Remote Atlassian Migration Engineer IV

LMI; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI is seeking an Atlassian Migration Engineer at the Level IV to modernize enterprise Jira and Confluence environments for VA modernization initiatives. This role combines migration execution, scripting, API integration, automation engineering, and validation to move complex workloads to Atlassian Cloud with reliable data and minimal disruption.

The engineer will evaluate source environments, use approved migration tooling, reconcile users and permissions, and verify results through repeatable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, information systems, or related technical field; four additional years may substitute for a Bachelor's
• 5+ years in application integration, platform migration, automation engineering, or related technical delivery
• Experience with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant and Jira Data Center-to-Cloud transition
• Proficiency with Jira Automation, REST APIs, scripting; familiarity with Forge or ScriptRunner
• Experience integrating GitHub with Jira, including GitHub for Jira and GitHub Actions
• Ability to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust determination and satisfy applicable federal vetting/security requirements
• Experience designing validation and reconciliation checks for migrations involving large datasets and configurations
• Working knowledge of authentication, rate limits, integration troubleshooting, and secure management of automation credentials

Responsibilities

• Inventory legacy Jira/Confluence projects, spaces, workflows, identities, marketplace apps, and integrations to assess migration readiness
• Plan and execute phased migrations with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant and other approved Atlassian migration tools
• Write and test migration scripts, bulk transformations, reconciliation checks, and post-cutover remediation procedures
• Design Jira automation, REST API interfaces, and Forge or ScriptRunner extensions where appropriate
• Connect GitHub repositories to Jira, enabling issue linkage, smart commits, and build/deployment visibility
• Document test plans, validation evidence, fallback options, migration defects, and technical handover artifacts
• Resolve migration blockers with security, identity, architecture, and customer teams
• Develop migration runbooks, source-to-target mappings, data-quality checks, acceptance criteria, defect logs, and cutover/rollback checkpoints
• Test migrations in nonproduction environments; compare records, histories, attachments, relationships, permissions, workflows against baselines
• Use approved APIs and scripts for bulk corrections, automation, link repair, integration health checks, and reconciliation of post-migration issues
• Implement and verify GitHub-to-JCC issue links, smart commits, and CI/CD signals while protecting credentials

Skills

Automation engineering

Scripting

REST APIs

GitHub integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science/related field

Tools

Jira Cloud Migration Assistant

Jira Data Center-to-Cloud

Forge/ScriptRunner

GitHub with Jira

GitHub Actions

Job description

LMI is seeking an Atlassian Migration Engineer at the Level IV to modernize enterprise Jira and Confluence environments for VA modernization initiatives. This role combines migration execution, scripting, API integration, automation engineering, and validation to move complex workloads to Atlassian Cloud with reliable data and minimal disruption.

The engineer will evaluate source environments, use approved migration tooling, reconcile users and permissions, and verify results through repeatable