JIRA Administrator with Security Clearance

About the role

GCyber is seeking a JIRA Administrator to support a high-profile DISA customer in improving collaboration and information sharing between defense and intelligence organizations.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, document, and improve current functionality while researching and applying industry best practices.
• Administer applications and systems, including backups, scheduled jobs, and testing of new tool versions and plug-ins for compatibility.
• Manage and optimize JIRA projects, workflows, filters, dashboards, permissions, security, and integrations with external plug-ins.
• Oversee user permissions and access for JIRA, Confluence, and related tools to support project and team needs.
• Manage incident ticket data, reporting, and analytics while communicating and sharing knowledge across stakeholders.

Requirements

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance and be eligible to obtain and maintain a CI Poly
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (i.e., CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+)
• BA/BS Degree and 4-8 years prior relevant experience; additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 3+ years hands-on experience working with the Atlassian product suite, with specific focus on JIRA as an administrator.
• Scripting experience (e.g. bash, python, perl) desired

Qualifications

Preferred qualifications include:

• Experience with cloud systems deployment and management
• Experience with Confluence and other Atlassian products

Skills

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks simultaneously

Benefits

GCyber offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Health insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Flexible work schedule

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The position is full-time.