JIRA Administrator Information Technology Arlington, VA TS/SCI 4 months ago

GCyber; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GCyber is seeking a JIRA Administrator to support a high-profile DISA customer in Arlington, VA. You will configure and maintain JIRA dashboards and workflows to streamline cloud deployments and information sharing across defense and intelligence partners.

The role requires an active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Poly eligibility, 4–8 years of relevant experience, and hands‑on JIRA administration. Strong scripting skills and experience with the Atlassian stack are a plus.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance required.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain CI Poly.
• BA/BS degree and 4–8 years of relevant experience.
• Minimum 3+ years hands-on JIRA administration.
• Scripting skills (bash/python) desired.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, document, and improve current JIRA functionality while applying industry best practices.
• Administer applications and systems, including backups, scheduled jobs, and plugin compatibility testing.
• Manage and optimize JIRA projects, workflows, filters, dashboards, permissions, security, and integrations.
• Oversee user permissions and access for JIRA and Confluence across teams.
• Manage incident data, reporting, and analytics with stakeholder communication.

Skills

JIRA administration

Atlassian stack

DoD clearance

CI Poly eligibility

Scripting (bash, python)

4+ years Atlassian experience

Education

BA/BS Degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

GCyber is seeking a JIRA Administrator, to support a high profile DISA customer in their mission to improve collaboration and information sharing between defense and intelligence organizations. The JIRA Administrator will be configuring and maintaining JIRA dashboards and workflows to streamline cloud systems deployment and management.

As the JIRA Administrator, you will:

• Analyze, document, and improve current functionality while researching and applying industry best practices.
• Administer applications and systems, including backups, scheduled jobs, and testing of new tool versions and plug-ins for compatibility.
• Manage and optimize JIRA projects, workflows, filters, dashboards, permissions, security, and integrations with external plug-ins.
• Oversee user permissions and access for JIRA, Confluence, and related tools to support project and team needs.
• Manage incident ticket data, reporting, and analytics while communicating and sharing knowledge across stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance and be eligible to obtain and maintain a CI Poly
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (i.e., CCNA Security, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, Security+)
• BA/BS Degree and 4-8 years prior relevant experience; additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 3+ years hands-on experience working with the Atlassian product suite, with specific focus on JIRA as an administrator.
• Scripting experience (e.g. bash, python, perl) desired