Jira Architecture Lead — Onsite in Pleasanton

AppLab Systems, Inc; California; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AppLab Systems, Inc. seeks a Jira Design Lead/Architect to drive the future-state Jira architecture, including a new project hierarchy, workflows, and integration strategies.

This onsite role in Pleasanton, CA will own the redesign blueprint and governance across the Jira ecosystem, collaborating with the Partnership/Advisory team to deliver a robust, scalable platform. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in Jira architecture, proven leadership of large-scale migrations, and strong documentation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise Jira architecture and administration experience.
• Proven experience leading large-scale Jira redesigns or migrations.
• Deep knowledge of Jira project hierarchy, workflow design, permission schemes and field configuration.
• Experience designing and implementing Jira integrations (REST API, webhooks, Atlassian Marketplace apps).
• Strong technical documentation skills — blueprint and standards authoring.
• Jira Cloud and/or Data Center expertise.
• Atlassian certification (ACP-100 or equivalent) strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead future-state Jira architecture — new project hierarchy, taxonomy and configuration standards.
• Design new workflow schemes, issue types and screen configurations aligned to the GTS operating model.
• Architect integrations between Jira and external systems and tools.
• Produce a technical redesign blueprint and configuration standards documentation.
• Own build quality and configuration governance throughout the redesign delivery.
• Work closely with the GTS Jira Governance & Compliance resource — all changes submitted through the GTS change management process.

Skills

Enterprise Jira architecture

Jira redesigns

Workflow design

System integrations

Technical documentation

Jira Cloud/Data Center

ACP-100 certification

Tools

REST API

Webhooks

Atlassian Marketplace apps

Jira admin tools

Job description

AppLab Systems, Inc. seeks a Jira Design Lead/Architect to drive the future-state Jira architecture, including a new project hierarchy, workflows, and integration strategies.

This onsite role in Pleasanton, CA will own the redesign blueprint and governance across the Jira ecosystem, collaborating with the Partnership/Advisory team to deliver a robust, scalable platform. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in Jira architecture, proven leadership of large-scale migrations, and strong documentation