Configuration Analyst
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ISGS11302
E4844I Configuration Analyst Stf
Whiteley
ICT & S - NATS DEV
Description of Business Environment:
Lockheed Martin is alarge, multi-national corporation specialising in the management of
complex technology programmes. The Information Systems & Global Solutions
(IS&GS) Engineering & Technology Capability (E&TC) Organisation supports Public
Services, Security & Defence and Transportation & Energy lines of business in various UK
locations, including; Farnborough, Gloucester, Lincoln, London, Malvern and Whiteley.
Internationally, the IS&GS E&TC Organisation comprises 15,600 engineers, providing our
UK workforce with access to a wide-range of skilled technical professionals and
Lockheed Martin expertise, technology and capabilities. Our products and services
include: Air Traffic Management, Communications Systems (Data Links), Geospatial
Intelligence, Information Assurance, Information Communications Technology, Intelligence
Analysis Applications, IT and Network Design and Support.
Lockheed Martin has entered a strategic partnership with NATS that strengthens the
existing supplier relationship and underlines their commitment to further enable improved
efficiency, safety and passenger experience across airports and air traffic systems
worldwide. This commitment will be a vital element in supporting the deployment of the
next generation of air traffic control technologies over the coming years in support of the
Single European Sky initiative to improve performance, modernise and harmonise ATM
systems increasing flight efficiency to reduce the aviation environmental footprint and
reducing costs related to service provision.
Lockheed Martin heritage companies pioneered the development of modern air traffic
control systems in the United States more than 50 years ago. Today our systems handle
75 per cent of the air traffic in the States and approximately 60 per cent of the world’s air
traffic, including many countries with their own advanced avionics industries. When it
comes to air traffic safety and efficiency, Lockheed Martin’s proven track record and
industry-leading innovations make it the world’s most trusted air traffic control partner
Specific Job Description:
The role for the Configuration Manager is to provide leadership of Configuration
Management activities across a large, complex, integration programme. This is in the
context of software intensive solutions, within a service oriented architecture, that utilise
virtualised environments. Key to the integration programme is the ability to manage
multiple, concurrent, solution configurations and baselines within time-boxed integration
cycles.
The goal is to provide world class and cost effective CM support to ensure the integrity of
solutions throughout the specification, implementation, integration, deployment activities
and their handover into operational use.
Typical Duties:
The key activities and responsibilities of the Configuration Manager role are:
 Define the strategy, processes and plan for Configuration Management (CM) across
the programme
 Plan for, document and maintain the programme’s CM requirements and
responsibilities
 Establish and maintain baseline definitions through approved requirements or
specifications, models, applicable documents, statements of work and technical data
packages
 Manage baselines, ensure that changes to baselines are properly authorised and
participation in change boards
 Establish and maintain a status accounting and reporting system that records the
technical documentation baseline, authorises changes to the baseline and verification
of change incorporation into the documentation and/or product/service
 Manage configuration audits as required by contract and the applicable policies and
procedures
 Monitor and ensure the integrity of systems/tools that are essential to an effective CM
programme
 Establish, lead and manage a team of CM resources
 Collaborate with the programme’s integration & test team in support of planning and
executing time-boxed integration cycles
 Collaborate with the programme’s build & release management team in support of
multiple, concurrent, solution configurations and baselines
 Identifying CM needs for toolset support and automation and aiding
selection/deployment of this toolset
Required Skills:
The ideal candidate will have:
 The relevant CMII qualification
 Domain knowledge of the internationally recognised Configuration Management
standards
 Demonstrable previous Configuration Management experience at this level
 Ability to perform within a multi-functional programme team comprising both Lockheed
Martin and customer staff
 Excellent internal/external customer and supplier relationship management skills
The ideal candidate will have familiarity with some of the following:
 Time-boxed or agile approaches
 ITIL, ITSM and CMDB
 service oriented architectures
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model based systems engineering
Familiarity with configuration management of virtualised products/services/solutions
Experience in a range of commercial CM tools
Standard Job Description:
Analyzes proposed changes of product design to determine effect on overall product and
system. Coordinates modification records for management control. Establishes change
orders and prepares for change authorization and documentation by company and
subcontractor. Prepares reports of change effect on overall product. Reviews and
analyzes released engineering change data and coordinates changes with engineering,
quality, support, manufacturing, and engineering data control activities. Ensures that
customer requirements are implemented and reviews change accounting activity to ensure
compliance with configuration management policies.
Typical Minimum Education & Experience:
Ideally require a Bachelors degree from an accredited college and capability typically
achieved through proven professional experience. Will also consider individuals with
equivalent experience / combined education.
Considered experienced, but still a learner.