Analyst, Configuration/Data Management
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Description

Every day at Perspecta, we enable hundreds of thousands of people to take on our nation's most important work. We're a company founded on a diverse set of capabilities and skills, bound together by a single promise: we never stop solving our nation's most complex challenges. Our team of engineers, analysts, developers, investigators, integrators and architects work tirelessly to create innovative solutions. We continually push ourselves-to respond, to adapt, to go further. To look ahead to the changing landscape and develop new and innovative ways to serve our customers.

Perspecta works with U.S. government customers in defense, intelligence, civilian, health care, and state and local markets. Our high-caliber employees are rewarded in many ways-not only through competitive salaries and benefits packages, but the opportunity to create a meaningful impact in jobs and on projects that matter.

Perspecta's talented and robust workforce-14,000 strong-stands ready to welcome you to the team. Let's make an impact together.

Perspecta has an immediate need for Analyst Configuration/ Data Management positions in Wilkes-Barre, VA; San Mateo, CA; St. Louis, MO; Raleigh, NC; Eagan, MN.

Under general direction, responsible for effectively tracking, logging, categorizing, and maintaining changes made against the accepted USPS baseline(s) standards. Develops, distributes, and tracks all change packages resulting from approved Configuration Control Board action. Trains personnel by conducting workshops and seminars on the proper methodology to maintain a proactive CM program. Provides daily support and direction to staff as to change status requirements, deadlines, and problems. Responsible for the effective development and implementation of programs to ensure that all information systems products and services meet minimum USPS standards and end-user requirements. Administers the change control process for zero defects software development. Responsible for configuration management of requirements, design, and code. Evaluates and selects configuration management tools and standards. Prepares configuration management plans and procedures. Administers problem management process including monitoring and reporting on problem resolution. Ensures adequate product testing prior to implementation. Coordinates with users and systems development personnel on releases of software. Verifies the completeness and accuracy of release libraries before implementation and ensures that correct versions of programs are included in specified releases. Makes recommendations to superiors regarding the acquisition and/or implementation of software to increase information systems efficiency, configuration management activities including product identification, change control, status accounting, operation of the program support library, and development and monitoring of equipment/system acceptance plans. Operates and manages program support library. Monitors library structure and procedures to assure system integrity, including procedures for collection, release, production, test, and emergency libraries and the movement/migration of components between libraries. Monitors end-item acceptance plans. Performs all functional duties independently. Works on high-visibility programs, or mission critical aspects of assigned program(s). Oversees the efforts of direct reporting resources and/or is responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job.

Qualifications

* A minimum of ten (10) years experience in software development, configuration/data management, and/or related field;
* A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is preferred;
* Able to perform all functional duties independently on high-visibility programs, or mission critical aspects of a given program;
* Able to oversee the efforts of direct reporting resources and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job;
* Experience training/mentoring less experienced personnel;
* Extensive experience in configuration management, specifically in the areas of configuration identification, configuration status accounting, change management (including change verification/testing) and version control of documentation and software code;
* Able to define/document configuration management standards and prepare configuration management plans and procedures;
* Able to train personnel about proper CM disciplines/procedures by conducting workshops and seminars;
* Extensive experience with more than one configuration management tool (e.g. Rational Jazz, Star Team, PVCS, Subversion) and with configuration management standards;
* Able to evaluate competing configuration management tools/standards and select the best for a given problem domain;
* Extensive experience with release management, including coordination with users and development personnel and verification of release content;
* Able to recommend acquisition and/or implementation of system software to increase system efficiency;
* Extensive experience with program support library operation/management, and development and monitoring of equipment/system acceptance plans;
* Be a US Citizen, have earned permanent residence status (Green Card), or have lived in the US for the past 5 years;
* Able to obtain Postal clearance;
* Excellent communication skills.
* Postal clearance process includes drug screening, criminal history check and credit check.
* Once candidate's resume is approved and interview passed, the agency is responsible for providing drug screening. Failure to submit the drug screening results will delay the security clearance process.
* If a candidate is given an interim clearance, continuation of employment is then based on the candidate receiving a sensitive clearance.
* Candidate cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years, military service excepted. (Exception does not include military family members.)
* All overtime must be pre-approved in writing by the client manager or his/her designated representative.
* Agency will not be reimbursed for overtime charges without previous written authorization. Authorized overtime will be reimbursed at straight time.
* The enforced dress code is business casual, i.e. collared shirt with slacks for men, no skirts above the knee for women.

Support Hours and Possibility of Travel

* Hours of support:

o The standard work week for contract staff will be 5 days a week and 8 hours per day preferable Monday through Friday.

o Contract staff may be required to travel to support business efforts.