Configuration Manager

3 weeks, 6 days ago
Full-time
Senior
DevOps and Infrastructure
Slingshot Aerospace

Slingshot Aerospace

Slingshot.space is a cutting-edge technology company that specializes in providing innovative solutions for space exploration, satellite communication, and aerospace engineering. We offer a range of products and services including satellite launch serv...

Diversified Telecommunication Services
51-250
Founded 2017

Description

  • Serve as the first dedicated Configuration Manager and help build a scalable configuration management function from the ground up.
  • Develop and maintain a Configuration Management Plan with Engineering, Program Management, Product, DevSecOps, and Security/GRC stakeholders.
  • Stand up, operate, and mature a phased Configuration Control Board (CCB) process for one program and expand it over time.
  • Own standard templates and workflows for change requests, impact analysis, approvals, change records, status accounting, and configuration audits.
  • Establish and maintain configuration baselines for systems, services, applications, infrastructure, environments, documentation, and other controlled artifacts.
  • Facilitate CCB meetings, document decisions and outcomes, and ensure approved changes are traceable and reflected in systems of record.
  • Define CCB membership, decision rights, escalation paths, and emergency change processes.
  • Integrate configuration management practices with Git-based workflows, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, cloud environments, release processes, and documentation practices.
  • Support configuration management evidence needs for CUI, classified, CMMC, NIST, RMF, and ATO-related activities.
  • Help evaluate and implement tooling or systems of record for configuration items, baselines, change records, approvals, and audit evidence.

Requirements

  • Active or prior Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance required.
  • 4+ years of relevant experience in configuration management, change management, release management, DevSecOps governance, technical program operations, systems engineering, or a related discipline.
  • Experience supporting software, cloud, infrastructure, DevSecOps, or technical product environments.
  • Experience operating or supporting Configuration Control Boards, change advisory boards, release governance, or similar technical change control processes.
  • Working knowledge of configuration identification, baselines, change control, status accounting, and configuration audits.
  • Hands-on experience with Git-based workflows and tools such as GitHub or GitLab.
  • Experience using Jira and Confluence to manage work, documentation, approvals, or program artifacts.
  • Technical fluency with CI/CD concepts, release pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, cloud environments, version control, and software delivery lifecycle practices.
  • Familiarity with NIST SP 800-171 or similar security/configuration management expectations for controlled environments.
  • Ability to work across Engineering, Product, DevSecOps, Security/GRC, and Program Management teams to build alignment and drive decisions.
  • Strong written communication skills, including the ability to create clear process documentation, templates, meeting records, change records, and audit-ready evidence.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and building processes from scratch in a fast-moving startup environment.
  • Ability to balance rigor with pragmatism, creating processes that are clear, lightweight, enforceable, and scalable.
  • Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.
  • Preferred: Experience supporting DoD, Space Force, aerospace, defense, intelligence, or other highly regulated technical environments.
  • Preferred: Experience supporting CUI or classified systems.
  • Preferred: Experience contributing to RMF, ATO, continuous monitoring, or security authorization packages.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with CMMC 2.0 Level 2, NIST SP 800-53, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, or FedRAMP-aligned environments.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with government or industry configuration management standards such as MIL-HDBK-61B, SAE/EIA-649, or related aerospace/defense CM practices.
  • Preferred: Experience helping an organization mature from ad hoc or team-level change control into a unified configuration management model.
  • Preferred: Experience implementing or improving a system of record for configuration items, baselines, change requests, approvals, and change history.
  • Preferred: Experience working closely with ISSMs, ISSOs, cybersecurity teams, GRC teams, DevSecOps engineers, systems engineers, or program managers.
  • Preferred: Experience with cloud-based products, distributed systems, software platforms, mission systems, or operationally deployed technical environments.
  • Preferred: Experience in a startup, scale-up, or high-growth technology organization.
  • Preferred: Ability to build trust with engineering teams while enforcing disciplined change control.

Benefits

  • Remote work within the U.S., with Colorado Springs, CO preferred.
  • Salary range of $120,000 to $170,000.
  • Full-time, permanent position.
  • Eligible U.S. locations include a defined set of states, and international candidates may be considered only from the United Kingdom.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer commitment with strong emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion.

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