Jira Platform Engineer: Enterprise Agile DevOps

The Evolvers Group

Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

36 hours ago

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Job summary

The Evolvers Group is seeking a DevOps Engineer (Jira Platform Engineer) onsite to own Jira SaaS in government cloud, consolidating planning tools from Azure DevOps and GitLab to Jira. You will enable Agile practices, oversee integrations, and guide teams on best-practices within a secure enterprise ecosystem.

The ideal candidate combines Jira administration expertise with hands-on integration experience, DevSecOps mindset, and a strategic view of migration and governance across large-scale

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
3+ years hands-on Jira administration and/or engineering experience.
Proven ability to develop integrations with enterprise platforms like GitLab and ServiceNow.
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and DevSecOps.
Experience migrating from Azure DevOps/GitLab to Jira is preferred.
Familiarity with Atlassian ecosystem and government cloud contexts is a plus.

Responsibilities

Administer, configure, and optimize Jira SaaS for enterprise project management and Agile delivery.
Design and maintain Jira workflows, screens, fields, and automation aligned with Agile guidelines.
Manage user permissions, groups, and security to ensure governance and compliance.
Monitor Jira license usage and adoption, supporting renewal and budgeting decisions.
Design and maintain integrations between Jira and GitLab, ServiceNow, and other systems using Okta, REST APIs, and webhooks.
Automate data sync across platforms to enable traceability from planning to release.
Troubleshoot integration pipelines for performance, security, and scalability.
Collaborate with infrastructure and cybersecurity teams to meet enterprise standards.
Produce technical documentation and best practices; mentor Scrum Masters and Product Owners.
Support reporting and analytics on Agile metrics (velocity, burndown, cycle time).

Skills

Jira Admin

Agile & SAFe

DevSecOps

System integration

GitLab integration

ServiceNow integration

Okta

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS

Tools

GitLab

ServiceNow

Okta

REST APIs

Atlassian Suite

Job description

The ideal candidate combines Jira administration expertise with hands-on integration experience, DevSecOps mindset, and a strategic view of migration and governance across large-scale

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