Location: Bangalore office
Work Mode - Hybrid
EXP 6 to 8 yrs
Shift: Night shift aligned with the Mexico time zone. Candidates must be comfortable working during Mexico business hours
JD:
We are looking for an experienced Jira Service Management (JSM) Consultant/Developer to support the design, development, configuration, testing, and deployment of Jira Service Management processes.
The consultant will work closely with business and IT stakeholders to understand existing service-management requirements, translate them into scalable Jira/JSM workflows, and implement solutions that improve operational efficiency, governance, and user experience.
The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Jira Service Management, Jira workflows, automation, request types, SLAs, queues, permissions, and process design, along with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced project environment.
Key Responsibilities
JSM Process Design
- Analyze existing IT service-management processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Design end-to-end Jira Service Management processes based on business and operational requirements.
- Translate business requirements into JSM workflows, request types, forms, approvals, SLAs, queues, and automation.
- Design processes for areas such as Incident Management, Service Request Management, Change Management, Problem Management, and Knowledge Management.
- Define process flows, roles, responsibilities, escalation paths, and approval mechanisms.
- Ensure processes follow ITIL-aligned service-management practices where applicable.
Jira/JSM Development & Configuration
Configure and customize Jira Service Management projects.
Create and manage:
- Workflows and workflow schemes
- Request types and request type groups
- Custom fields and field configurations
- Screens and screen schemes
- Queues
- SLAs and calendars
- Approvals
- Notifications
- Automation rules
- Permissions and project roles
Configure customer portals and optimize the end-user experience.
Implement automation to reduce manual activities and improve process efficiency.
Develop Jira expressions, automation logic, or scripting where required.
Configure integrations between Jira/JSM and other enterprise applications where applicable.
Testing & Deployment
- Perform functional and integration testing of JSM configurations.
- Develop test scenarios and support user acceptance testing (UAT).
- Troubleshoot configuration and workflow issues.
- Prepare deployment plans and documentation.
- Deploy approved Jira/JSM configurations across environments.
- Validate production deployments and resolve post-deployment issues.
- Maintain appropriate configuration documentation and process artifacts.
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Work with business users, IT teams, process owners, and technical stakeholders to gather requirements.
- Conduct requirement-analysis and process-design discussions.
- Provide recommendations on Jira/JSM best practices.
- Explain technical solutions and process changes to non-technical stakeholders.
- Support knowledge transfer and handover activities at the end of the engagement.
Required Skills & Experience
- 4+ years of hands-on experience with Jira/Jira Service Management or equivalent relevant experience.
- Strong experience in Jira Service Management process design and implementation.
- Hands-on expertise in Jira administration and configuration.
- Strong knowledge of:
- Jira workflows
- JSM request types
- Forms
- SLAs
- Queues
- Approvals
- Automation
- Notifications
- Permissions
- Customer portals
- Custom fields
- Experience designing and implementing ITSM processes.
- Understanding of Incident, Request, Change, Problem, and Knowledge Management processes.
- Experience with Jira Cloud and/or Jira Data Center.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
- Ability to independently convert business requirements into technical JSM solutions.
- Good documentation and communication skills.
- Experience working with geographically distributed or international teams.
Preferred Skills
- Atlassian Jira Service Management certification or relevant Atlassian certification.
- ITIL Foundation or equivalent ITSM knowledge.
- Experience with Jira REST APIs and integrations.
- Experience with ScriptRunner, Groovy, or other Jira scripting tools.
- Experience integrating JSM with tools such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, email platforms, monitoring tools, CMDBs, or other enterprise systems.
- Knowledge of Assets/CMDB functionality in Jira Service Management.
- Experience with data migration or Jira project migration.
- Experience creating dashboards and reports for service-management KPIs.