Jira Align & Agile Platform Admin

We have a 6 month contract to hire opportunity for a Jira Align & Agile Platform Admin.

100% Remote.

MUST HAVES:

• A Bachelor's degree
• 3-5+ years of experience
• Deep hands-on expertise across the Atlassian platform, including Jira, Jira Align, and related enterprise configurations
• Strong stakeholder partnership skills, with the ability to quickly identify pain points, uncover gaps, and translate business needs into clear requirements
• Proven ability to design, implement, and scale enterprise-ready solutions that align to governance standards and operational needs

Preferred Experience:
Prior agile coaching experience and strong technical capability in system integration work are highly desirable.

Disqualifiers:
Candidates without demonstrated Scaled Agile experience and hands-on Atlassian platform expertise should not be considered.

About this Role:
• This team supports portfolio tooling across the enterprise through administration of Jira, Jira Align, and Miro. Within BTS, the team ensures leadership reporting and delivery needs are enabled through strong system guardrails, thoughtful configurations, and alignment with portfolio governance standards.
• This role is needed to help advance the agile transformation efforts currently underway across the organization.
• The team sits within Shared Services, specifically Portfolio Management, and partners closely with leadership and business stakeholders. Key work includes day-to-day user and production support for owned applications, leadership enablement, and emerging AI and automation initiatives.

D2D Responsibilities:

• Participate in Agile Council sessions and gather input from stakeholders on current process gaps and pain points.
• Assess and prioritize opportunities, then translate them into practical tooling solutions within the Atlassian ecosystem.
• Advise on agile best practices and recommend scalable solutions aligned to industry standards and the current Atlassian environment.
• Independently document current-state and future-state processes, and convert stakeholder feedback into clear, actionable requirements.

Performance expectations/metrics:

• Build credibility quickly by engaging stakeholders independently, clarifying needs, and identifying the right ask.
• Develop and present thoughtful, independently driven solutions that address business and process needs.
• Configure Atlassian tools with consistency and precision, ensuring alignment to existing standards, guardrails, and platform design.

What makes this role unique:

• The role requires strong fluency in scaled agile practices and the ability to apply them within Centene's operating model.
• Hands-on Atlassian platform expertise is essential, particularly in configuring solutions that support enterprise delivery needs.

• Success in this role depends on the ability to move from problem statement to solution design and execution with minimal oversight.