Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CGS Federal is seeking a talented Jira Lead Administrator who is passionate about driving transformation in the federal IT domain. The role involves developing executable strategies, implementing new technologies, and improving the delivery of mission value through new practices and tools.
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
- 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
- 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)
- Experience with Government software development policies and procedures
- Client-facing communication experience
- Federal Agency issued security clearance
Benefits
- Health, Dental, and Vision
- Life Insurance
- 401k
- Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
- Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays
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