Title:  Senior Associate Configuration Management

Job Title: Senior Associate, Configuration Data Management

Job Code: 31484

Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Description: 

The Sr. Associate, Configuration Data Management (DM) is a critical program support discipline that plans, acquires, and provides stewardship for all product and product-related business and technical data, consistent with requirements, throughout the product and data life cycles. The primary goal of this role is to maintain a comprehensive technical and management process that establishes and implements data identification, definition, acquisition, preparation, control, dissemination, disposition, and archiving. This role entails on-demand support to various engineering and program management teams with comprehensive technical and management processes that establishes and implements data identification, definition, acquisition, preparation, control, dissemination, disposition, and archiving.

Essential Functions:

• CDRL/SDRL Management – Ensure contract deliverables are provided to the customer on time, complies with Contract Statements of Work, requirements, policies, procedures, plans, program schedules, and other technical documentation. Maintain the delivery schedule and coordinate with program team members to provide input and communicate deadlines.
• Documentation Formatting – Ensure program documentation adheres to internal standards, formatting requirements, and contract authorization. Ensure correct and complete markings on all documentation. Apply and track control numbers or other identifiers as required.
• Data Handling and Transfer – Manage all communication (incoming and outgoing) with the customer, log and track messages, maintain folder structures, facilitate the transfer of data between different networks and systems, media burning, file scanning, and file uploading.
• Data Entry – Input data into configuration management tool systems, ensure complete and accurate records, facilitate the correction of any errors or missing data.
• Other – Provide other functional support as assigned to assist the execution of various engineering and program management activities.

Qualifications: 

• Active TS/SCI clearance required. Active poly preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 6 years of prior related experience. 
• Requires strong technical knowledge of the job area typically obtained through advanced education combined with prior experience in an engineering support role such as Data Manager (DM), Data Transfer Agent (DTA), Data Transfer Officer (DTO), Compliance Manager, Quality Assurance Technician (QA/QC), Technical Writer, Engineering Administrator, or similar
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Expert time management ability and sense of urgency in meeting critical deadlines
• Willing to work overtime and/or outside of normal business hours as needed to meet deadlines
• Ability to work individually and as a team member to achieve team objectives
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Visio

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Experience working in a fast-paced continuous change / agile engineering environment
• Experience using Configuration Management tools (Agile PLM, Confluence, Windchill or similar)
• Experience reading and interpreting Statements of Work and Data Item Description
• Experience in continuous process improvement techniques such as Lean Six Sigma.