# Configuration Management

Skill · Cloud Computing and DevOps

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/configuration-management

Configuration management is a systems engineering and IT practice for tracking and controlling changes to software, hardware, or infrastructure so that a system's state remains consistent, documented, and reproducible over time. Practitioners use tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or Git-based version control to automate deployments, manage servers, and maintain compliance across environments.

## Configuration Management in the job market

- Open roles: 37
- Employers hiring: 18
- Median stated pay: $170,000 (middle half $132,000 – $186,000), from 29 of 37 open roles — the 78% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Asked for alongside Configuration Management

Measured from the 37 open roles that name Configuration Management, not from a curated list.

- [Lean Six Sigma](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/lean-six-sigma) — 5 roles (13.5%)
- [Linux](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/linux) — 5 roles (13.5%)
- [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python) — 5 roles (13.5%)
- [Systems Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/systems-engineering) — 5 roles (13.5%)
- [Altium Designer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/altium-designer) — 4 roles (10.8%)
- [CATIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/catia) — 4 roles (10.8%)
- [SolidWorks](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/solidworks) — 4 roles (10.8%)
- [Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/geometric-dimensioning-and-tolerancing-gd-t) — 3 roles (8.1%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Mid: 10 (29%)
- Senior: 22 (63%)
- Lead / Staff / Principal: 2 (6%)
- Management: 1 (3%)

From 35 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where Configuration Management roles are

- [Long Beach, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/long-beach-ca) — 3
- [Houston, TX](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/houston-tx) — 2
- [Huntsville, AL](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/huntsville-al) — 2
- [Santa Clara, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/santa-clara-ca) — 2
- [Annapolis Junction, MD](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/annapolis-junction-md) — 1
- [Dallas, TX](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/dallas-tx) — 1

Among the 30 of 37 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use Configuration Management

- [Systems Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/systems-engineer) — 4
- [Product Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/product-engineer) — 3
- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 3
- [Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager) — 2
- [Mechanical Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/mechanical-engineer) — 2
- [Program Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/program-manager) — 2

## Employers hiring for Configuration Management

- [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — 6 open roles
- [Boeing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/boeing) — 4 open roles
- [Voyager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/voyager) — 4 open roles
- [Accenture](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/accenture) — 3 open roles
- [AST SpaceMobile](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/ast-spacemobile) — 2 open roles
- [Axiom Space](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/axiom-space) — 2 open roles

Related skills: [Ansible](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/ansible), [Chef](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/chef), [Infrastructure as Code](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/infrastructure-as-code), [Puppet](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/puppet), [SaltStack](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/saltstack), [Puppet Software](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/puppet-software), [Terraform](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/terraform), [Document Control](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/document-control), [System Configuration](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/system-configuration), [Version Control](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/version-control), [Patch Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/patch-management), [Engineering Documentation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/engineering-documentation)

## Open roles requiring Configuration Management (37)

- [Configuration Management - Data Steward](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a6fea944-0329-43f0-b1cb-7f16b542b6e3/configuration-management-data-steward-at-crane-co) at [Crane Co.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crane-co) — Full-time, Lynnwood, WA, $137,400 – $175,800
- [Associate Director, Access Management Service Delivery- Cybersecurity](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/073cd2ba-c6a2-415a-87d5-b4ba3b4e6730/associate-director-access-management-service-delivery-cybersecurity-at-biogen) at [Biogen](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/biogen) — Remote, USA, $152,000 – $220,000
- [Product Engineer II](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/6f42c79e-08a0-41fa-b80a-a473b2f3f6d9/product-engineer-ii-at-aerovironment) at [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — Full-time, Melbourne, FL, $74,500 – $113,500
- [SAP NS2 Sr. DevOps & Automation Transformation Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/1ed07651-95a4-48e4-913e-9daf82bb6e72/sap-ns2-sr-devops-automation-transformation-architect-at-sap) at [SAP](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/sap) — Full-time, Herndon, VA, $176,300 – $374,200
- [SAP Plant Maintenance (PM)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f925f3d6-2363-4e55-981a-2f92ea9b4c9a/sap-plant-maintenance-pm-at-accenture) at [Accenture](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/accenture)
- [Sr. Manager, Threat Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a994f842-271f-4683-a918-4ed06f5069e5/sr-manager-threat-engineering-at-tory-burch) at [Tory Burch](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/tory-burch) — Jersey City, NJ, $165,000 – $200,000
- [Lead Site Reliability Engineer-2](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/dc6663a4-5569-42a6-8c04-75e709bb8bc7/lead-site-reliability-engineer-2-at-mastercard) at [Mastercard](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/mastercard) — Full-time, O Fallon, MO, $122,000 – $207,000
- [Senior Software Technical Program Driver - OEM and NCP Escalations](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/2ae2d91a-076c-4928-9871-61d29a294588/senior-software-technical-program-driver-oem-and-ncp-escalations-at-nvidia) at [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia) — Full-time, Santa Clara, CA, $168,000 – $258,750
- [Mid-Level Propulsion System Integration Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/e25c1cf6-1f1b-4ee3-8bad-8595a48557b5/mid-level-propulsion-system-integration-engineer-at-boeing) at [Boeing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/boeing) — Full-time, North Charleston, SC, $112,200 – $151,800
- [CDI - Responsable Technique/Responsable Projet au sein de l’équipe du banc de contrôle (F/H)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/93d3398a-9232-4795-a888-847fa6814701/cdi-responsable-technique-responsable-projet-au-sein-de-l-equipe-du-banc-de) at [Arianespace / ArianeGroup](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/arianespace-arianegroup) — Full-time, Les Mureaux

All 37 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=40dc5cd0-01f8-4153-abc3-00457cfb340c