Senior Jira Cloud DevSecOps Engineer: Automation/Governance

Diverse Agile Solutions; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Diverse Agile Solutions seeks a Senior Jira SaaS Administrator to lead the Jira Cloud environment, ensuring security, governance, and reliability in collaboration with DevSecOps teams.

The ideal candidate will master Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Atlassian Cloud, designing workflows, managing permissions, and optimizing dashboards across projects while maintaining documentation and best practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on Jira Cloud/SAAS administration experience.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Proficiency with Jira workflows, schemes, and configurations.
• Experience with JQL (Jira Query Language).
• Knowledge of Jira permissions and security schemes.
• Familiarity with Atlassian Marketplace apps.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Jira Cloud instance(s) including user management, permissions, and security.
• Design, configure, and maintain projects, workflows, screens, issue types, fields, permissions, and notification schemes.
• Install, configure, and maintain Marketplace apps/plugins.
• Manage Jira projects, boards (Scrum/Kanban), and dashboards.
• Configure and support integration with enterprise applications and third-party tools.
• Monitor system performance and implement optimization strategies.
• Develop and maintain automation rules to improve operational efficiency.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, knowledge articles, and operational procedures.
• Support migration, enhancement, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage user provisioning, access controls, groups, roles, and permissions.
• Implement governance, standards, and best practices for Atlassian Cloud platforms.
• Provide guidance and training to end users, project teams, and administrators.
• Monitor platform health, usage, performance, and licensing.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and data governance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve platform issues, collaborating with vendors and stakeholders as needed.

Skills

Jira Cloud admin

Agile/Scrum

Jira workflows

JQL

Permissions & security

Marketplace apps

Problem solving

Documentation

Job description

Diverse Agile Solutions seeks a Senior Jira SaaS Administrator to lead the Jira Cloud environment, ensuring security, governance, and reliability in collaboration with DevSecOps teams.

The ideal candidate will master Jira Software, Jira Service Management, and Atlassian Cloud, designing workflows, managing permissions, and optimizing dashboards across projects while maintaining documentation and best practices.