Senior Jira Cloud Architect & Automation Lead (Remote)

Canonical Ltd.; Helsinki; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Program

Travel opportunities for companyEvents

Travel upgrades for long haul events

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Jira Administrator to manage Jira Cloud, design automation, and build integrations and dashboards that drive data‑driven decisions across global teams. The role is remote across EMEA with occasional travel for events.

You will work with engineering, operations, and support teams, creating scalable learning resources and ensuring high-quality documentation. Strong Python experience and fluent English are essential.

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Experience with Atlassian Jira and its ecosystem as an administrator.
• Understanding of common Jira usage patterns for various technical and non-technical departments.
• Experience as a software developer in Python.
• Professional written and spoken English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
• Ability to collaborate remotely with a diverse set of team members and stakeholders, remain highly motivated, productive, and organized in a fully remote environment.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long.

Responsibilities

• Manage Atlassian Jira Cloud at Canonical
• Design, document, and implement processes and automation in Jira
• Design, document, and implement integrations between Jira and the data warehouse
• Create analytical dashboards to enable stakeholders make data-driven decisions
• Create learning resources that scale
• Work with engineering, operations, and support teams at a global scale
• Take ownership of critical escalations and resolve them in a timely manner

Skills

Jira admin

Python development

English communication

Education

Strong academic record

Tools

Atlassian Jira Cloud

Automation tooling

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Jira Administrator to manage Jira Cloud, design automation, and build integrations and dashboards that drive data‑driven decisions across global teams. The role is remote across EMEA with occasional travel for events.

You will work with engineering, operations, and support teams, creating scalable learning resources and ensuring high-quality documentation. Strong Python experience and fluent English are essential.