Strategic Atlassian Platform Architect

Datavant; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Datavant is seeking an Atlassian Platform Architect to own the technical direction, architecture, health, and evolution of Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, and the broader Atlassian ecosystem. This senior, hands-on role blends enterprise architecture with delivery, defining target architecture and standards while implementing complex automations and integrations.

You will lead platform remediation, reduce technical debt, and partner with Jira administration to set high‑level standards,

Qualifications

• 6-8 years experience leading Jira and the Atlassian ecosystem within a large or complex organisation.
• Deep hands-on Jira Cloud and JSM expertise across workflows, schemes, custom fields, permissions, automation, security and project configuration.
• Strong technical experience with Forge, REST APIs, webhooks, workflow extensions and enterprise integrations.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the target architecture, technical strategy and prioritized roadmap for Jira, JSM, Confluence and the wider Atlassian ecosystem.
• Establish enterprise standards for data models, workflows, schemes, fields, permissions, automation, integrations, reporting and naming conventions.
• Take ownership of platform health and lead the remediation of configuration sprawl, technical debt, duplicate objects and inconsistent platform patterns.
• Design and implement complex solutions using Jira Automation, Rovo, ScriptRunner, REST APIs, webhooks and Marketplace applications.
• Define JSM and ITSM architecture supporting service requests, incidents, problems, changes, knowledge and asset management.
• Establish integration standards covering APIs, identity systems, authentication, data ownership, monitoring, error handling and recovery.
• Define security, privacy, availability, recoverability, performance, data-retention and audit requirements.
• Introduce architecture reviews, change controls and lifecycle-management processes that protect the platform while supporting delivery.
• Lead major platform remediation, consolidation, migration, redesign and integration initiatives.
• Evaluate Marketplace applications and emerging Atlassian capabilities, including Atlassian Intelligence and Rovo, based on security, privacy, cost and maintainability.
• Partner with IT, Security, Privacy, Compliance, Enterprise Systems, Product and Engineering to translate requirements into sustainable technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership to Jira administrators by reviewing complex changes, establishing reusable patterns, mentoring the team and taking ownership of high‑risk work.
• Act as the senior escalation point for architectural issues, significant platform risks and complex technical decisions.
• Support licensing, application rationalization, vendor decisions and platform investment planning.

Skills

Jira Cloud

Atlassian ecosystem

Enterprise architecture

REST APIs

Automation

Security & privacy

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Tools

Forge

ScriptRunner

Rovo

Webhooks

Marketplace apps

Job description

Datavant is seeking an Atlassian Platform Architect to own the technical direction, architecture, health, and evolution of Jira, Jira Service Management, Confluence, and the broader Atlassian ecosystem. This senior, hands-on role blends enterprise architecture with delivery, defining target architecture and standards while implementing complex automations and integrations.

You will lead platform remediation, reduce technical debt, and partner with Jira administration to set high‑level standards,