Description:
Hybrid 2 in office 3 days remote in Washington, DC
Our client seeks a Cloud DevOps Engineer 2 to lead the enterprise migration of Atlassian Jira and Confluence from Data Center to Atlassian Cloud/Atlassian Government Cloud and to support DevSecOps shared services and AWS infrastructure. The role includes pre-migration assessment, asset mapping, test cycles, cutover execution, post-migration hypercare, and ongoing administration of CI/CD toolchains on Linux-based platforms within AWS. The engineer will collaborate with stakeholders, coordinate Marketplace app vendors, ensure FedRAMP-aligned practices, and enable secure, automated delivery pipelines.
Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen or Permanent Resident with an active Public Trust clearance. This is a contract to hire opportunity. Applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis and convert to FTE following contract duration. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $90.00 to $100.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities
- Lead Atlassian Data Center to Atlassian Cloud/AGC migrations, including C2AGC pre-migration assessments and readiness checks.
- Inventory and map Jira projects, Confluence spaces, users, permissions, workflows, attachments, automations, Marketplace apps, and custom integrations.
- Coordinate with Marketplace vendors to validate AGC compatibility and define manual migration strategies when required.
- Plan and execute multiple end-to-end test migration cycles, coordinate UAT, triage defects, and optimize cutover timelines.
- Author production cutover runbooks, rollback procedures, communication plans, and on-call rotations. Execute zero-data-loss cutovers.
- Provide post-migration hypercare, remediate broken links and integrations, validate permissions, and transition to steady-state operations.
- Administer enterprise DevSecOps tools on Linux, including GitHub Enterprise Appliance, CloudBees Jenkins, SonarQube, and JFrog Artifactory.
- Support CI/CD pipeline configuration, troubleshooting, optimization, and integration of security scanning.
- Implement security best practices to support ATO, access controls, and blue/green models.
- Design and maintain AWS infrastructure using IaC with CloudFormation and Terraform across EC2, VPC, Load Balancers, API Gateway, and Lambda.
- Automate backups, monitoring, logging, and patching using Bash and Python, and apply configuration management.
Experience Requirements
- 10+ years of IT experience in application delivery, systems administration, or software engineering.
- 6+ years implementing DevOps pipelines and administering toolsets in AWS environments.
- Hands-on Atlassian migrations from Jira/Confluence Data Center to Cloud/AGC using JCMA and CCMA, including Marketplace app path evaluations.
- Familiarity with FedRAMP Moderate/High, Atlassian Access/Guard, SAML/SSO, and AGC architecture.
- Proficiency with CloudBees Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, SonarQube, JFrog Artifactory, and security scanning tooling.
- Strong AWS knowledge across EC2, VPC, serverless services, IAM, and CloudFormation.
- Strong Linux administration with proficiency in Bash and Python scripting and Infrastructure as Code.
- Ability to support full migration lifecycle from discovery and planning through testing and delivery, with readiness to support broader DevSecOps initiatives post-migration.
Education Requirements
- AWS and Atlassian certifications are desirable, such as AWS Developer Associate, AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer Professional, and Atlassian ACP certifications.