Description:
Job Title: Senior Associate, Data Configuration Management
Job Code: SAS20230611-107824
Job Location: Palm Bay, FL
Job Description:
The Sr. Associate, Data Configuration Management is a critical specialty engineering support role 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 also provides on-demand support to various engineering and program management teams as a subject matter expert for analyses, consultations, special topic discussions, tools support, DevOps support, and other tasking as required.
Essential Functions:
Implements established data configuration management documentation, processes, and principles in an Agile development environment.
Understands and complies with Contract Statements of Work, policies, procedures, plans, program schedules, and other technical documentation.
Facilitates Contract and Subcontract Deliverable Requirements Lists (CDRLs/SDRLs) and is responsible for submitting contract deliverables to customers that are on time, adhere to all contract requirements, and are of high quality.
Maintains program delivery schedules and coordinates with team members to provide inputs and communicate deadlines.
Ensures program documentation adheres to internal standards, formatting requirements, and contract authorization. Confirms correct and complete markings on all documentation. Applies and tracks document control numbers or other identifiers as required.
Maintains data handling and transfers for all customer communications (incoming and outgoing), logs and tracks customer messages, and maintains multiple program folder structures.
Acts as the Data Transfer Officer (DTO) to facilitate the transfer of software and other data between multiple networks and systems, including but not limited to, providing support for daily software sync processing and troubleshooting, media burning, antivirus scanning, and other activities as assigned.
Organizes, reviews, and authorizes the release of new and revised documents as specified by Program or Engineering Management.
Provides advice and guidance on data configuration management methods, tools, procedures, and requirements to project team members responsible for the creation of documentation.
Acts as a liaison between management and other functional groups to resolve issues regarding data configuration management processes and records.
Works with a high degree of attention to detail, is entrusted to enable on-time quality delivery of all work products for multiple projects in a dynamic work environment.
May provide other functional support as assigned to assist in the execution of various engineering and program management activities.
Qualifications:
Active Top Secret (TS) clearance is required.
Requires intermediate technical knowledge in the functional job area including analytical and troubleshooting skills typically obtained through advanced education in a technical field and/or prior experience in an relevant engineering or technical support role such as: Configuration Manager (CM), Data Manager (DM), Quality Assurance Technician (QA/QE/QC), document controller, design drafter, technical writer, program operations analyst, systems support engineer, software engineer, integration and test engineer, specialty engineer, or similar.
Requires experience providing a high level of customer service and support to multiple internal customers, external customers, and other stakeholders in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
Requires advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio). Specific skills necessary include the ability to create and edit documents, generate and apply templates, generate and apply macros, edit and use styles, apply stamps, and apply other formatting functions within these tools related to various document elements such as table of contents, headers/footers, tables, figures, and appendices.
Willingness to work overtime and/or outside of normal business hours as needed to meet critical deadlines and business requirements.
Requires practical knowledge of job area typically gained through education and/or prior experience. 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 3 years of prior related experience.
Preferred Additional Skills:
Experience using version control tools such as Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Agile PDM, SolidWorks, ClearCase, Subversion, Confluence, Windchill or similar.
Knowledge of EIA-649C, MIL-STD-973, and other relevant Configuration Management standards.
One or more relevant Data Configuration Management certification(s) such as CMPIC or NDIA.
Experience reading and interpreting Statements of Work, Drawings, Schematics, and Parts Lists.
Experience in continuous process improvement techniques such as Lean Six Sigma or similar.
L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law.
