Configuration Management Engineer

Our client seeks a Senior Configuration Management Engineer to lead and mature CM practices for a globally distributed mission system spanning enterprise infrastructure, cloud services, and networks. The role will define baselines, govern change control, and enforce traceability across CI/CD, VMware/vSphere, AWS, and network configurations. The engineer will drive auditability and deployment repeatability while coordinating with security for compliant, hardened baselines., * Serve as the CM technical lead responsible for strategy, governance, and execution across infrastructure, application, and network domains.

• Define and maintain configuration baselines for hardware, software, firmware, cloud resources, and documentation across development, test, staging, production, and lab environments.
• Establish and operate the CM lifecycle, including baseline creation, change requests, implementation, verification, and release documentation.
• Own CM practices for GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines, ensuring traceability from requirements to deployments.
• Baseline and control configurations for VMware/vSphere and AWS environments, driving adoption of Infrastructure as Code.
• Define CM standards and processes for network devices and services, including routing, VPNs, firewalls, and switching.
• Operate change control workflows, including impact analysis, technical reviews, and post-change verification.
• Perform periodic configuration audits, identify discrepancies, and drive corrective actions.
• Maintain controlled updates for documentation, including diagrams, as-built configurations, and version inventories.
• Coordinate with Security to ensure baselines align with compliance requirements, including hardening, logging, and access control.

• Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.
• Proven expertise in configuration management across infrastructure, cloud, network, and CI/CD domains.
• Strong knowledge of CM tools and practices, including GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines, VMware/vSphere, and AWS environments.
• 10-15 years of experience in configuration management, systems engineering, or a related role.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 10%.
• Must possess an active Passport or obtain one immediately upon hire.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools and scripting languages such as Python or Bash (preferred).
• Familiarity with network configuration management tools and practices (preferred).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills (preferred).
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment (preferred).
• Experience with compliance requirements for security, logging, and access control (preferred).

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• AWS certification (preferred).

This is a full-time, permanent opportunity, offering a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Qualified applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis.

Salary: $150,000 - $200,000/ yr. w2, Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality. If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:

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Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.