JIRA Business Analyst/SME

Barclay Simpson; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

A recruiting agency is seeking a JIRA Analyst in the UK to take ownership of JIRA processes. Responsibilities include gathering user requirements, enhancing workflows, and providing training to JIRA champions. The ideal candidate should possess strong JIRA configuration skills and a deep understanding of agile methodologies. This contract role can also be part-time and is suitable for individuals with mid-senior level experience in IT Risk and Resilience.

Qualifications

• Expertise in JIRA's capabilities and features.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies.
• Self-motivated with strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with JIRA plugins and add-ons is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of JIRA design thinking processes.
• Gather and analyze user requirements for JIRA.
• Enhance JIRA dashboards and reporting.
• Support Cyber and Operational Resilience teams in adopting JIRA, including new workflows.
• Enhance JIRA dashboards, reports, and filters to meet reporting needs.
• Identify opportunities to improve interconnectivity across teams via JIRA features.
• Ensure JIRA aligns with agile practices across the directorate.
• Provide training and support to JIRA champions.
• Collaborate with ERP Product Group to implement technical changes for projects.

Skills

Configuring and customizing JIRA

Understanding of agile methodologies

Analytical and problem-solving abilities

Communication and interpersonal skills

Experience with JIRA plugins

Tools

JIRA

Job description

This range is provided by Barclay Simpson. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

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I recruit leading Information Security, IT Risk & Resilience contractors.

We are seeking an individual with in-depth knowledge of JIRA's capabilities and features, as well as expertise in agile methodologies.

Key responsibilities include:

• Take ownership of JIRA design thinking processes
• Gathering and analysing Security Expertise and Advisory user requirements, translating them into technical JIRA specifications.
• Recommending JIRA fields, features, workflows, automation, and configurations to optimise use of the tool.
• Supporting wider Cyber and Operational Resilience teams in enhancing JIRA adoption, including creating workflows for teams not currently using JIRA but wishing to implement it.
• Enhancing JIRA dashboards, reports, and filters to meet reporting needs.
• Identifying opportunities to improve interconnectivity among Cyber and Operational Resilience teams through JIRA features.
• Ensuring JIRA aligns with agile practices and methodologies across the directorate.
• Providing training and support to JIRA champions within the directorate.
• Collaborating with the ERP (Enterprise Risk Planning) Product Group, which manages JIRA administration, to implement technical changes for Security Expertise and Advisory and Cyber and Operational Resilience projects.

Skillset Sought:

• Skilled in configuring and customizing JIRA projects, workflows, and fields
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies.
• Self‑motivated, results‑driven - Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience with JIRA plugins and add-ons is a plus

N.B. This role can also be offered as part time.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Analyst, Management, and Consulting

Industries

Government Administration