MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
Perform engineering, software development, and configuration management tasks in support of:
- Software build & test automation
- Release management including status accounting of changes made to CM-controlled environments and process automation
- Engineering tool customization and administration
Serve as the team’s Jira technical specialist, leading Jira configuration, workflow design, customization, administration, and ongoing support.
Partner with existing IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management (ELM) specialists to assess Jira integration opportunities, align workflows, and support tool modernization initiatives.
Design and maintain Jira projects, custom fields, permission schemes, automation rules, dashboards, and integrations; troubleshoot configuration and performance issues.
- Develop requirements, design, code, test and deploy Engineering Tool tools and utilities
- Lead cross-functional teams to implement development and test process improvements
- Create and maintain Engineering Tool process documentation
- Provide production support to deployed Engineering Tools including mentoring Client users in tool utilization
- Provide support to strategic technology initiatives to advance the Client to new infrastructure components and software development life cycle improvements
WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or
related discipline, or equivalent
Required Experience:
- Minimum of seven (7) years of business experience that includes: evaluation of business procedures and problems, feasibility studies, system configuration, configuration design, preparing detailed specifications for the development of business solutions, developing effort and schedule estimates, and performing application design and development tasks.
- A demonstrated ability to analyze, identify, implement, and monitor outcomes
- An ability to successfully work with cross-functional technical teams in defining, developing, testing, and deploying software applications
- Experience in all phases of the software development life cycle, including requirements, analysis, design, construction, testing, implementation and maintenance
- A demonstrated ability to identify weaknesses in business workflows and develop and implement process improvements
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as organizational skills
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Strong professional skills interacting with various teams and support personnel
- Dedicated and self-motivated achiever committed to success who is adept at handling multiple tasks in a high-pressure environment to meet stringent demands
Required Technical Skills:
- Software: Java, JavaScript, Unix shell scripting, Perl, Groovy, HTML, XML, SQL
- Operating Systems: Unix (Solaris, Linux, HP-UX), Microsoft Windows
- Database: Oracle, MS Access
- Tools: Jenkins/Hudson, Git, Maven, JBoss Application Server, JUnit, Liberty, WebSphere, Tomcat, Ansible, Red Hat Container and Open Shift Framework (OSF) technology
Atlassian Jira: Hands-on experience administering and configuring Jira, including workflows, projects, custom fields, permissions, automation rules, dashboards, and integrations with enterprise development tools.
Ability to design, implement, troubleshoot, and document Jira solutions in a complex enterprise SDLC environment; experience supporting Jira users and technical teams.
Preferred Experience/Technical Skills
- Experience in Configuration Management or Release Management
- IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool experience, particularly RTC, RQM, JRS, DNG, UrbanCode Deploy, Liquibase
Experience integrating Jira with enterprise application lifecycle management (ALM) tools, including IBM ELM, or supporting transitions from comparable engineering tools to Jira.
