Senior Atlassian Migration Engineer (Remote)

LMI Consulting, LLC; Tysons (VA); Remote; USD 130,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

LMI Consulting, LLC is seeking an Atlassian Migration Engineer III to modernize Jira/Confluence for VA modernization. The role blends migration execution, scripting, API integration, and automation to move complex workloads to Atlassian Cloud with reliable data and minimal disruption.

The engineer evaluates sources, uses migration tooling, reconciles users and permissions, transforms data, tests results, and implements Jira automations and GitHub integrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information systems, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years in application integration, platform migration, automation engineering, or related technical delivery.
• Experience with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant and Jira DC-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 federal vetting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Inventory legacy Jira/Confluence projects, spaces, workflows, identities, apps, and integrations.
• Plan and execute phased migrations with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant and other tools.
• Write and test migration scripts, transformations, and remediation procedures.
• Design Jira automation, REST API interfaces, and extensions where appropriate.
• Connect GitHub repos to Jira for issue linkage and build/deployment visibility.
• Document test plans, validation evidence, and handover artifacts.
• Resolve migration blockers with security, identity, architecture, and customer teams.
• Develop runbooks, data-quality checks, and cutover/rollback checkpoints.
• Test migrations in nonproduction environments and verify baselines.
• Use scripts for bulk corrections, integration health checks, and reconciliation.

Skills

Migration automation

Jira automation

REST APIs

Scripting

Security and identity

Change controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Jira Cloud Migration Assistant

Jira Data Center to Cloud

Forge or ScriptRunner

GitHub with Jira

GitHub Actions

Job description

LMI Consulting, LLC is seeking an Atlassian Migration Engineer III to modernize Jira/Confluence for VA modernization. The role blends migration execution, scripting, API integration, and automation to move complex workloads to Atlassian Cloud with reliable data and minimal disruption.

The engineer evaluates sources, uses migration tooling, reconciles users and permissions, transforms data, tests results, and implements Jira automations and GitHub integrations.