Configuration Manager

Remote | IR35 status TBC

We are recruiting two experienced Configuration Managers to support a major public-sector technology environment.

YOU MUST ALREADY HOLD ACTIVE SC CLEARANCE TO APPLY

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT CURRENTLY HOLD VALID SC CLEARANCE. THE CLIENT CANNOT WAIT FOR NEW CLEARANCE APPLICATIONS TO BE PROCESSED.

The Configuration Manager will maintain the consistency, integrity and traceability of the organisation's technology configuration. You will oversee configuration records, hardware and software baselines, change controls and configuration audits.

Key responsibilities:

• Identifying, categorising and maintaining Configuration Items, including infrastructure, servers, software, systems and documentation

• Managing and improving the Configuration Management Database (CMDB)

• Establishing and maintaining hardware and software configuration baselines

• Ensuring changes are appropriately controlled, recorded and traceable

• Supporting Change Advisory Boards and Configuration Control Boards

• Producing accurate configuration status reports

• Conducting configuration audits and reconciling recorded data against live environments

• Ensuring systems and technical documentation meet governance, compliance and organisational standards

• Working across infrastructure, engineering, development, testing and service-management teams

Essential experience:

• Current and valid SC clearance

• Strong commercial experience as an IT Configuration Manager, Service Configuration Manager or Configuration Management Lead

• Excellent CMDB management experience

• Strong understanding of Configuration Items, relationships and service mapping

• Experience of configuration baselining, status accounting, verification and auditing

• Knowledge of change control and configuration governance

• Experience using recognised ITSM, CMDB, version-control or configuration-management tools

• Strong stakeholder-management and cross-functional leadership skills

• Previous government, public-sector or regulated-environment experience would be highly advantageou

• Only candidates who already hold active SC clearance and can provide evidence of their clearance should apply.