Senior Tools & Automation Engineer

Nyla Technology Solutions; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 199,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Nyla Technology Solutions in Maryland seeks a Software Integration Engineer to design, develop, and maintain custom tools and plugins for the Atlassian suite, including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo. You will bridge software developers, system admins, project managers, and mission customers to deliver reliable integrations that boost developer productivity.

The role requires an active TS/SCI polygraph clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Intelligence Studies, Computer Science, Finance/Economics, or a related discipline; plus 8+ years of specialized data analytics or financial intelligence experience.
• Or High School Diploma / GED plus 13+ years of hands-on intelligence analysis, financial tracking, and data discovery experience in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain custom integration tools and plugins.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver reliable Atlassian integrations.
• Automate governance and streamline mission-critical workflows.
• Support enterprise deployment of the Atlassian product suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo).

Skills

Atlassian Admin

Linux Proficiency

Automation Scripting

Integration Troubleshooting

System Validation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Bitbucket

Bamboo

ScriptRunner

Job description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

The Software Integration Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining custom tools, plugins, and integration services supporting the ecosystem- an enterprise deployment of the Atlassian product suite (including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo). In this role, you will act as a core technical bridge, working closely with cross-functional stakeholders—including software developers, system administrators, project managers, and mission customers to deliver seamless, reliable integrations that enhance developer productivity, automate governance, and streamline mission-critical workflows.

The annual base salary range for this role is $199,000-$235,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

Required Skills

1. Atlassian Suite Administration & Customization: Direct experience configuring, integrating, and tailoring Atlassian Data Center/Server tools (Jira Software/Service Management, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo) using custom fields, complex permission schemes, webhooks, and REST APIs.

2. Linux Systems Proficiency: Hands-on operational experience navigating the Linux command-line interface (CLI) to manage services, inspect process execution, monitor resource consumption, and inspect system/application logs.

3. Automation & Scripting: Demonstrated proficiency writing, debugging, and maintaining automation scripts using Bash, Python, or Groovy (including ScriptRunner for Jira/Confluence).

4. Integration Diagnostics & Troubleshooting: Proven capability isolating and resolving complex failures across software integrations, third-party plugins, REST endpoints, database connections, and application-tier performance bottlenecks.

5. System Validation & Integration Testing: Experience designing and executing end-to-end integration test plans to verify functional reliability, data consistency, and system throughput under peak operational workloads.

Education:Bachelor’s Degree in Data Analytics, Intelligence Studies, Computer Science, Finance/Economics, or a related discipline, PLUS 8+ years of specialized data analytics or financial intelligence experience ORHigh School Diploma / GED, PLUS 13+ years of hands-on intelligence analysis, financial tracking, and data discovery experience in lieu of a degree.

Desired Skills

1. Unix/Linux Application Sustainment: Practical experience providing tier-3 operational sustainment, patch management, and daemon management for enterprise mission applications hosted in Unix/Linux environments.

2. Customer Enablement & Technical Training: Proven track record interacting with external stakeholders, authoring technical administration guides, and delivering training or onboarding sessions to operational user cadres.

3. CI/CD & DevOps Pipeline Engineering: Familiarity designing and maintaining automated build, test, and release pipelines using Bamboo or Bitbucket Pipelines alongside artifact managers (e.g., Sonatype Nexus, JFrog Artifactory).

4. Database & Query Performance Tuning: Working knowledge of relational databases supporting Atlassian platforms (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle), including query inspection and database health verification.

5. Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management: Experience with automated provisioning and configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, or Puppet) to manage Atlassian instances at scale.