Friday, November 5, 2010

Configuration Manager £400-£450 per day


Configuration Manager (S.C Cleared) - £400-£450 per day - Hook

Job Description:

The Configuration Management Subject Matter Expert (SME) provides clear direction and policy for the implementation of Configuration Management processes within Air Systems. The role requires the candidate to join an established team of configuration management practioners and provide leadership at both the team and project/programme level.

The configuration management team is a flexible team focused on the delivery of a configuration management service supporting product development, release and in-service support.
Air Systems provides developed software products to the Military Aviation Industry and as such must adhere to specific process requirements to ensure the deliery of an Airworthy product. Experience and an understanding of working within an Airworthy environment is essential to this role.
Successful candidates need to be extensivly experienced in the development and implementation of configuration management policy and process within a software development environment, including the management of COTS hardware. Experience of IBM Rational configuration management tools (ClearCase and ClearQuest) would be a distinct advantage.

Day to day responsibilities:

Preparation, maintenance, update and enforcement of the Air Systems Configuration Management Plan
Definition of Air Systems Configuration Management processes and preparation of the procedure and work instruction documentation
Provision of team leadership to the Air Systems Configuration Management Team
Provision of Configuration Management expertise and direction to the Office of the Chief Engineer and all Air Systems projects
Performance of Configuration Management audits, including Functional and Physical Configuration Audits
Definition and documentation of the usage of all configuration management tools (Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest)

Essential Skills:

Extensive experience and knowledge of the definition and implementation of configuration management policy and supporting processes for both hardware, software and system type products, including the production of defining documentation (CM Plans, Procedures and Work Instructions). Specific areas within configuration management are identified as:
? Data and Document Management
? Configuration Management Planning
? Configuration Identification
? Configuration Change Management
? Configuration Status Accounting and Reporting
? Configuration Audit
Experience of implementing configuration management withini the Military Aviation Industry, including experience and knowledge of Defence Standard 05-123 and 05-57
Experience of implementing configuration management within a product development and service support environment.
Experience of leading a configuration management team within a project focused organisation
Extensive experience and ability to communicate at all levels, including the production and delivery of training for configuration management policy and process.
Experience and skills in the configuration, maintenance and support of Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest (including Base and UCM configurations)
Experience and knowledge of the implementation of complex configuration management processes within workflow tools (Rational ClearQuest)
Experience performing configuration audits of hardware, software and systems
Experience of supporting bid production and the production of configuration management resource estimates

Desirable skills:

Experience of software / hardware development including agile development practices
Experience of process training, including the production of training material and delivery.
Experience of other Configuration Management tools for application development (in addition to Rational tool suite)
Lead of a CM team in already approved DO.

Personal Skills:

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong communication and meeting skills
• Problem solving
• Analytical skills
• Methodical approach, pragmatic
• Ability to challenge, structured interaction
• Proactive, self motivated and self starting
• Time management

Our client is a leading Defence I.T company


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