Remote Atlassian Cloud Migration Lead

Cognizant; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 114,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays + PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

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

You will collaborate with client leaders, architect teams, and partners, establishing governance, deployment designs, and migration waves while ensuring data integrity and business

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on Atlassian architecture and administration.
• Proven DC-to-Cloud migrations experience using JCMA/CCMA.
• Experience defining Atlassian Cloud Enterprise architecture and governance.
• Strong identity and access management integrations (Okta, SAML, SCIM).
• Deep Jira/Confluence standardization incl. workflows, permissions, naming conventions.
• Migration wave design, pilot migrations, rollback plans.
• App and integration evaluation (ScriptRunner, JMWE, Refined, Slack, Zendesk, PagerDuty).
• Data integrity controls, migration traceability, and sign-off criteria.
• Lead architecture discussions with client stakeholders.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Atlassian Jira

Jira Service Management

Confluence

DC to Cloud Migrations

JCMA/CCMA

Identity integration

Governance & Architecture

Data integrity & traceability

Stakeholder leadership

Tools

ScriptRunner

JMWE

Refined

Slack

Zendesk

PagerDuty

Job description

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

You will collaborate with client leaders, architect teams, and partners, establishing governance, deployment designs, and migration waves while ensuring data integrity and business