.
• Aid in the creation of documentation and processes to increase the quality of the systems in a repeatable manner.
• Review customer feedback and update documents/checklists to ensure errors are not repeated.
• Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Organizational Skills: Can plan and prioritize work. Follows tasks to their logical conclusion and makes sure that everything has been done to the right standard. Good attention to detail.
• Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and efficiently to team members and clients, verbally and in writing. Able to present ideas in a variety of ways depending upon audience and context

Required Qualifications:

• CLEARANCE: Top Secret willing and eligible to sit for CI Poly, TS/SCI with Poly preferred
• Requires BS degree and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 years of prior relevant experience OR 4 years of experience in lieu of degree
• Ability to work on-site at least 4 days a week
• Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive, willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Significant experience as a Systems Engineer and/or Configuration Manager using tools such as Git, Jenkins and Nexus as well configuration management databases
• Proven experience managing multiple baselines across multiple environments
• Demonstrated understanding of AWS/Cloud technologies
• Experience with Agile/SAFe development methodologies
• Experience with team collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, RocketChat)
• Creation of Version Description Documents (VDDs)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience acquiring software and associated management of licenses
• Experience establishing or significantly improving an existing CM system and process
• Experience leading Change Management Teams
• Experience improving and auditing deployment processes
• Understand CM / SE process for the entire life cycle of systems from initial requirements/capabilities baselines to system end-of-life
• Experience with Government processes and procedures including DTO, SWAP, SWIDs, and other CM taskings.

BENEFITS

OST is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has been operating since 1996 providing support on various contracts with Government agencies. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes 3 weeks paid time off, 11 Federal Holidays, medical/dental coverage, STD, LTD, Life Insurance, AD&D, 401k with up to 4% match, and end-of-year profit sharing.