Senior Atlassian Cloud Migration Architect

Cognizant; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 114,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant 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 Data Center to Cloud migrations and serve as the primary technical advisor for clients throughout the migration lifecycle.

This remote-capable role partners with client leaders and strategic partners, defining governance standards, environment design, and identity integration strategies while

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on experience architecting enterprise Atlassian environments (Jira Software, Jira Service Management, Confluence).
• Proven experience leading Data Center to Cloud migrations (JCMA/CCMA).
• Experience defining Atlassian Cloud Enterprise architecture, governance models, environment strategies.
• Strong knowledge of identity and access management integrations (Okta, SAML, SCIM).
• Deep Jira/Confluence standardization including workflows, permissions, naming conventions, governance.
• Experience designing migration waves, pilot migrations, rollback plans.
• Experience evaluating marketplace apps/integrations (ScriptRunner, JMWE, Refined, Slack, Zendesk, PagerDuty).
• Ability to lead architecture discussions with clients.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture and migration strategy for Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Confluence.
• Assess environments for product versions, data volumes, workflows, permissions, integrations, and readiness.
• Define Atlassian Cloud Enterprise architecture, governance standards, environment design, and identity integration strategies.
• Design migration waves, pilot approaches, cutover plans, rollback strategies, and reconciliation processes.
• Lead JCMA and CCMA discovery workshops, migration rehearsals, and technical issue resolution.
• Establish standards for workflows, templates, permissions, naming conventions, and governance controls.
• Design governed self-service and delegated administration models with approval and access controls.
• Assess marketplace applications and integration dependencies to support migration planning and risk mitigation.
• Define migration acceptance criteria and ensure data integrity, traceability, testing, and client sign-off.

Skills

Atlassian Architecture

Data Center to Cloud

Leadership

IAM Integrations

Governance

Technical Decisions

Education

Atlassian certifications (ACP-120/ACP-100)

Tools

ScriptRunner

JMWE

Refined

Slack

Zendesk

PagerDuty

Job description

Cognizant 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 Data Center to Cloud migrations and serve as the primary technical advisor for clients throughout the migration lifecycle.

This remote-capable role partners with client leaders and strategic partners, defining governance standards, environment design, and identity integration strategies while