Senior Atlassian Platform Architect - Jira & Confluence

Datavant; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant is seeking an Atlassian Platform Architect to own the technical direction and architecture for Jira, JSM, Confluence, and the wider Atlassian ecosystem. You will personally design and implement complex automations, integrations, workflows, reporting, and service management solutions while leading platform remediation and transformation.

You will partner with IT, Security, Privacy, Compliance and Engineering to translate requirements into sustainable technical solutions, set governance,

Qualifications

• 6–8 years experience leading Jira and the Atlassian ecosystem within a large or complex organisation.
• Deep hands-on Jira Cloud and JSM expertise across workflows, schemes, custom fields, permissions, automation, security and project configuration.
• Strong technical experience with Forge, REST APIs, webhooks, workflow extensions and enterprise integrations.
• Experience defining enterprise architecture, platform governance, configuration standards, technical roadmaps and reusable design patterns.
• Experience designing JSM and ITSM solutions aligned with ITIL practices and an enterprise IT operating model.
• Strong knowledge of Atlassian Cloud identity and security, including Atlassian Guard, SAML, SSO, SCIM, provisioning and access controls.
• Direct experience working with HIPAA and FedRAMP requirements and translating them into practical platform controls.
• Experience assessing platform health and leading remediation, migration, consolidation or transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the target architecture, technical strategy and prioritized roadmap for Jira, JSM, Confluence and the wider Atlassian ecosystem.
• Establish enterprise standards for data models, workflows, schemes, fields, permissions, automation, integrations, reporting and naming conventions.
• Take ownership of platform health and lead remediation of configuration sprawl, technical debt, duplicates and inconsistent patterns.
• Design and implement complex solutions using Jira Automation, Rovo, ScriptRunner, REST APIs, webhooks and Marketplace apps.
• Define JSM and ITSM architecture supporting service requests, incidents, problems, changes, knowledge and asset management.
• Establish integration standards covering APIs, identity systems, authentication, data ownership, monitoring and recovery.
• Define security, privacy, availability, recoverability, performance, data-retention and audit requirements.
• Introduce architecture reviews and lifecycle-management processes to protect the platform while delivering.

Skills

Jira Cloud

Jira Service Management

Confluence

REST APIs

Automation

Security & compliance

Enterprise architecture

Tools

Jira Cloud

Jira Service Management

Confluence

Rovo

ScriptRunner

Forge

Job description

Datavant is seeking an Atlassian Platform Architect to own the technical direction and architecture for Jira, JSM, Confluence, and the wider Atlassian ecosystem. You will personally design and implement complex automations, integrations, workflows, reporting, and service management solutions while leading platform remediation and transformation.

You will partner with IT, Security, Privacy, Compliance and Engineering to translate requirements into sustainable technical solutions, set governance,