Atlassian Lead

XPT Software; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

XPT Software in Melbourne leads Atlassian migrations and cloud transformations. We seek an experienced Migration Lead to drive Jira and Confluence Data Center to Cloud projects, overseeing planning, configuration, testing, and go-live activities.

You will act as the technical lead for migration teams, collaborating with architects, client stakeholders, administrators, and developers to ensure a seamless cloud migration with strong focus on data integrity and risk management.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years Atlassian experience.
• Strong Jira/JSM/Confluence expertise.
• Experience with JCMA and CCMA.
• Understanding of workflows, schemes, permissions, automations, and Marketplace Apps.
• Excellent client communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Jira and Confluence migration activities from planning through production cutover.
• Coordinate migration waves, testing cycles, and go-live activities.
• Support migration activities across project, issue, workflow, space, and attachment migrations.
• Ensure migration deliverables meet schedule and quality standards.
• Provide guidance to Atlassian Engineers, Developers, and Administrators.
• Validate migration readiness and identify technical risks.
• Assess migration dependencies and integration with cloud.
• Manage SIT, UAT, and post-migration validation.
• Coordinate stakeholder workshops, status updates, and technical reviews.

Skills

Atlassian expert

Jira & Confluence

JCMA CCMA

Migration leadership

Stakeholder comms

Tools

JCMA

CCMA

Job description

• Lead Jira and Confluence migration activities from planning through production cutover.
  
• Coordinate migration waves, testing cycles, and go-live activities.
  
• Support project, issue, workflow, space, and attachment migration activities.
  
• Ensure migration deliverables are completed on schedule and meet quality standards.
  

Technical Leadership

• Provide guidance to Atlassian Engineers, Developers, and Administrators.
  
• Review configurations, permissions, workflows, schemes, and customizations.
  
• Validate migration readiness and identify technical risks.
  

Application & Integration Support

• Assess Marketplace Apps and migration dependencies.
  
• Coordinate migration of supported plugins and integrations.
  
• Support Jira-Confluence application linking and configuration activities.
  
• Assist with automation and reporting setup in Atlassian Cloud.
  

Testing & Validation

• Manage SIT, UAT, and post-migration validation activities.
  
• Coordinate defect tracking and resolution.
  
• Validate data integrity and user access post migration.
  
• Support business users during testing and cutover.
  

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with client SMEs, application owners, security teams, and project managers.
  
• Conduct migration workshops, status updates, and technical reviews.
  
• Provide regular progress reports, risks, and mitigation plans.
  

Required Skills

• 7-10+ years of Atlassian experience.
  
• Strong expertise in Jira Software, JSM, and Confluence.
  
• Experience with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant (JCMA) and Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant (CCMA).
  
• Strong understanding of workflows, schemes, permissions, automations, and Marketplace Apps.
  
• Excellent client communication and leadership skills.
  

Nice to Have Skills:

Self-starter / Independent Delivery

Executive Communication

Detailed Job Description -

Lead the execution of Jira and Confluence Data Center to Cloud migration activities, ensuring successful planning, configuration, testing, and go-live. Act as the primary technical lead for migration teams and collaborate with architects, client stakeholders, administrators, and developers to deliver a seamless cloud transformation

Minimum Years of Experience: 10+

Certifications Needed: Preferred Certifications

• Atlassian Certified Confluence Administrator
  

Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute

• Proven self-starter: able to receive a problem statement and independently discover, scope, and deliver a solution
• Effective communicator at all levels, including direct engagement with C-suite and senior technology leaders
• Strong ability to manage ambiguity, define requirements where none exist, and communicate trade-offs clearly
• Collaborative and responsive to onshore Australian stakeholders with minimal turnaround time required