JIRA Administrator

Mountain View, CA (Mon/Fri remote, onsite Tues/Wed/Thurs)

12+ month contract

Top Skills:

• Jira expert senior level (not basic)

• Strong communication skills

• Business Intelligence experience

• Atlassian Suite expert level experience

Summary:

The main function of an IT project/program manager is to plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.

Responsibilities:

• Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.

• Manage backup, security and user help system.

• Consult with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.

• Meet with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

• Recruit, hire, train and supervise staff, or participate in staffing decisions.

• Evaluate data processing proposals to assess project feasibility and requirements.

• Develop and interpret organizational goals, policies, and procedures.

• Develop computer information resources, providing for data security and control, strategic computing, and disaster recovery.

Skills:

• Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, attention to detail and interpersonal skills.

• Expert ability to work independently and manage ones time.

• Expert leadership and mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.

• Expert knowledge of circuit boards, processors, electronic equipment and computer hardware and software.

• Expert knowledge of production processes, quality control, costs and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

• Expert knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods.

• Expert knowledge of computer software, such as Visual Basic, Java, SQL, etc.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.

• PMI or PMP certification preferred.

• 10+ years experience required.

About this role:

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with strong experience in administration and configuration of Atlassian Jira & Confluence software suite both cloud and on prem. This role will manage and coordinate changes in Jira in collaboration with our Project, Program, Product and Engineering Managers. These changes can range from process improvements, managing and customizing JIRA projects/workflows, and establishing reporting. As a Subject Matter Expert, this position will take an active role within the team to help drive process improvements around the Jira structure and how we organize the projects and team along with configuration and management of Jira and Confluence. They will also collaborate with internal customers to understand requirements, implement changes, test, and document.

Responsibilities:

• Support global teams with Jira and Jira Service Management projects including the configuration of complex workflows, layout, field configurations, screen schemes, permission schemes, notification schemes, custom fields, automation, agile boards, and dashboards.

• Gather requirements for business processes and determine ways to optimize and improve Jira/Confluence organizational framework and identify where functionality needs to improve to meet user requests; propose Jira add-ons and plugins to enhance productivity, then follow through according to our processes to install, test, and roll out.

• Configure plans with Advanced Roadmaps and propose, implement and rollout solutions which support PMO processes and user requirements.

• Create Jira based reports, dashboards (EazyBI) and planning views based on different user requirements to provide Product Roadmap stakeholders visibility to actionable Initiative metrics and status reports.

• Configure Confluence pages with Jira dashboards and reports and implement and enforce JIRA hygiene practices; use Confluence to document detailed processes related to the use of Jira for different Initiative lifecycle phases such as Requirements Intake, Roadmap Planning, Execution, Delivery, and Support.

• Collaborate with teams across the organization to align and streamline project configurations to expedite the rollout of standard ways of working; conduct workshops and training on Jira and Confluence such as tools usage, new functionality or features, best practices, etc.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience administering Jira projects with advanced expertise in tool administration of Jira/Confluence. Proficiency in Atlassian tool suite is a plus (Jira Align knowledge is an asset).

• 8+ years of overall experience.

• Expert knowledge of Jira plug-ins and add-ons like EazyBI & ScriptRunner is a MUST

• Strong knowledge of JQL to construct custom dashboards, advanced filters, and reports.

• Process oriented mindset with strong experience enabling enterprise-level processes using Jira and Confluence and ability to effectively communicate and present new solutions, ideas and process (must be comfortable presenting to large teams)

• Excellent technical troubleshooting skills and process implementation skills

• Working knowledge of Agile (Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban) methodologies is a MUST.

• Ability to work with diverse teams across different time zones.

• Strong communication skills with ability to create and deliver Jira related trainings.