DevOps Engineer (Washington DC-Baltimore Area)

Job Description Narrative

Seeking a DevOps Engineer (Jira Platform Engineer) who will serve as the technical owner of our Jira SaaS for our clients’ cloud platform and will be responsible for administering, configuring, and integrating the application within our enterprise technology ecosystem. This position plays a pivotal role in consolidating our collaborative planning tools—transitioning from Azure DevOps (on-prem) and GitLab (on-prem) to Jira—while enabling and scaling Agile practices across the organization. The ideal candidate is both technically proficient and strategically minded, with a strong understanding of Agile methodologies, DevSecOps workflows, and enterprise systems integration.

Responsibilities

Administering, configuring, and integrating the Jira SaaS for government cloud within our

enterprise technology ecosystem.

Consolidating our collaborative planning tool transitioning from Azure DevOps (on-

premises) and GitLab (on-premises) to Jira Atlassian Government Cloud (AGC) SaaS for government.

Building robust, automated, and secure integrations between Jira SaaS for government

and core enterprise systems (e.g., ServiceNow, GitLab), enabling end-to-end visibility

across planning, development, and operations

Jira Administration & Engineering

Administer, configure, and optimize Jira SaaS to meet enterprise project management

and Agile delivery needs.

Design and maintain custom workflows, issue types, screens, fields, and automation

rules aligned with organizational Agile frameworks and guidelines.

Manage user permissions, group roles, and security schemes to ensure governance and

compliance.

Monitor Jira license utilization, user growth, and application usage to ensure efficient use

of subscriptions.

Collaborate with procurement teams to support renewal, optimization, and budget

decisions.

System Integration & Development

Design, implement, and maintain seamless integrations between Jira and other

enterprise systems, such as GitLab (source control & CI/CD), and ServiceNow (ITSM),

using Okta, REST APIs, webhooks, middleware, and scripting.

Automate data synchronization across platforms to support traceability from planning to

release. Troubleshoot and optimize integration pipelines to ensure performance, security, and scalability.

Partner with infrastructure and cybersecurity teams to align integrations with enterprise

security and compliance standards.

Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards, and best practices.

Agile Enablement

Partner with the Agile Transformation Office to translate Agile practices into effective Jira

configurations and usage patterns.

Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and

teams on best-practice tool utilization.

Support reporting and analytics initiatives, ensuring reliable Agile metrics (velocity,

burndown, cycle time, etc.).

Support and enable teams to transition from Azure DevOps Boards, Gitlab, Jira (hosted)

to JIRA SaaS.

Required Qualifications

Three (3+) years of hands-on experience administering and/or engineering Jira (Self-

hosting or SaaS).

Proven, hands-on experience developing custom integrations with enterprise platforms,

especially GitLab and ServiceNow. Hands-on experience with mailbox migrations and

hybrid deployments

At least four (4) years of experience in DevOps Engineering.

At least two (2) years of experience with Cloud Native technologies (Amazon Web

Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform).

At least two (2) years of Unix or Linux system administration experience.

Proficiency in scripting (Python, PowerShell, or JavaScript) and REST API integration.

Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and DevSecOps

principles.

Experience in enterprise migrations from Azure DevOps or similar tools to Jira

Citizenship

US Citizenship

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Experience serving as the engineer of complex technology implementations in a

product-centric environment.

Deploying and configuring services using infrastructure as a service provider (e.g.,

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine,

RackSpace/OpenStack).

Configuring and managing Linux-based servers.

Debugging cluster-based computing architectures.

Installation and management of open-source monitoring tools.

Architecture for continuous integration and deployment, and continuous monitoring.

Containerization technologies (e.g., LXC, Docker, Rocket).

Preferred

Familiarity with Atlassian ecosystem (Confluence, Bitbucket, Atlassian Government

Cloud) and marketplace apps.

Experience working in a DevSecOps or Platform Engineering environment.

Experience with information security, privacy, and risk assessment standards including

FISMA, SOX, FedRAMP, etc. is preferred.

Federal government experience is preferred.

Certificates

Atlassian Certified Professional (ACP-620, ACP-120, or equivalent) preferred.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or

equivalent experience).