Principal / Sr. Principal Software Configuration Analyst DevOps

Description

Relocation assistance may be available for this role. A Secret clearance is required before starting, and the role involves about 10% travel.

The company builds systems that have shaped aviation, defense and space work for decades. This role supports a DoD program and sits within a software configuration management (CM) team that handles development, releases and tooling.

The posting may be filled at either Principal or Senior Principal level. The qualification requirements differ by level, as listed below.

Responsibilities

• Share issues and risks related to fixes, solutions and releases with the team.
• Lead final signoff for releases and manage release schedules.
• Work with developers, QA and administrators to make builds and deployments succeed in development, QA, UAT, staging and production.
• Support engineering teams with the CM process in Jira and/or GitHub and Bitbucket.
• Maintain the software tools used for releases and for the SCCB.
• Put software configuration management policies and products into practice.
• Schedule platform integration builds and resolve every issue that comes up during platform builds.
• Monitor and troubleshoot routine software tasks and keep documentation current.
• Guide the work to mature the VHDL CM repository and process hosted in Design Sync.
• Make sure the required technology interfaces work with client needs, including third-party applications and customer contact, and keep program applications secure and coordinated with peers inside and outside the company.
• Juggle several tasks and finish them with urgency.
• Help troubleshoot system problems and prevent downtime through strong problem solving.
• Work in an office during normal business hours. Late shifts or on-call remote work may occasionally be requested.

Requirements

• For Principal: a bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or a related field with at least 5 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in place of a degree.
• For Senior Principal: a bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or a related field with at least 8 years of relevant experience, or a master's degree with 6 years of relevant experience. An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in place of a degree.
• Experience with Jira and/or GitHub and Bitbucket in a CM process.
• Experience supporting scripting languages and database management.
• Experience running software builds and maintaining build procedures.
• Ability to obtain and keep a US Government clearance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Preferred: a master's degree in a relevant field.
• Preferred: ability to deliver quality work to tight deadlines and communicate clearly with the team.
• Preferred: extensive experience administering Jira and/or GitHub and Bitbucket, including creating VOBs, directory structures and databases for programs, writing queries, adding rules and managing users.
• Preferred: experience as a CM software architect, covering building, merging and inheriting code, setting up new branching and versioning, documentation processing, and running a dedicated build machine to remove variable coding differences.
• Preferred: scripting experience with Python, Perl or Windows batch scripts.
• Preferred: experience producing system-level Operational Program (OP) builds that combine binaries across a single development branch.
• Preferred: SharePoint administration, including creating program directory structures, granting and restricting access, and building Excel metric reports that track SW CCB agendas, minutes, document releases, archives, directories, and document numbering and status links.
• Preferred: working knowledge of STM Pro, SharePoint, Design Sync for VHDL, PDM or PLM, Visio or Adobe Pro, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Rational tools.
• Preferred: past experience with hardware CM and Program Configuration Control Boards, including CDRL/SDRL data submittals through IDE environments.
• Preferred: an active Interim or Secret clearance.

Conditions

Pay range for the Primary level is $103,600.00 to $155,400.00. Final base pay depends on the scope of the role and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date. It may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Equal opportunity statement: applicants are considered without regard to protected characteristics.

Benefits

• Depending on the role, you may be eligible for overtime, shift differential and a discretionary annual bonus that rewards individual contributions and shares company results.
• Vice President and Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Benefits include health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays and paid time off for vacation or personal business.