Email me at Boydstonchris@yahoo.com for more info or inquiries.
Position is in Dallas, Texas - Long term Contract position
Primary Function of the Position:
As a member of the team, the Sr. JIRA Developer/Administrator will be responsible for understanding current processes, identifying gaps, gathering requirements, re-engineering processes, and configuring and customizing applications to meet the requirements. A Sr. Jira Administrator must have extensive experience in managing, upgrading and tuning Atlassian systems (JIRA, Confluence) in an on-prem environment (Server & Data Center).
Qualifications/Job duties
- Support JIRA/Confluence administration
- Integrate Jira with various key applications
- Active role in upgrading JIRA/Confluence
- Groovy scripting using Script runner
- Support central sign on integration with JIRA and Confluence and Active Directory
- Support infrastructure for JIRA and Confluence with other systems administrators
- Continual evaluation of existing stack in order to maintain optimal performance, availability and security.
- Excellent analysis communication & problem-solving
- Detail-oriented individual with the ability to rapidly learn and take advantage of new concepts, business models, and technologies
- Ability to follow an agile or iterative software development methodology.
- Highly motivated, a quick learner, to work independently or on a team and drive solutions with minimal supervision.
- Partner with the various departments and groups to understand their requirements and issues
- Facilitate training, workshops, capture and analyze requirements and decompose high-level information into details.
- Illustrate key concepts through process descriptions, workflows and other visual diagrams.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts to establish strategy / vision and analyze business tradeoffs.
- Conduct fit gap analysis and develop proposed solutions.
- Work with cross-functional IT groups on resource requirements and estimates
- Ensure all necessary parties are communicated to in a prompt and efficient manner
Must have Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
- 4+ years of system administration experience of Atlassian systems (JIRA server, Confluence)
- Experience in upgrading JIRA Server, Confluence Server
- Experience integrating Jira with other applications through webhooks and add-ons
- Seasoned Linux administration skills
- Experience in Tomcat server configuration & tuning, JVM tuning, Apache server configuration/administration
- Patching of JIRA instance and implementing Disaster Recovery strategies
- Scripting experience using Script runner for JIRA/Confluence
- Experience configuring plugins for JIRA/Confluence
- Experience with SQL queries and Database administration skills.
- Experience in using/extending REST Services provided by Atlassian.
- Strong work experience in Groovy, Ruby, Java, JavaScript, XML, SQL, PERL, Python and should have utilized this skill set in multiple project