Senior Atlassian Cloud Migration Engineer (Remote)

LMI; United States; Remote; 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, connecting work management to development pipelines for improved delivery.

This role blends migration execution, scripting, API integration, automation engineering, and validation to move complex workloads to Atlassian Cloud with reliable data and minimal disruption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent mix of education and experience.
• 5+ years in application integration, platform migration, automation engineering, or related delivery.
• Experience with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant and Jira Cloud migration projects.
• Proficiency with Jira Automation, REST APIs, and scripting; familiarity with Forge or ScriptRunner.
• Experience linking GitHub with Jira, including GitHub Actions.

Responsibilities

• Inventory legacy Jira/Confluence components to assess migration readiness.
• Plan and execute phased migrations using approved Atlassian tools.
• Write and test migration scripts, transformations, and validation procedures.
• Design Jira automation and REST API interfaces; implement Forge or ScriptRunner extensions.
• Connect GitHub repos to Jira; enable smart commits and deployment visibility.
• Document test plans, validation evidence, handover artifacts, and rollback options.
• Resolve blockers with security, identity, and architecture teams.
• Develop runbooks, data-quality checks, and acceptance criteria.

Skills

Jira Cloud Migration

Automation scripting

REST APIs

GitHub Actions

Data migration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Four additional years of relevant experience may substitute for a Bachelor's

Tools

Jira Cloud Migration Assistant

Jira Data Center-to-Cloud

Forge

ScriptRunner

GitHub

Job description

LMI is seeking an Atlassian Migration Engineer at the Level IV to modernize enterprise Jira and Confluence environments for VA modernization initiatives, connecting work management to development pipelines for improved delivery.

This role blends migration execution, scripting, API integration, automation engineering, and validation to move complex workloads to Atlassian Cloud with reliable data and minimal disruption.