Jira & Confluence Cloud Migration Lead

Cognizant; Bismarck (ND); On-site; USD 114,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays & PTO

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an Atlassian Migration Architect to lead technical architecture and migration strategy for Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Confluence. You will drive enterprise-scale Data Center to Cloud migrations and serve as the primary technical advisor across the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with clients, architects, and partners, defining cloud enterprise architecture, governance, and operating models to ensure data integrity and successful go-lives.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience architecting Atlassian environments (Jira Software, Jira Service Management, Confluence).
• Proven experience leading Data Center to Cloud migrations using JCMA/CCMA, including discovery and cutover.
• Experience defining Atlassian Cloud Enterprise architecture, governance models, and operating frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of identity management integrations (Okta, SAML, SCIM).
• Ability to drive architecture discussions with client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture and migration strategy for Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Confluence.
• Assess environments, data volumes, workflows, permissions, integrations, and migration readiness.
• Define Atlassian Cloud Enterprise architecture, governance standards, environment design, and identity integration strategies.
• Design migration waves, pilot approaches, cutover plans, rollback strategies, and reconciliation processes.
• Lead JCMA and CCMA discovery workshops, migration rehearsals, and technical issue resolution.
• Establish standards for workflows, templates, permissions, naming conventions, and governance controls.
• Design governed self-service and delegated administration models with approved access controls.
• Assess marketplace applications and integration dependencies to support migration planning and risk mitigation.
• Define migration acceptance criteria and ensure data integrity, traceability, testing, and client sign-off.

Skills

Atlassian Atlassian tools

JCMA/CCMA migrations

Data Center to Cloud

Identity integration

Architecture leadership

Tools

ScriptRunner

JMWE

Refined

Slack

Zendesk

PagerDuty

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an Atlassian Migration Architect to lead technical architecture and migration strategy for Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Confluence. You will drive enterprise-scale Data Center to Cloud migrations and serve as the primary technical advisor across the lifecycle.

You will collaborate with clients, architects, and partners, defining cloud enterprise architecture, governance, and operating models to ensure data integrity and successful go-lives.