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NTT DATA North America · 21 hours ago

Configuration Management Specialist - Top Secret Clearance

NTT DATA is a leading business and technology services provider, and they are seeking a Configuration Management Specialist with Top Secret Clearance to support a major federal IT project in Quantico, Virginia. The role involves providing technical advice and services in Configuration Management and Quality Assurance, maintaining program documentation, and ensuring compliance with contract deliverables.

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Responsibilities

Provides services and technical advice in Configuration Management (CM) and Quality Assurance (QA) support, advice, and services, when required
Provides services and technical advice in draft documents for approval and maintains internal program management documentation and Development, Operations and Maintenance Contractor documentation for CM and QA procedures, policies, and standards
Provides services and technical advice in tracking the status of defined contract deliverables using various manual and/or government owned software packages (i.e., SharePoint, if available); to include consolidating feedback. This includes over 2000 deliverables (training materials, meeting minutes/agendas, monthly progress reports, etc.) annually encompassing both the Development and Operations contracts
Provides services and technical advice in assigning and tracking defined contract deliverables for review to other client Unit members using various manual and/or government owned software packages (i.e., SharePoint, if available)
Provides services and technical advice in maintaining the client's Program Management Office (PMO) accessible configuration software and document baseline
Provides services and technical advice ensuring client's internal program management documentation and Development, Operations and Maintenance Contractor documentation is archived and backed-up, for redundant information access and safeguarding
Provides services and technical advice in the preparation, coordination, and distribution of the Accreditation CCB meeting agenda, when required
Provides services and technical advice in performance compliance audits (CM operations) of the client's Contractors, when required
Provides services and technical advice to the PM in the use of the latest version release of the Lifecycle Management (LCM)/ Lean Agile Lifecycle Framework (LALCF) or their successor templates, evaluates the latest LCM/LALCF (or equivalent) for impact to current and future government contracts deliverables, and disseminates the latest LCM/LALCF (or equivalent), as applicable
Provides services and technical advice in assisting the client's COR and PM in the receipt of deliverable tracking, acceptance, rework, and archiving
Provides services and advice to the government in the review, feedback, and approval recommendations for assigned deliverables
Provides services and advice in the identification, evaluation, monitoring, and resolution of program risks and issues
Provides services and advice to the government in preparing future program procurements, to include gap analyses. Future program objectives were previously discussed in Section 2.0, Objectives
Provides services and advice including the attendance of local meetings and conferences, when required
Provides services and advice and will travel to attend meetings and conferences, when defined by the client's COR. (local, national, and international)
Prepares and provides technical presentations on assigned topics within defined timeframes and deadlines
Participates in the Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) exercises in appointed role(s) and locations
Executes CM & QA Plan(s), when required
Maintain and back-up the client's Unit CM documentation and accreditation configuration items repository/reference library
Author and publish deliverables status reports
Maintain compliance audit checklists
CCB meeting minutes, when required
Interface with CM/QA counterparts on client's Ops and Dev contracts
Attend Program Management Review (PMR) meeting for client's Operations and Development to speak on deliverable status and any open issues
Other support activities/functions/duties as defined in future task orders

Qualification

Configuration ManagementQuality AssuranceLifecycle ManagementMS Office SuiteSharePointRisk ManagementTechnical PresentationsCommunication SkillsTeam Collaboration

Required

BS/BA in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Physical Science, or other technology
H.S. Diploma + 4 years additional experience equals Associate's Degree
Associate's Degree + 4 years additional experience equals Bachelor's Degree
A Bachelor's Degree may be substituted for 2 years of required experience with an Associate's Degree or 4 years with a H.S. Diploma
Minimum 5 years of experience in a configuration management and/or quality assurance role
Active Top Secret Security Clearance
CM & QA experience
Experience in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), MS Project, and SharePoint (User)
Experience with large-scale, enterprise-based programs
Knowledge of Software/Systems Development Lifecycle and Lifecycle Management (LCM)

Preferred

Master degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, Physical Science, or other technology
Configuration Management and/or quality assurance certifications

Company

NTT DATA North America

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