Architect - JIRA Cloud - (NPW)

Covestic Inc; Ernakulam; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Covestic Inc in Kerala, India is seeking a Senior Atlassian Cloud Architect to lead the Jira Cloud migration strategy, affirming target-state architecture, data residency, and governance while guiding migration engineering teams.

You will advise on integration patterns with SAP, Salesforce, and ServiceNow, perform app rationalization, and frame validation approaches to ensure clean, auditable transitions in large enterprises.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Atlassian platform expertise at enterprise scale.
• Experience with Data Center-to-Cloud migration assessment and planning.
• Deep knowledge of Atlassian Marketplace, parity analysis, Connect/Forge.
• Strong grasp of identity, security, and governance in Atlassian Cloud.
• Ability to communicate architectural trade-offs to engineers and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Advise on target-state Atlassian Cloud architecture and site topology.
• Lead rationalization of workflows, fields, schemes, dashboards, and spaces.
• Own marketplace app gap analysis and migration implications.
• Advise on integration patterns with SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow.
• Define validation approach for migrated data and configuration.
• Provide escalation guidance during migration windows and document standards.

Skills

Jira Data Center

Jira Cloud

Migration planning

Cloud governance

SSO/SCIM

Atlassian Guard

Connect/Forge

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder comms

Data residency

Tools

Confluence

Atlassian migration tooling

Connect-to-Forge

Job description

ROLE PURPOSE

Serve as the programme's Jira Cloud subject-matter authority in support of Client's migration execution. The role advises on target-state architecture, rationalization, app strategy, and validation approach — ensuring Client's migration engineering team executes against a clean, well-designed cloud destination — without itself owning migration execution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Advise on target-state Atlassian Cloud architecture: site and plan topology, sandbox strategy, data residency posture, identity and access patterns (SSO/SCIM, Atlassian Guard), and permission/governance models.
• Lead rationalization recommendations ahead of each wave: workflows, custom fields, schemes, screens, dashboards, and Confluence space structures — reducing migration payload and post-migration debt.
• Own the Marketplace app gap analysis: Data Center app inventory, cloud equivalence assessment, Connect-to-Forge implications, and recommendations to replace, retire, or rebuild — a primary driver of wave complexity classification.
• Advise on integration patterns for rebuilt or replaced integrations with enterprise systems (e.g., SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow), in coordination with the Senior Cloud Engineer and Client integration owners.
• Support wave criteria definition and per-project complexity assessment; contribute to go/no-go readiness reviews.
• Define the validation and verification approach for migrated data and configuration (staging-first migration, integrity comparison, user mapping consistency) and review verification outcomes with Client's migration engineers.
• Provide escalation-level troubleshooting guidance during migration windows and hypercare; document architectural decisions and standards in Confluence.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years of Atlassian platform expertise spanning Jira Data Center and Jira Cloud administration/architecture at enterprise scale (5,000+ users).
• Direct experience with Data Center-to-Cloud migration assessment and planning, including familiarity with Atlassian's cloud migration tooling and staged (staging-to-production) migration approaches.
• Deep knowledge of the Atlassian Marketplace ecosystem, including cloud app parity analysis and the Connect/Forge platform transition.
• Strong grasp of enterprise identity, security, and governance in Atlassian Cloud (Atlassian Guard/Access, SSO/SCIM, data residency).
• Ability to communicate architectural trade-offs crisply to both engineers and programme leadership.

PREFERRED

• Atlassian certifications (e.g., ACP-level Jira administration).
• Experience in regulated industries where validation evidence and auditability matter.
• Exposure to SAFe-aligned Jira configuration at scale.