Configuration Management Specialist

The National Airspace System Integration Support Contract (NISC) Division of the Leidos Fed Civ IT Business Area currently has an opening for a Configuration Management Specialist.

This position will be part of a dynamic team working to support the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Oklahoma City at their Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center location.

Configuration Management Specialist : The Contractor shall provide configuration management (CM) support to AJW-142 Long Range Radar System Support to maintain the integrity, traceability, and controlled management of system configurations, documentation, changes, and releases throughout the system lifecycle. Configuration management activities may include:

• •Establish configuration management strategies and execution for AJW-142.
• •Once the strategies and procedures are established, then maintain and execute configuration management processes and procedures consistent with program and stakeholder requirements.
• •Establish configuration identification and control of applicable system components, documentation, requirements, and other configuration items.
• •Establish and maintain configuration baselines and ensure changes to approved baselines are appropriately documented, reviewed, authorized, and traceable.
• •Coordinate and track change requests and other proposed configuration changes through applicable review, approval, implementation, and closure processes.
• •Lead and govern configuration management across hardware and software lifecycles for AJW-142 programs. Establish CM strategy, change governance, product life cycle management (PLM)/data governance, audit readiness, and cross-functional traceability. Mentor junior staff, influence leadership, ensure compliance with standards, and resolve multi-program configuration risks from concept through sustainment.
• •Maintain configuration status accounting and provide visibility into the status of configuration items, changes, baselines, and releases.
• •Establish and support requirements management and traceability by coordinating approved requirements changes and ensuring associated configuration documentation is maintained.
• •Support release and deployment planning, including release readiness activities, configuration verification, required documentation, and coordination of approved changes.
• •Participate in configuration control boards, change review meetings, release readiness reviews, and other applicable technical or programmatic reviews.
• •Perform or support configuration verification and audits to ensure system configurations and associated documentation accurately reflect approved and implemented changes.
• •Establish and maintain configuration management records, repositories, release documentation, and other artifacts necessary to support program traceability, reporting, and customer decision-making.
• •Maintain configuration status accounting and provide visibility into the status of configuration items, changes, baselines, and releases.
• •Coordinate with program management, development, testing, operations, security, and customer stakeholders to ensure configuration-controlled changes are communicated and implemented consistently.
• •Support post-deployment activities by validating implemented configurations, documenting configuration changes, and assisting with the identification and resolution of configuration-related discrepancies.
• •Mentor/Train project/team leaders and technical staff regarding solution design, process and/or approaches.
• •Impacts functional strategy by developing new solutions, processes, standards or operational plans.
• •Resolves highly complex and multi-dimensional problems requiring consideration of variables that impact multiple aspects of the project/program.

Basic Qualifications:

• •BS degree in industrial engineering or a related technical field and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or master’s with 10+ years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. Additional years of experience or education may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• •Advanced knowledge with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) practices across hardware, software, and systems.
• •Advanced knowledge of configuration management principles and data governances.
• •Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance (Secret).

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Original Posting:

August 13, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $116,350.00 - $210,325.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.