Software Configuration Management Specialist 1 at L3Harris
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jul 14, 2026
Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Build and Release Engineer role on a Software Configuration Management team supporting defense software products. The position centers on automating build and release pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, scripting languages, and containerization, while troubleshooting CI/CD failures and coordinating timely software releases. It suits candidates with a background in DevSecOps practices who can work across engineering, quality assurance, and program management teams, and who are eligible for a U.S. security clearance.
Mid level · 4+ years · Salt Lake City, UT · Secret clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,450 (middle half $104,815–$164,275).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
SOC classification is a judgment call: this Build & Release Engineer role writes automation scripts and pipelines (pointing toward 15-1252 Software Developers), but also has a strong operational/SCM flavor managing build infrastructure (pointing toward 15-1244). 15-1252 was chosen because the primary day-to-day work is authoring pipeline automation code in Bash, Python, and Groovy.
The clearance gate is 'ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance' — the level is unspecified in the body, but the defense/intelligence context and DoD customer base make Secret the minimum reasonable assumption. An active clearance is listed only under Preferred.
Degree requirement is marked None because the JD explicitly accepts 8 years of experience in lieu of any degree.
The 4-year minimum experience figure is taken from the Bachelor's + 4 years path (the lowest stated floor); the Graduate + 2 years and no-degree + 8 years paths are alternatives.
Jenkins is named in both the Essential Functions (as the primary automation tool) and the Preferred section; it is treated as required based on its prominent placement in the required duties narrative.
Teamcenter and Collaborator appear only under Preferred Additional Skills and are marked accordingly.
The 9/80 schedule is noted for hiring-manager awareness: employees work every other Friday off, which may affect candidate pool.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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