Jira Lead Administrator with Security Clearance

About the role

CGS is seeking a Jira Lead Administrator to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for driving transformation in the federal IT domain, with experience in systems analysis and design, Jira and Confluence administration, and knowledge of Agile and best practices.

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.
• Consulting in a Federal agency, especially within DHS.
• Experience with Federal Systems Engineering Life Cycles (SELC) and Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC).

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Pay

$101,920 - $138,320 per year

Schedule

Full-time, mid-level position