Jira Lead Administrator — Federal IT Transformation

Contact Government Services, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Contact Government Services, LLC is seeking a Jira Lead Administrator to advance federal IT initiatives in Washington, DC. The role focuses on Jira/Confluence administration, CI/CD enablement, and custom Atlassian project setup to meet complex government workflows.

The ideal candidate will have 7 years in systems analysis and 3+ years with Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, and Bitbucket, plus an understanding of Agile, SELC/SDLC processes, and security clearances.

Qualifications

• 7 years’ experience in systems analysis and design of information systems programs.
• 3 years’ experience with Jira and Confluence administration.
• 3+ years’ experience of Bamboo and Bitbucket experience.
• An advanced degree in an appropriate field with an additional three years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of Agile and principles and applied best practices required.
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, are required.
• Must successfully complete a stringent Background Investigation and obtain the required Government Security Clearance (moderate risk public trust).
• Atlassian certified Jira Administrator preferred.
• Working knowledge of Networking, DNS, Databases, APIs, SAML, and Akamai.
• Consulting in a Federal agency,especially within DHS.
• Ability to write custom JQL (Jira Query Language), a plus.
• Experience with Federal Systems Engineering Life Cycles (SELC) and Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC).

Responsibilities

• Create custom projects in Atlassian tool suite for complex workflows to meet business needs.
• Provide advanced configuration of the Atlassian suite of tools to promote CI/CD.
• Create and maintain Jira and Confluence collaboration sites (e.g., Kanban boards, Scrum boards, documentation pages, etc.).
• Analyze, research, manage, and implement integrated Atlassian tools, plugins, and applications.
• Interface with various diverse stakeholders as a liaison and trusted advisor
• Help define how information systems may be upgraded or replaced.
• Gather requirements for business processes, and determine ways to optimize.

Job description

Contact Government Services, LLC is seeking a Jira Lead Administrator to advance federal IT initiatives in Washington, DC. The role focuses on Jira/Confluence administration, CI/CD enablement, and custom Atlassian project setup to meet complex government workflows.

The ideal candidate will have 7 years in systems analysis and 3+ years with Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, and Bitbucket, plus an understanding of Agile, SELC/SDLC processes, and security clearances.