Senior Principal Configuration Analyst

Northrop Grumman

Configuration Management Specialist supporting the Sentinel program with audits and oversight ensuring compliance to technical standards. Actively involved in configuration audits and documentation required for production readiness.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRoy • Alabama, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $101,400 - $152,200 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

A Configuration Management (CM) specialist focusing on Functional Configuration Audits (FCA) and Physical Configuration Audits (PCA) ensures that complex hardware and software systems accurately match their approved technical baselines.
Manage change control, identify data discrepancies, and ensure the product is ready for production
Verify that a product’s design and actual performance meet the requirements specified in its functional and allocated baselines (e.g., verifying test results).
Examine the physical configuration of the product to ensure it corresponds exactly to the final "build-to" (or "code-to") product baseline documentation, technical data packages, and Bills of Materials (BOM)
Transition products from "as-designed" baselines to "as-built" and "as-delivered" states
Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or non-compliances in configuration data and track them through resolution
Ensure all deliverables adhere to contract requirements, software licensing, and export compliance standards
Perform Physical Configuration Audit (PCA)
Ensures that product design provides agreed-to performance capabilities
Validate integrity of product configuration information
Verify consistency between a product and its product configuration information
Determine that adequate processes are in place to provide continuing control of the configuration
Provide confidence that product definition information is under configuration control
Perform Functional Configuration Audit (FCA)
Validate V&V Data: Review system and software verification and validation (V&V) data
Confirm Requirements: Verify that all functional and non-functional requirements have passed their test procedures
Review Documentation: Ensure user manuals, operational documents, and support materials are complete
Approve Maturity: Demonstrate that the system is ready for transition into beta testing or production

Requirements

What you’ll need

8 Years experience with a bachelor's degree, 6 years with a Master's degree or 4 year with PhD.
An additional 4 Years of direct Configuration Management or Data Management experience can be considered ‘in lieu’ of a degree
Must be a US Citizen with an active U.S. Government Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years with no impediments to receiving a Top Secret Clearance
Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs
Demonstrate expert technical knowledge over CDM practice and SOW areas
Led a configuration & verification audit team and managed the SOW
Facilitate Supplier Surveillance Reviews, Functional Configuration Audits & Physical Configuration Audits for hardware and software
Support internal program CDM audits against program SOW & Functional PRoP

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental & Vision coverage
401k
Educational Assistance
Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Programs & Work/Life Solutions
Paid Time Off
Health & Wellness Resources
Employee Discounts

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Hard Skills & Tools

Configuration ManagementFunctional Configuration AuditPhysical Configuration AuditVerification and Validation (V&V)Data ManagementChange ControlTechnical BaselinesBills of Materials (BOM)Compliance StandardsDocumentation Review

Soft Skills

LeadershipTeam ManagementCommunicationProblem SolvingAttention to DetailAnalytical ThinkingOrganizational SkillsFacilitationCollaborationConflict Resolution

Certifications

U.S. Government Secret ClearanceTop Secret Clearance