Description:
Chipton-Ross is seeking a Principal or Sr. Principal Software Configuration Analyst 3 for a contract opportunity in San Diego, CA.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE): Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Configuration Analyst: o Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or in a related field a with a minimum of 5 years relevant; or Master's Degree with 3 years of relevant experience; may consider an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree. o Experience with Clearcase, Clearquest, Jira and/or Git Hub with the CM process. o Experience supporting scripting languages and database management. o Experience with performing software builds and maintaining procedures. o US Citizenship is required in order to obtain and maintain security clearance o Active Secret Clearance required to start. May be required to obtain higher level clearance.
Basic Qualifications for Sr. Principal Software Configuration Analyst: o Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or in a related field a with a minimum of 9 years relevant; or Master's Degree with 7 years of relevant experience; PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; may consider an additional 4 years of experience in lieu of a degree. o Experience with ClearCase, ClearQuest, Jira and/or Git Hub with the CM process. o Experience supporting scripting languages and database management. o Experience with performing software builds and maintaining procedures. o US Citizenship is required in order to obtain and maintain security clearance o Active Secret Clearance required to start. May be required to obtain higher level clearance.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: We are looking for you to join our team as a Principal or Sr. Principal Software Configuration Analyst based out of San Diego, CA. As a Principal or Sr. Principal Software Configuration Analyst, you will have a challenging and rewarding opportunity to be a part of our Enterprise-wide digital transformation. What You'll Get to Do: Develops and maintains software configuration management tools to support configuration identification, control, reporting, and delivery of both internally developed and externally purchased commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software products. Performs configuration management and release engineering tasks to ensure new software product operating parameters are documented, comply with standard hardware configurations, and are logistically sustainable. Designs, develops, automates, and maintains productivity tools using programming, database or scripting languages to improve software modeling and development. Designs and implements build procedures that are used to support software product development and use. May develop software configuration standards for company-wide use. May train software developers in the use of configuration management tools and the implementation of software quality standards. Software (SW) Configuration Management (CM) analysts are responsible for developing and maintaining software and other technological aspects on a DoD program. General CM software analyst duties and responsibilities are delineated below: o Communicate issues and risks pertaining to issues, solutions and releases o Coordinate final signoff releases and manage release schedule o Work with developers, QA and administrators to ensure success of builds and deployments in development, QA, UAT, staging and production environments o Support the engineering teams using Clear Case/Clear Quest to solve release and SW build problems. o Maintain software tools to support the software release process and SCCB o Implement software configuration management policies and products o Timing execution of platform integration builds and ensuring that all issues encountered while generating platform builds are resolved o Monitor and troubleshoot common and daily SW tasks and documentation updates o Provide direction on maturing the VHDL CM repository/process from Design Sync. o Responsible for ensuring the necessary technology interfaces appropriately with client needs, including third-party applications and customer interaction ensuring program applications remain secure and are coordinated and communicated with peers both internally and externally. o Ability to multi-task and complete tasks with a sense of urgency.
o SW analysts work in an office environment and traditionally work during normal business hours, however - on occasion late shifts or on-call remote work may be requested. o Excellent communication skills. o High level of problem solving is required to troubleshoot system issues and prevent downtime.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE): o Bachelor's Degree in relevant field o Ability to work professionally to tight deadlines while producing quality work and to communicate to the team effectively o Extensive experience with base ClearCase (CC) and ClearQuest(CQ), performing: administrator tasks such as creating VOB, directory structures in CC, create CQ database for programs, queries, add rules and users in both tools. CM software architect, building, merging/inheriting and establishing new branching versioning, documentation processing and maintain a dedicated build machine to eliminate variable coding differences. o Scripting experience. Familiar with Python, Perl, or Batch scripts for Windows. o Perform system level Operational Program (OP), with combined binaries with currently single development branching. o Perform Share Point administration such as creating program directory structures, granting access, limiting access to general users, creating excel metric reports for capturing SW CCB agendas, minutes, document releases, archives and, directories, and internal links and documentation numbering and status. o Working knowledge of the following tools; STM Pro, Share Point, Design Sync for VHDL coding, PDM or PLM, Visio or Adobe Pro, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Rational tool sets. o Past experience with Hardware CM and Program Change Boards including data management SDRL submittals via IDE environments.
REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or in a related field is required. School must be accredited.
WORK HOURS: 9/80 workweek. On-site.
ADDITIONAL: Applicants responding to this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements by currently possessing the ability to view classified government information.
Job Number:
218075
Job Location:
San Diego, CA
Rate:
Up to $113.90 DOE
Duration:
12 months
Input Date:
04/27/2026
Firm Name:
CHIPTON ROSS
Attention:
Robert Davis
Address:
420 CULVER BLVD
City, State:
PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293
Phone:
310/414-7800 X286
800 Phone:
800/927-9318
Fax Phone:
310/414-7808
Email:rdavis@chiptonross.com Website:www.chiptonross.com