Jira Administrator

Aditi Staffing is an MBE certified, IT Staffing firm in the US offering contract, contract-to-hire & direct hire career opportunities with Fortune Firms. Recently recognized as one of the fastest growing staffing firms and top diversity firm by the Staffing Industry Analysts, Aditi Staffing has been a partner of choice for candidates and clients.  Visit our website: http://www.aditistaffing.com/ Title: Jira Administrator Location: Bellevue, WA • Support JIRA and Confluence administration, including creation and management of custom, complex projects, workflows, security schemes, custom fields, dashboards and reports configurations.  • Lead minor and major JIRA/Confluence upgrades (including communications), schedule and coordinate maintenance, and lead performance tuning/scaling in conjunction with our JIRA hosting partner.  • Install, manage and administer Jira add-ons, plugins, and extensions.  • Understand and adapt XML configuration files in regards to JIRA/Rally integration as necessary.   • Meet with stakeholders to identify JIRA Project and Confluence needs and implement them as appropriate.   • Perform requirements gathering, business process workflows, and process improvement for JIRA/Confluence workflows and processes in place, identifying where functionality can/cannot meet user requests.  • Conduct training for employees and new hires on JIRA and Confluence regarding how to use the tools, new functionality, etc.  • Develop and compile training materials based on the department’s needs.  • Create, maintain and support dashboards and advanced filters for end users reporting capabilities.  • Establish and execute data stewardship and best practices.  • Provide User Management and grant user permissions in accordance with role given by the company.  • Create and maintain detailed technical and user facing documentation.  • Resolve issues as they arise with JIRA Projects and Confluence in coordination with JIRA hosting partner team.  • Interact with existing vendors for support and troubleshooting, Working with our JIRA instance hosting provider on necessary upgrades and communications with others on planned outages.  • Expert level tool administration knowledge on JIRA, and proficiency in Atlassian tool suite.  • Proficient in understanding and adapting XML (Extensible Markup Language)  • Experience with hosted environments and remotely co-located systems. • Basic programming knowledge with an understanding of various Java frameworks  • Experience installing and updating JIRA plugins using Atlassian SDK is a plus.(.i.e. Rally plugins)  • Experience as a JIRA Administrator in the past where one has customized JIRA projects with various schemas  • Proficient in Project Setups, Components, JIRA Reporting, Report Filters and Dashboard creation  • Excellent problem solving and process implementation skills. Regards, Arun Kumar arunkr(AT)aditistaffing.com D: 425-457-7916