Specialist

Job Title: Specialist, Configuration Management Job Code: 9614 Job Location: Clifton, NJ Job Description: The Configuration Management Specialist is a specialty engineering support role that performs configuration management (CM) functions to establish consistency of product performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information. The primary goal of this role is to maintain the integrity of system documentation, drawings, design artifacts, baselines, records, and associated configuration information using established configuration processes and controls. This role provides additional on-demand support to various engineering and program management teams as a subject matter expert for analyses, consultations, special topic discussions, tools support, DevOps support, and other tasking as required. Essential Functions: Implements established configuration management documentation, processes, and principles in an Agile development environment
Administers existing configuration management toolsets, to include Agile Product Data Management (PDM), Rational ClearQuest, Windchill, JIRA, and/or others
Facilitates the Configuration Change Board (CCB) process by analyzing proposed product design changes for accuracy, completeness, and to determine the effect on the overall system
Organizes, reviews, and authorizes the release of drawings and documentation specified by Program or Engineering Management
Provides training, advice, user support, and guidance for configuration management methods, tools, procedures, and requirements to project team members responsible for the creation of drawings and documentation
Plans for and implements continuous improvement projects
Acts as liaison between management and other functional groups to resolve issues regarding configuration processes and records
Supports program audits including functional and physical configuration audits
Prepares Configuration Management cost plans for task orders and proposals
Performs problem solving and makes situation decisions, drawing from prior experience and in-depth analysis of issues Qualifications: Secret clearance required
Requires strong technical knowledge of configuration management and practical knowledge of project management, typically obtained through advanced education combined with prior experience in an engineering support role such as configuration manager (CM), quality assurance technician (QA/QE/QC), design drafter, technical writer, program operations analyst, systems support engineer, integration and test engineer, specialty engineer, or similar
Experience using version control tools such as Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Agile PDM, SolidWorks, ClearCase, Subversion, Confluence, Windchill or similar
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio). Specific skills include the ablity to create and edit documents, generate and apply templates, generate and apply macros, edit and use styles, apply stamps, and apply other formatting functions within these tools
Willingness to work overtime and/or outside of normal business hours as needed to meet critical deadlines and business requirements
Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 8 years of prior related experience
Preferred Additional Skills: Knowledge of EIA-649C, MIL-STD-973, and other Configuration Management standards
One or more relevant Configuration Management certification(s) such as CMPIC or NDIA
Experience working in a fast-paced continuous change / agile engineering environment
Experience reading and interpreting Statements of Work, Drawings, Schematics, and Parts Lists
Experience in continuous process improvement techniques such as Lean Six Sigma