Jira Lead Administrator

About the role

The Jira Lead Administrator at CGS is responsible for driving transformation in the federal IT domain by creating custom projects in the Atlassian tool suite, providing advanced configuration of Atlassian tools, and managing Jira and Confluence collaboration sites.

Responsibilities

• Create custom projects in Atlassian tool suite for complex workflows to meet business needs
• Provide advanced configuration of the Atlassian suite of tools to promote CI/CD
• Create and maintain Jira and Confluence collaboration sites (e.g., Kanban boards, Scrum boards, documentation pages, etc.)
• Analyze, research, manage, and implement integrated Atlassian tools, plugins, and applications
• Interface with various diverse stakeholders as a liaison and trusted advisor
• Help define how information systems may be upgraded or replaced
• Gather requirements for business processes, and determine ways to optimize

Qualifications

• 7 years’ experience in systems analysis and design of information systems programs
• 3 years’ experience with Jira and Confluence administration
• 3+ years’ experience with Bamboo and Bitbucket
• An advanced degree in an appropriate field with an additional three years of relevant experience
• Knowledge of Agile and principles and applied best practices required
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, are required
• Must successfully complete a stringent Background Investigation and obtain the required Government Security Clearance (moderate risk public trust)
• Atlassian certified Jira Administrator preferred
• Working knowledge of Networking, DNS, Databases, APIs, SAML, and Akamai
• Experience with Government software development policies and procedures
• Client-facing communication experience
• Federal Agency issued security clearance

Skills and attributes for success

• Create custom projects in Atlassian tool suite for complex workflows to meet business needs
• Provide advanced configuration of the Atlassian suite of tools to promote CI/CD
• Create and maintain Jira and Confluence collaboration sites (e.g., Kanban boards, Scrum boards, documentation pages, etc.)
• Analyze, research, manage, and implement integrated Atlassian tools, plugins, and applications
• Interface with various diverse stakeholders as a liaison and trusted advisor
• Help define how information systems may be upgraded or replaced
• Gather requirements for business processes, and determine ways to optimize
• Knowledge of Agile and principles and applied best practices required
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, are required
• Must successfully complete a stringent Background Investigation and obtain the required Government Security Clearance (moderate risk public trust)
• Atlassian certified Jira Administrator preferred
• Working knowledge of Networking, DNS, Databases, APIs, SAML, and Akamai
• Experience with Government software development policies and procedures
• Client-facing communication experience
• Federal Agency issued security clearance

Benefits

Contact Government Services (CGS) offers a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, and observance of state/federal holidays.

Pay

Compensation details are confidential and will be provided during the interview process.

Schedule

The schedule for this position is full-time.