Change and Configuration Manager

Leidos

$131K — $237K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years or master’s degree with 10+ years of relevant experience; additional experience can replace degree requirements.
  • Active Secret clearance mandatory.
  • U.S. citizenship required.
  • Extensive background in ITIL service management with hands-on experience in Change Management for complex projects.
  • Proficiency with tools like Jira, Service Now, or GitLab is necessary.
  • Knowledge of DoD acquisition frameworks and the ability to manage within hybrid environments.
  • Experience with Agile transformations and aligning Change Management with Agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and manage the Change Management process for cloud hosting programs at a portfolio level.
  • Act as the primary authority for Change Management across multiple cloud service providers, ensuring governance and compliance.
  • Ensure adherence to Change Management policies in all portfolio projects and guide change coordinators as needed.
  • Transition the program to an Agile-aligned change model focusing on sprint and PI planning approvals.
  • Chair and lead Change Advisory Board meetings, ensuring thorough documentation and risk assessments of changes.
  • Collaborate with project teams to synchronize Change Management processes with Agile practices.
  • Create and update Change Management documentation and monitor compliance across projects.

Benefits

  • Hybrid remote work environment with onsite requirements as needed.
  • Opportunity to work on critical national defense missions supporting USAF system resilience.
  • Engagement with a leading multi-cloud platform, enhancing technical skills and industry knowledge.
Full Job Description
Change and Configuration Manager. This position focuses on leading teams in the continual enhancement of the Cloud One platform network and common services and will integrate with other platform clouds including AWS and Azure.

This is an exciting opportunity to use your experience to modernize a leading, global-scale multi-cloud environment in support of a critical mission, supporting USAF system resiliency, security, and cost effectiveness.

Location:
These positions will be hybrid remote. Candidates will be required to work onsite as needed. Candidates are ideally located near Hanscom AFB (Boston, MA) or work in Huntsville, AL.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Develop, implement, and oversee the Change Management process at the portfolio level, ensuring consistent adoption and compliance across all projects & workstreams within the program.
  • Serve as the primary Change Management authority for a large-scale Cloud Hosting program spanning multiple CSPs, ensuring all change activity is governed under a unified, cohesive framework
  • Ensure all projects within the portfolio adhere to establish Change Management policies, procedures, and reporting requirements, providing guidance and oversight to project-level change coordinators as needed.
  • Lead the program's transition from a pre-deployment approval model (TRB/CAB) to an agile-aligned model where work is approved through sprint planning and PI planning, with the CAB serving as the implementation gateway rather than a development approval body.
  • Chair and facilitate CAB meetings, ensuring changes are properly documented, reviewed, risk-assessed, and approved prior to implementation.
  • Collaborate with program leadership, PMO, and project teams to align Change Manage process with Agile delivery cadences, including sprint ceremonies and PI Planning events.


Process & Compliance:
  • Establish and maintain Change Management documentation including policies, standard operating procedures, change templates, and reporting dashboards
  • Monitor and report on change compliance, change success rates, backout/rollback activity across all program projects, providing regular metrics and trend analysis to program leadership and the PMO.
  • Identify process gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement across the change lifecycle and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Ensure Change Management processes are compatible with and responsive to DoD and Federal compliance requirements, integrating relevant framework requirements (DESMF, RMF, etc) alongside ITIL best practices.


Basic Qualifications:
  • Requires a Bachelors degree and 12+ years of prior relevant experience or a Masters with 10+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree.
  • Must have an active Secret clearance.
  • U.S. citizenship required.
  • Strong background in ITIL service management, with demonstrated experience in designing and implementing Change Management processes in complex, multi-project environments.
  • Jira, Service Now, and/or GitLab experience required.
  • Familiarity with DoD acquisition and program management frameworks including DESMF, waterfall, and agile methodologies, with the ability to operate effectively within a hybrid governance environment.
  • Experience supporting Agile transformations or transitioning traditional Change Management processes to align with Agile/SAFe delivery models, including integration with PI Planning and sprint-based workflows.
  • Familiarity with cloud environments & multi-CSP architectures, with an understanding of change risk considerations unique to cloud-hosted infrastructure.
  • Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to include compliance and process adoption across multiple teams without direct authority.
  • Demonstrated strong written communication skills with the ability to produce both formal process documentation (SOPs, policies) and informal reference materials (job aids, quick reference guides) tailored to varied audiences.
  • Experience supporting the development of training materials and end-user guidance preferred.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • ITIL 5 certification.
  • Experience with USAF Cloud One or Platform One.


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Original Posting:
May 20, 2026

Pay Range:
Pay Range $131,300.00 - $237,350.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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.

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