Overview
Remote
On Site
Contract - W2
Skills
Required Skills & Experience 4+ years in IT support an
Job Details
This is a remote position.
Jira and Confluence Administrator (Contract)
We are seeking an experienced Jira and Confluence Administrator and customer advocate to help guide our team in their journey towards becoming a world-class engineering organization. This role is critical to ensuring the stability, performance, and scalability of our Atlassian ecosystem, supporting both on-premise and cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
We are seeking an experienced Jira and Confluence Administrator and customer advocate to help guide our team in their journey towards becoming a world-class engineering organization. This role is critical to ensuring the stability, performance, and scalability of our Atlassian ecosystem, supporting both on-premise and cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide Level 2 and Level 3 support for Jira and Confluence, addressing user-reported issues, permissions, and configurations.
- Respond to ad-hoc queries via Slack and other platforms.
- Create and maintain internal and customer-facing technical documentation.
- Guide and support customer implementation projects and enhancement requests.
- Deliver ad-hoc learning content to promote customer self-sufficiency.
- Assist with Jira board configurations and JQL tuning.
- Troubleshoot access, permissions, and integration issues.
- Install, test, and implement new versions of Atlassian tools and apps.
- Ensure reliability, security, and performance of the Atlassian suite.
- Create and manage complex Jira workflows, screen schemes, permission schemes, and notification schemes.
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot Jira and Confluence systems.
- Automate Jira functionality using scripts.
- Lead system upgrades, patching, and performance tuning.
- Evaluate and deploy Atlassian Marketplace apps and integrations.
- Support cloud migration and hybrid deployment strategies.
- Maintain runbooks, SOPs, and knowledge base articles.
- Ensure compliance with internal security and audit requirements.
- Participate in change management and incident response processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver sprint goals and continuous improvements.
Requirements
Required Skills & Experience
- 4+ years in IT support and customer engagement. - Must have
- 3?5 years of hands-on experience administering Jira and Confluence in enterprise environments. - Must have
- Strong understanding of Atlassian Cloud and Data Center architectures. - Must have
- Proficiency in JQL, REST APIs, and automation tools.
- Familiarity with ITIL practices and ticketing systems.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder communication abilities.
- Experience with Linux, Bash, and Unix command line.
- Exposure to DevOps practices and public cloud environments (AWS preferred).
- Comfortable working in agile and scrum-based teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Atlassian Certified Jira Administrator or equivalent.
- Experience with Jira Service Management.
- Familiarity with Atlassian Marketplace plugins and integrations.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS).
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Groovy.
- Experience with PostgreSQL and Jira add-on development.
- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling
What is the minimum education requirement? - Bachelors or higher
Benefits
- We offer healthcare plans, which you may opt into at your own expense.
- Sick leave is provided under the state laws applicable to your residence.
Who can apply - - Candidates with independent work authorization, open to W2 contract or C2H roles.
- At this time we are NOT sponsoring work visas.
- We DO NOT work with 3rd party vendors, or hire on C2C terms.
Please apply only if you meet these criteria, as unrelated applications will not be reviewed.
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