Senior Atlassian Technical Consultant

GCS Recruitment Specialists; United States; Remote; USD 159,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment Specialists is seeking a Senior Atlassian Technical Consultant for a 12-month remote contract in the UK. You will design and deliver enterprise-scale Atlassian solutions, migrate to Atlassian Cloud and drive digital transformation across complex environments.

You will lead workshops, create solution designs and migration strategies, and provide technical leadership across Jira, JSM and Confluence while engaging stakeholders and supporting presales activities.

Qualifications

• Extensive Atlassian consulting experience in enterprise environments.
• Deep knowledge of Jira Software, JSM and Confluence, including Atlassian Cloud.
• Experience delivering Server-to-Cloud and Data Center-to-Cloud migrations.

Responsibilities

• Lead client workshops, discovery sessions and requirements gathering.
• Design and implement solutions across Jira, Jira Service Management and Confluence.
• Deliver Atlassian Cloud migrations from Server/Data Center environments.
• Produce high/low-level designs, technical docs and migration strategies.
• Support presales with solution design, effort estimation and proposals.
• Advise on Atlassian governance, operating models and roadmaps.
• Configure and optimise Jira, JSM and Confluence environments.
• Engage stakeholders across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide technical leadership throughout project lifecycle.

Skills

Solution architecture

Stakeholder management

Client-facing consulting

Discovery workshops

Remote consulting

Tools

Jira Software

Jira Service Management

Confluence

Atlassian Cloud

ScriptRunner

Assets

Advanced Roadmaps

Tempo

eazyBI

Automation for Jira

Job description

Senior Atlassian Technical Consultant

Contract: 12 Months
Location: Remote (UK)
Rate: Competitive (Outside IR35 subject to determination)

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Atlassian Technical Consultant to join a leading Atlassian consultancy on an initial 12-month contract. This is a client-facing role focused on designing and delivering enterprise-scale Atlassian solutions, cloud migrations and digital transformation initiatives across a range of complex customer environments.

The successful consultant will combine strong technical Atlassian expertise with excellent stakeholder engagement skills, working closely with clients to understand business requirements, define solution architectures and support successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead client workshops, discovery sessions and requirements gathering activities.
• Design and implement solutions across Jira, Jira Service Management and Confluence.
• Deliver Atlassian Cloud migration programmes from Server and Data Center environments.
• Produce high and low-level solution designs, technical documentation and migration strategies.
• Support presales activities including solution design, effort estimation, proposal creation and technical presentations.
• Advise clients on Atlassian best practice, governance, operating models and roadmap planning.
• Configure and optimise Jira, JSM and Confluence environments.
• Lead stakeholder engagement across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide technical leadership throughout the full project lifecycle.
• Work closely with delivery, project management and customer teams to ensure successful outcomes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience as an Atlassian Consultant, Solution Architect or Senior Technical Consultant.
• Deep knowledge of:
  • Jira Software
  • Jira Service Management (JSM)
  • Confluence
  • Atlassian Cloud
• Proven experience delivering Server-to-Cloud and Data Center-to-Cloud migrations.
• Strong understanding of Atlassian administration, workflows, permissions, automations and integrations.
• Experience running discovery workshops and translating business requirements into technical solutions.
• Client-facing consulting experience within enterprise environments.
• Experience producing solution designs, Statements of Work and technical documentation.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to operate independently within a remote consulting environment.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience working for an Atlassian Partner or Consultancy.
• Atlassian certifications.
• Experience with:
  • ScriptRunner
  • Assets
  • Advanced Roadmaps
  • Tempo
  • eazyBI
  • Automation for Jira
• Experience integrating Atlassian with ServiceNow, Azure AD, Power BI or other enterprise platforms.
• Presales, proposal and commercial scoping experience.
• Experience delivering ITSM, ESM or Agile transformation programmes.