About the job

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We are seeking a highly skilled and self-motivated JIRA Developer/Architect who can design, build, and configure applications to optimize business processes and application requirements. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in JIRA administration, customization, automation, and integration with other enterprise tools.

Location: This is Hybrid position requiring 13days/Qtr onsite in the metro-Detroit office location.

Candidate needs to live in the area or be willing to relocate within 60 days.

Roles & Responsibilities–

  • Act as the SME for Atlassian tools, build, customize, and support the Atlassian JIRA workflow capability as well as strategic planning initiatives with Atlassian tools

  • Configure, support and maintain automation workflows, permission schemes, Add-ons and modules to expand the capabilities of Atlassian stack

  • Deep working experience in JSM and Jira Work Management

  • Expertise in both on-prem and cloud (Saas) instances

  • Build Customized dashboards for JIRA

  • Timely and cost-effective implementation

Skills Required–

  • 8+ years of experience with Atlassian suite of tools, primarily JIRA, JSM, JWM and Confluence both from configuration standpoint and development aspect

  • 3+ years of software development experience using Java and web-based architectures and technologies (XML, JSON) - ie. Computer Science background

  • Proficient experience utilizing JavaScript, JSP, SQL, Python and other programming languages to enable efficient data Intergrations

  • Familiar with Configuration Management and CI Tools, such as, Jenkins, SonarQube, Maven etc.

  • 5+ years of experience with Agile software development and flow-based practices

  • Strong architectural experience using JIRA as a platform for best implementing best practices

  • 5+ years of Product Management experience in defining strategy, and roadmaps

  • Collaborate closely with different working streams, architects and engineers

  • Ability to break down complex problems into actionable steps and get things done in a rapidly changing environment

  • Excellent communication skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and executive leadership.

Other Requirements–

  • Experience with JIRA analytics is a plus

  • Experience in JIRA performance tuning, database optimization, and troubleshooting.

  • Past development expertise outside of JIRA (e.g. API development, Java/Python/Scripting)

  • Expert in the implementation of Atlassian Plugins

  • Ability to plan, prioritize, and support multiple concurrent projects

  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the use of debuggers

  • Assess the risks, and implements mitigation and contingency plan

  • Ability to analyze complex problems and translate them into efficient, scalable solutions.

  • Experience in JIRA performance tuning, database optimization, and troubleshooting.

  • Experience with JIRA analytics is a plus