Jira Administrator – McLean, Virginia

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, review, and document current functionality to determine potential areas of improvement.
• Manage user permissions for tools according to the needs of projects and teams.
• Perform application and system administration tasks, including data backups and scheduled jobs.
• Test new versions of the tools and plug-ins to ensure compatibility.
• Research and utilize industry standard methods and techniques.
• Maintain JIRA projects, workflows, permissions, and users while working in a JIRA 6.x & 7.x environment.
• Improve JIRA security. Set access permissions for JIRA projects and Confluence spaces.
• Work with JIRA filters, reporting, dashboards, workflows, fields, and JIRA administration.
• Communicate and share knowledge with internal and external contacts at all levels.
• Manage multiple responsibilities with tight deadlines.
• Perform basic Linux and Windows Server administration tasks.
• Applicants selected will be subject to a Public Trust background security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information.  US Citizens or Permanent Residents preferred.

Salary and Benefits:
– Competitive salary.
– Generous health benefits package.
– Life and disability insurance.
– 401(k) retirement plan.