Senior Jira & Atlassian Platform Lead

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Chicago (IL); 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

endent Care, and Commuter

Paid Time Off and Holidays

Job summary

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) is seeking a Jira Lead Administrator with the federal IT focus to join our growing team. This role will design and implement Atlassian solutions, lead CI/CD workflows, and partner with stakeholders to deliver mission value.

You will develop custom Jira/Confluence projects, manage Jira and Confluence environments, and guide integration of Bamboo and Bitbucket within federal programs, including working knowledge of JQL and security controls.

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

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Communication

Agile

Education

Advanced degree in relevant field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bamboo

Bitbucket

JQL

Job description

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) is seeking a Jira Lead Administrator with the federal IT focus to join our growing team. This role will design and implement Atlassian solutions, lead CI/CD workflows, and partner with stakeholders to deliver mission value.

You will develop custom Jira/Confluence projects, manage Jira and Confluence environments, and guide integration of Bamboo and Bitbucket within federal programs, including working knowledge of JQL and security controls.