Sr. Principal Configuration Analyst (SCM) Lead with Security Clearance

Davidson is distinguished in the aerospace and missile defense industry, in part, because of its excellence in hiring exceptional experts, engineers and software developers dedicated to delivering advanced, intelligent technology solutions in defense of our nation. Davidson is seeking a Sr. Principal Configuration Analyst (Lead) in Boulder, Colorado. The Sr. Principal Configuration Analyst (Lead) will anchor the integrity, governance, and traceability of our baseline assets. You will step into a highly mature development environment that relies on a structured, manual build process.

Your immediate mission is dual-focused: maintain rigorous configuration control over our existing ecosystem while serving as the strategic mentor and guide to our newly formed DevSecOps team as they transition us toward automated CI/CD pipelines.

Job Responsibilities: SCM Governance & Control (Current State)

• Enforce Baselines: Establish, maintain, and audit software configuration baselines across all development streams. Ensure all releases adhere to program build requirements, comply with quality and hardware configurations, document operating parameters, and remain logistically sustainable.
• Manage Repositories: Oversee Bitbucket permissions, branching strategies (Gitflow/trunk-based), and merge controls.
• Artifact Management: Govern the storage, versioning, and retention policies of binaries within Nexus.
• Traceability & Documentation: Ensure every code/configuration change is traceable. Develop program-wide configuration standards and review documentation artifacts to ensure CM processes are properly implemented.
• Defect Review Board (DRB): Serve as DRB administrator and facilitator. Review, scribe, manage, report, and facilitate multiple weekly meetings with sustainment and software teams while maintaining all development, release, and change records. DevSecOps Strategy & Automation (Future State)
• DevSecOps Advisory: Act as the embedded SCM expert guiding the team on configuration best practices and contributing to new deployment principles.
• Pipeline Design: Partner with DevSecOps architects to securely translate current manual build steps into automated pipelines.
• Risk & Compliance: Ensure that as automation is introduced, strict baseline compliance, security parameters, and auditing standards are not compromised.
• Environment Alignment: Guide the standardization and alignment of development, staging, and production environments.

Job Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline from an accredited university and 8 years of related experience; a Master's Degree in a STEM discipline and 6 years of related experience; or a PhD with 4 years of related experience.
• Technical Ecosystem: Robust experience working in a Linux environment using Jira, Bitbucket, Jenkins, and Nexus.
• Configuration Control: Proven experience analyzing proposed product design changes, coordinating modification records, and creating configured builds for test and delivery to maintain baseline control.
• Version Control: Expert-level command of Git, including complex branching, merging, and conflict resolution.
• Transition & Mentorship: Proven track record of operating in manual build environments while successfully guiding a team toward CI/CD automation with respect for SCM requirements.
• Communication & Detail: Ability to express technical information clearly at different organizational levels with a meticulous, gatekeeper mindset toward product integrity.

Desired Competencies

• Experience with ClearCase and GitFlow.
• Experience working with Docker containers.
• Knowledge of and fluency in automation tool development.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.

Clearance

• Active DoD Secret clearance