What are the responsibilities and job description for the Jira Administrator position at ektello?
Job Description
Jira Administrator
70 /hr. W2
9 month Contract
Remote - based in Owings Mill, MD
Why Join Us
Our client is a global investment management firm dedicated to helping clients achieve long-term success. Offering funds, subadvisory services, separate account management, and retirement plans and services for individuals, institutions, and financial intermediaries. Our client supports a diverse team and a collaborative culture that supports diversity, benefiting from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, which is why their associates stay for 10 years.
Position Summary
Our client is s looking for Jira admin/architect with experience administering and developing solutions related to Jira Cloud. Reporting to the Lead Business Analyst of Enterprise Transformation IT, you will work with the Transformation Office business and Agile practice team to define standardized Jira usage models to support our Scaled Agile process. In this role the admin/architect will provide the application owner and Transformation Office IT with recommendations on how to use/configure Jira and design/define reporting requirements and integrations as required.
Primary Responsibilities
Jira Administrator
70 /hr. W2
9 month Contract
Remote - based in Owings Mill, MD
Why Join Us
Our client is a global investment management firm dedicated to helping clients achieve long-term success. Offering funds, subadvisory services, separate account management, and retirement plans and services for individuals, institutions, and financial intermediaries. Our client supports a diverse team and a collaborative culture that supports diversity, benefiting from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, which is why their associates stay for 10 years.
Position Summary
Our client is s looking for Jira admin/architect with experience administering and developing solutions related to Jira Cloud. Reporting to the Lead Business Analyst of Enterprise Transformation IT, you will work with the Transformation Office business and Agile practice team to define standardized Jira usage models to support our Scaled Agile process. In this role the admin/architect will provide the application owner and Transformation Office IT with recommendations on how to use/configure Jira and design/define reporting requirements and integrations as required.
Primary Responsibilities
- Support Agile Practice team in designing migration plan from Rally to Jira
- Support Transformation Office in designing and supporting Planview to Jira integration through Planview Hub
- Support integration with Jira Software and Jira Service Management via API and marketplace add-ons
- Automating manual platform management processes through scripting or programming
- Coordinating enterprise-wide outreach and reporting efforts as part of platform governance responsibilities
- Work closely with the Dev Ops production support team to support the application and migration of rally projects to Jira.
- 5 years experience managing and configuring Atlassian products (specifically Jira Cloud, Jira Service Manager, Jira Automation)
- Experience with Atlassian Marketplace add-ons such as Zephyr Automated Test Suite and ScriptRunner
- Demonstrated proficiency with scripting and automation (bash, python, other programming languages)
- Preferred Technical Experience
- Experience automating manual tasks
- Experience with Agile processes and other tools in the space (Rally, Trello)
- Experience with identity management, SSO, and license management
- Experience supporting custom and third-party software integrations into a SaaS platform via API
- Experience with large platform migration efforts
