Senior Jira Architect - Federal IT & CI/CD Lead

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Boston (MA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dep

Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dep

Commuter

Paid Time Off

Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) is seeking a Jira Lead Administrator to join our Information Technology team. The role focuses on leading Jira/Confluence administration, shaping CI/CD practices, and coordinating with stakeholders across government projects in the DHS space.

You will create custom workflows, manage Atlassian tools, and guide technical teams through system upgrades while ensuring secure, compliant operations within federal programs.

Qualifications

• 7 years’ experience in systems analysis and design of information systems programs.
• 3 years’ experience with Jira and Confluence administration.
• 3+ years’ experience of Bamboo and Bitbucket experience.
• An advanced degree in an appropriate field with an additional three years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of Agile and principles and applied best practices required.
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal, are required.
• Must successfully complete a stringent Background Investigation and obtain the required Government Security Clearance (moderate risk public trust).
• Atlassian certified Jira Administrator preferred.
• Working knowledge of Networking, DNS, Databases, APIs, SAML, and Akamai.
• Consulting in a Federal agency, especially within DHS.
• Ability to write custom JQL (Jira Query Language), a plus.
• Experience with Federal Systems Engineering Life Cycles (SELC) and Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC).
• Experience with Government software development policies and procedures.
• Client-facing communication experience.
• Federal Agency issued security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Create custom projects in Atlassian tool suite for complex workflows to meet business needs.
• Provide advanced configuration of the Atlassian suite of tools to promote CI/CD.
• Create and maintain Jira and Confluence collaboration sites (e.g., Kanban boards, Scrum boards, documentation pages, etc.).
• Analyze, research, manage, and implement integrated Atlassian tools, plugins, and applications.
• Interface with various diverse stakeholders as a liaison and trusted advisor
• Help define how information systems may be upgraded or replaced.
• Gather requirements for business processes, and determine ways to optimize.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Agile methodologies

JQL scripting

Education

Advanced degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bamboo

Bitbucket

APIs

Job description

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) is seeking a Jira Lead Administrator to join our Information Technology team. The role focuses on leading Jira/Confluence administration, shaping CI/CD practices, and coordinating with stakeholders across government projects in the DHS space.

You will create custom workflows, manage Atlassian tools, and guide technical teams through system upgrades while ensuring secure, compliant operations within federal programs.