Senior Application Administrator

Nanosoft Consulting Talent Page; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm is seeking a Senior Application Administrator in Baton Rouge. The position involves maintaining and supporting Jira, overseeing its administration, and resolving software issues. Candidates must have experience with multi-noded datacenter instances, Jira configuration, and RHEL command line. Strong technical knowledge transfer skills are crucial for this role, which will run until June 2024 and involves collaboration with State personnel.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining and supporting Jira.
• Proven experience with multi-noded datacenter instances.
• Ability to provide technical knowledge transfer to personnel.

Responsibilities

• Provide maintenance and support of Jira.
• Oversee administration and configuration of Jira.
• Identify and resolve program or software problems.

Skills

Upgrade of multi-noded datacenter instance

Updating Jira application configuration files

Creating and updating Groovy scripts

Jira project configuration

RHEL command line

Job description

About the job Senior Application Administrator

Location: Baton Rouge, LA 70802, USA

Period: December 12, 2022 – June 30, 2024

The scope of the proposed services will include the following:

• Provides maintenance and support of Jira
• Oversee head administration, configuration and support of Jira
• Identify, respond, research and resolve program, data, or system software problems in consultation with other employees and/or users
• Provide technical knowledge transfer, training, documentation, mentorship and guidance to State personnel for requested work

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are mandatory

• Experience performing upgrade of multi-noded datacenter instance (8.x version minimum)
• Experience updating Jira application configuration files (e.g., setenv.sh, server.xml, web.xml, application-properties, DB configuration, etc.)
• Experience creating and updating Groovy scripts
• Experience performing Jira project configuration including customized workflow post functions, custom listeners, custom events, and complex work item security schemes
• Experience using RHEL command line

Expertise and/or relevant experience in the following areas are desirable but not mandatory

• Experience monitoring and troubleshooting issues with clustered nodes, submitting and working with Atlassian support as necessary
• Experience creating and updating Bash scripts
• Experience maintaining CRON table entries
• Experience with T-SQL and creation/alteration of SQL Server database objects (e.g., stored procedures, views, tables, etc.)
• Experience constructing JQL including advanced functions
• Certification as Jira Administrator
• Setup and use of Jira API's
• Configuration of external application integrations
• AD/LDAP connection and configuration
• HTML/JavaScript
• Structure
• Zephyr Squad and/or Zephyr Scale
• Basic understanding of load balancing and networking