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Configuration Manager/Data Manager

Leidos

San Diego, CAJob$131–237K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$131–237K/yr
Location
San Diego, CA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Top Secret clearance

Job overview

Leidos Defense seeks a configuration and data management lead to establish and implement program processes and procedures in a classified environment. The role provides subject-matter direction across engineering teams and Integrated Product Teams, supports hardware lifecycles, and oversees data management activities, including data flow, technology evaluation, repository maintenance, and data quality. The position requires U.S. citizenship and an active Top Secret clearance, with travel of 25% or more.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Configuration ManagementData ManagementData QueryingAutomated Data ProcessesData ExtractionData ModelingData IntegrationDataset EvaluationMicrosoft OfficeExcelWordPowerPointCross-Functional CollaborationTravel

Qualifications

BS+12-15 or Master's+10-13 YearsU.S. CitizenshipActive Top Secret Clearance

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

Description

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainable. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

Your greatest work is ahead!

Leidos Defense is seeking a highly skilled, visionary configuration management/data management expert to join our multi-disciplinary engineering organization. In this role, you will drive the program process and procedures to maintain configuration control in all aspects of program execution, incorporating customer requirements, industry best practices, and industry standards. This role supports architectural design, hardware-software integration, deployment of next-generation tactical systems, and advanced technologies for critical Department of Defense (DoD) initiatives. As a Principal contributor, you will act as a primary subject matter expert providing direction to the program elements on all aspects of CM/DM processes and procedures. You will provide direction across multi-functional Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and guide engineering teams through entire hardware lifecycles.

Leidos Defense Sector provides a diverse portfolio of systems, solutions, and services covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace for customers worldwide. Solutions for Defense include enterprise and mission IT, large-scale intelligence systems, command and control, geospatial and data analytics, cybersecurity, logistics, training, and intelligence analysis and operations support. Our team is solving the world’s toughest security challenges for customers with “can’t fail” missions. To explore and learn more, click here (https://www.leidos.com/company/our-business/defense) !

Primary Responsibilities

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Primary Responsibilities:

  • The Configuration Management & Data Management (CM&DM) Leadwill develop the program’s configuration management and data management process, including customer requirements, corporate governance, industry standards, and best practices.

  • The CM&DM Lead will implement the process and procedures in a classified environment, developing their team and ensuring that all program team members are appropriately trained.

  • Develop presentations for leadership to share findings and assist in making actionable recommendations.

  • Perform and support data management tasks that deliver a complete view of design and development data.

  • Create a fluid, end-to-end vision for how data will flow

  • Identify and evaluate current data management technologies

  • Maintain a corporate repository of all data management-related artifacts and procedures

  • Implement measures to ensure data accuracy and accessibility

  • Ensure data integrity is maintained by completing routine data quality analysis.

Basic Qualifications:

  • BS degree and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 – 13 years of prior relevant experience.

  • Strong content knowledge in Configuration Management & Data Management processes and procedures

  • Knowledge of querying and automated processes to extract, model, integrate, and evaluate complex datasets and business problems for practical application.

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced cross-functional environment

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office products, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

  • U.S. Citizenship is strictly required. Candidate must possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance

  • Ability to travel 25% or more

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

October 30, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .

Securing Your Data

Beware of fake employment opportunities using Leidos’ name. Leidos will never ask you to provide payment-related information during any part of the employment application process (i.e., ask you for money), nor will Leidos ever advance money as part of the hiring process (i.e., send you a check or money order before doing any work). Further, Leidos will only communicate with you through emails that are generated by the Leidos.com automated system – never from free commercial services (e.g., Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or via WhatsApp, Telegram, etc. If you received an email purporting to be from Leidos that asks for payment-related information or any other personal information (e.g., about you or your previous employer), and you are concerned about its legitimacy, please make us aware immediately by emailing us at [email protected] .

If you believe you are the victim of a scam, contact your local law enforcement and report the incident to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/) .

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.

REQNUMBER: R-00195743-OTHLOC-PL-2D2400

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,100 open Data Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$131–237K/yr
  • California median$128–232K/yr83 salary ranges
  • US median$105–201K/yr797 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $184K, is close to the California median midpoint ($180K) — in the middle half of Data Management salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 96 open Data Management jobs in California and 1,100 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Data Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 894 postings).
Education
391 of the 1,100 open Data Management jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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