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Trying to become a Jira Admin. What is the most cost effective training/resources

Derek Kirchner

Hi Everyone,

I have been out of work for the past month due to Covid and have heard about becoming a jira admin from a friend. Switching from the retail life to the IT life (Hopefully). Seems like they are hiring everywhere! Being tight on money what would be best place to start? I already did the free basic tutorial to start with for a broad knowledge of Jira.

Should I follow through the Atlassian course starting with Part 1 and Part 2? Or is there a better more cost effective option.

Any help would be appreciated!

Comments

Darlene Ashleigh Jeter_2zjmky

This is the place you want to be. Good luck and welcome!!

https://www.atlassian.com/university

Take all the free training first and see how you do.

Joshua Sneed Contegix

Hi Derek,

Continuing any consumption of information on the Atlassian tools is a good way to get started. The next is take that old computer you or a friend have, start following Atlassian's install guides, and learn to setup/break/fix the apps. Best luck in your hunt. Cheers!

Matthew Stublefield

Have you checked on Udemy? There are some courses there: https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?q=jira+administration

Full disclosure: one of those courses is mine, but I'm linking you to the search page so you can see all the options.

John Funk

Hi Derek - Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I would get a free instance so you can play with it and run through scenarios. You also might see if you can shadow a local admin in your city some to see that the job looks like.

Create some scenarios for helpful things around your house/church/school/organization, etc. and see what that looks like.

I would be happy to do any mentoring I can online with you.

Derek Kirchner

Started with the basic. I’ll move over to the other free ones. Thanks!

Derek Kirchner

Thank you!

Derek Kirchner

I will also look into this. Thank you!

Derek Kirchner

Hi John!

I appreciate you replying!

i went under the the community for where I lived. But no one has posted there since January. But I will try to see if anyone is paying attention.

I set up a free instance already. I will go ahead and start to create some scenarios to get more acquainted with it.

If you were able to mentor me I would so much appreciate it!

It is hard to figure out where to start sometimes.

unknown

I'd recommend looking into the various certifications offered by Atlassian. It gives you a good structure for learning, and something to put on your resume. I am an interviewer for my team, and certifications always look good.

Once you're feeling comfortable, a good first point of entry into an admin job is by working through a recruiting/temp agency or an Atlassian Partner. While it's mostly contract gigs, it gives you a way to build up the experience to allow you to land a FTE gig.