Senior Jira Admin & SAFe PMO SME – On-Site VA

Alexandria Insights, Inc.; Stafford (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Alexandria Insights, Inc. is seeking a Senior Jira Administrator/SME to drive SAFe-aligned Jira configurations for a Navy Fusion Suite PMO in Stafford, VA. This on-site role requires deep Jira expertise, governance, and data-quality focus to enable program visibility and execution.

The candidate will design scalable Jira solutions, manage admin processes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams across governance, security, and delivery. A Secret clearance and on-site work are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and eight years of relevant experience, including five years Jira administration.
• Experience administering Jira in a complex enterprise or PMO environment.
• Advanced experience configuring Jira workflows, issue types, fields, permissions, dashboards, reports, automation, and JQL.
• Experience supporting SAFe planning, execution, and reporting.
• Strong communication and ability to brief technical issues to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior Jira administrator and SME for the PMO’s SAFe implementation within Navy Fusion Suite.
• Administer Jira projects, workflows, fields, permissions, notifications, dashboards, reports, and automation.
• Elicit and translate stakeholder needs into scalable Jira configurations and implementation plans.
• Develop work-item hierarchies that support planning, delivery, risk, dependencies, milestones, and objectives tracking.

Skills

Jira administration

SAFe/Scaled Agile

Governance

Stakeholder communication

Security clearance

Excel/Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, business, project management, systems engineering, or a related field

Tools

Atlassian Jira

Confluence

Jira–Confluence integration

Job description

Alexandria Insights, Inc. is seeking a Senior Jira Administrator/SME to drive SAFe-aligned Jira configurations for a Navy Fusion Suite PMO in Stafford, VA. This on-site role requires deep Jira expertise, governance, and data-quality focus to enable program visibility and execution.

The candidate will design scalable Jira solutions, manage admin processes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams across governance, security, and delivery. A Secret clearance and on-site work are required.