
Software Configuration Analyst – Level 5
Northrop Grumman
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Fairfax • Maryland • Virginia • United States
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Salary
💰 $153,600 - $241,400 per year
Tech Stack
About the role
- Responsible for data management activities.
- Implement high-level prioritization of requests and communicate schedules to stakeholders, including customers.
- Create and maintain program data library asset databases.
- Ensure timely and accurate release of deliverables and program documents.
- Coordinate with document authors and project managers to ensure deadlines and special handling requirements are met for on-time quality delivery.
- Provide education on naming conventions and document format standards.
- Promote consistency in naming conventions and documentation standards across multiple projects.
- Ensure high-quality program documentation by performing technical editing to comply with deliverable templates.
- Identify and correct usage errors and edit deliverables for grammar, spelling, and formatting consistency.
- Create locked working templates for Engineers and Program Managers using Microsoft Office applications.
- Conduct all aspects of documentation management and data management for multiple projects.
- Review and report on program data metrics to benchmark effectiveness.
- Collaborate with team members and contribute to upgrading standards and best practice guidelines.
- Develop and implement review cycle plans, ensuring proper marking of classified documents according to required standards.
- Facilitate board meetings as needed by keeping notes and making updates based on meeting charter and process documents.
- Support program Configuration Management and Data Management (CM/DM) requirements.
- Assist in planning, coordinating, implementing, and administering program data management systems, databases, and configuration management tools to support program CM and DM requirements.
- Assist in building and managing program CM/DM systems and tools, libraries, workflows, and processes.
- Provide inputs into program level metrics to benchmark effectiveness of CM and DM performance.
- Lead the CM and DM efforts and work closely with the program, customer representatives, functional organizations, and suppliers to ensure that program CM and DM processes are accurately implemented.
- Assist in the coordination and preparation of project documentation, such as engineering drawings, production specifications and schedules, and contract modifications, to ensure customer contract requirements are met.
- Create and implement CM and DM processes that are accomplished within the bounds of the contract.
- Utilize integrated tools for accomplishing Configuration and Data Management Team mission needs.
- Facilitate Engineering Review Board and Configuration Control Board. This includes tracking engineering changes through the lifecycle, supporting the boards as a voting member, and creating and distributing agendas and meeting notes, along with announcements to baseline updates.
- Prepare work products to support CM audits.
Requirements
- Requires an active / current U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret ( TS ) security clearance at time of application
- Must be willing and able to favorably succeed a Counterintelligence polygraph
- Level 5 : ( Staff level ) Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 12 years of relevant software experience
- An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of a completed Bachelor’s
- Master’s degree with a minimum of 10 years of relevant software experience
- PhD with a minimum of 8 years of relevant software experience
- Experience with analyzing/auditing software products and documentation handoff from the developers
- Experience with SW release and Build process
- Experience with data management
- Experience in program contract review to determine documentation requirements for each work product and project phase
- Experience in providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees
- Experience in managing documentation libraries
- Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to interface well with program management/customers
Benefits
- Health insurance coverage
- Life and disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
data managementtechnical editingdocumentation managementprogram data libraryconfiguration managementsoftware release processauditing software productsdocument format standardsengineering drawingscontract modifications
Soft Skills
communicationorganizationalproblem-solvingcoachingtrainingcollaborationprioritizationattention to detailfacilitationstakeholder engagement
Certifications
U.S. Government DoD Top-Secret security clearance