Atlassian Gov Cloud Migration Lead (Hybrid)

ECS; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS seeks an Atlassian Developer to support a federal program in Arlington, VA (Hybrid). The role focuses on migrating from on-prem Atlassian Data Center to Atlassian Gov Cloud and building enterprise processes for intake, budget tracking, dashboards, and service catalogs.

The candidate will administer Jira, Confluence, and JSM, collaborate with stakeholders, and deliver governance and automation across the Atlassian stack in a federal contracting environment.

Qualifications

• US Citizen with the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, OR equivalent experience (typically 3-5 years)
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Jira and Confluence engineering, management, and administration (certification preferred but not required)
• Experience administering the Atlassian suite, particularly Jira and Confluence, at an organizational level.
• Hands-on experience with Atlassian Data Center to Cloud migrations (Gov Cloud preferred)
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and Jira implementation
• Experience developing dashboards and advanced JQL filters for leadership visibility and operational metrics
• Familiarity with Atlassian Marketplace plugins (e.g., Advanced Roadmaps, Structure, ScriptRunner, Insight)
• Understanding of secure configuration practices and performance optimization for Atlassian tools
• Experience supporting federal consulting or government contracting environments
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in a dynamic, collaborative environment

Responsibilities

• Administer and develop the Atlassian tool suite (Jira, Confluence, and JSM) for the program.
• Serve as primary liaison and SME during migration from Data Center to Gov Cloud.
• Engage with users to implement complex requirements and workflows.
• Build the centralized intake portal with intelligent routing and integration.
• Create real-time executive dashboards and advanced filters for status and risk.
• Participate in building a service catalog in Atlassian/ServiceNow SPM with SLAs.
• Troubleshoot permissions, security restrictions, notifications, and workflows.
• Install, manage and administer Atlassian add-ons and configurations.
• Identify opportunities for process automation and governance improvements.
• Document configurations and deliver user training to drive adoption.

Skills

Clearance eligibility

Strong communication

Analytical problem solving

Agile methodologies familiarity

Leadership of Jira/Confluence projects

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

JSM

Atlassian Data Center to Gov Cloud migration

Atlassian Marketplace plugins (Advanced Roadmaps, Structure, ScriptRunner, Insight)

Job description

Everforth ECS seeks an Atlassian Developer to support a federal program in Arlington, VA (Hybrid). The role focuses on migrating from on-prem Atlassian Data Center to Atlassian Gov Cloud and building enterprise processes for intake, budget tracking, dashboards, and service catalogs.

The candidate will administer Jira, Confluence, and JSM, collaborate with stakeholders, and deliver governance and automation across the Atlassian stack in a federal contracting environment.