What are the responsibilities and job description for the Atlassian Expert - Top Secret Clearance position at Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.?
Overview
Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking an experienced and driven Atlassian Subject Matter Expert - Senior to provide expert-level support for a federal law enforcement customer’s IT systems. This remote role is based out of Clarksburg, WV and plays a critical part in modernizing infrastructure, improving data management, and enabling collaborative platforms through the use of cloud technologies, DevSecOps practices, and industry best standards. The program operates in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where cross-functional teams work closely with government stakeholders to drive continuous improvement, system resilience, and operational excellence in support of public safety and national security objectives.
The Subject Matter Expert provides specialized guidance and technical leadership for application development and integration within the collaborative tools ecosystem. This role draws on extensive experience across multiple technologies and platforms to support application lifecycle management, ensure alignment with enterprise collaboration strategies, and solve complex problems. The SME works closely with both infrastructure and end-user teams to tailor solutions that enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and enable cross-organizational coordination.
To be considered for this position, candidates must have an active Top Secret clearance and be willing to travel once a quarter to WV.
Salary is at $141,000
Responsibilities
- Serves as subject matter expert, possessing in-depth knowledge of a particular area, such as business, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or the various sciences.
- Provides technical knowledge and analysis of highly specialized applications and operational environments, high-level functional systems analysis, design, integration, documentation, and implementation advice on exceptionally complex problems that need extensive knowledge of the subject matter for effective implementation.
- Participates as needed in all phases of software development with emphasis on the planning, analysis, testing, integration, documentation, and presentation phases.
- Applies principles, methods, and knowledge of the functional area of capability to specific requirements, advanced mathematical principles and methods to exceptionally difficult and narrowly defined technical problems in engineering and other scientific applications to arrive at automated solutions.
- Experience working in an Agile organization using Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Confluence, and SAFe.
- Provide team specific training as needed.
Qualifications
- Extensive Experience with Atlassian Tools: Minimum of seven (7) years of hands-on experience with the Atlassian tool suite (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo) at the enterprise level, including configuration, administration, and troubleshooting.
- Enterprise-Level Atlassian Configuration and Customization: Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in managing, configuring, and customizing Atlassian products for large organizations, ensuring scalability, performance optimization, and adherence to enterprise best practices.
- Integration and Automation Expertise: Demonstrated experience in integrating Atlassian tools with other enterprise systems (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, version control systems) and automating processes using tools such as Jira Automation, scripts, and REST APIs.
- Leadership and Support: Demonstrated two (2) years of experience in leading a team of administrators and providing tiered support for Atlassian tools, managing user permissions, security configurations, and ensuring the tools are aligned with organizational requirements and workflows.
- Education: A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, preferred.
About Us:
Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2024.
It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other status protected by applicable law.
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Salary : $141,000
