Senior Jira & Atlassian Administrator - Federal IT

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dep

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks a Jira Lead Administrator to drive IT transformation within the federal space. You will design and implement Jira/Confluence workflows, tailor CI/CD configurations for development teams, and provide advanced Atlassian configurations to streamline delivery.

This role requires strong systems analysis skills, excellent communication, and the ability to work with DHS and other federal stakeholders.

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).

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

Jira/Confluence Administration

Atlassian Toolchain

CI/CD pipelines

Stakeholder Management

Requirements Gathering

Systems Analysis

SDLC/SELC

Networking & APIs

Security Clearance

JQL

Education

Advanced degree (Masters/PhD) or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bamboo

Bitbucket

DNS

APIs

SAML

Akamai

Job description

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) seeks a Jira Lead Administrator to drive IT transformation within the federal space. You will design and implement Jira/Confluence workflows, tailor CI/CD configurations for development teams, and provide advanced Atlassian configurations to streamline delivery.

This role requires strong systems analysis skills, excellent communication, and the ability to work with DHS and other federal stakeholders.