Senior Agile & Jira Specialist - DoD Programs (TS/SCI)

Zachary Piper Solutions; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cigna medical

Dental

Vision

401k

20 days PTO

11 federal holidays

Sick leave as required by law

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks an experienced Agile/Jira Specialist to support the Joint Fires Network (JFN) in San Diego, CA. This role bridges leadership and software teams, driving Agile processes, traceability, release management, and Atlassian administration.

The candidate combines Jira expertise with DoD program experience, supporting Agile product teams and ensuring secure SDLC practices in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5-10+ years supporting Agile software development roles.
• Experience with DoD acquisition programs, military software factories, or C4ISR/C2.
• 2+ years of Jira and Confluence administration.
• Experience using Jira Advanced Roadmaps for program planning.
• Strong Agile knowledge: Scrum, Kanban, SAFe.
• Excellent communication to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize the Atlassian tool suite (Jira Software, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Jira Advanced Roadmaps).
• Design and maintain Jira workflows, automations, dashboards, roadmaps, and reporting.
• Support Agile teams through requirements management, sprint and release planning, backlog refinement.
• Translate mission requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Drive traceability and visibility across the software lifecycle.
• Coordinate Agile release management, deployment schedules, and capability milestones.
• Collaborate with leadership, product owners, engineers and stakeholders to improve delivery.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation and knowledge resources.
• Monitor Agile metrics and promote process improvements and efficiency.
• Support Secure SDLC, DevSecOps, and related best practices.

Skills

Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban/SAFe

Requirements management

Backlog refinement

Communication

Security clearance (TS/SCI)

DevSecOps familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Jira Software

Jira Service Management

Confluence

Jira Advanced Roadmaps

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions seeks an experienced Agile/Jira Specialist to support the Joint Fires Network (JFN) in San Diego, CA. This role bridges leadership and software teams, driving Agile processes, traceability, release management, and Atlassian administration.

The candidate combines Jira expertise with DoD program experience, supporting Agile product teams and ensuring secure SDLC practices in a hybrid work environment.