GTRI Atlassian Admin Developer

Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) seeks an Atlassian administrator to configure, manage, and enhance Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket tools, including native functionality as well as researching, testing, and implementing plugins.

Atlassian Administrator/Developer Contract Position

Candidate must be a US CITIZEN to be considered for this position.
GTRI is looking for an Atlassian administrator to configure, manage, and enhance Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket tools, including native functionality as well as researching, testing, and implementing plugins.
The Atlassian administrator will be responsible for understanding the current process, gathering requirements, investigating potential solutions, analyzing impact, communicating with stakeholders, and implementing solutions. This role provides challenging opportunities and ample room for critical thinking in building extensible solutions that meet the unique needs of our clients while scaling out to support the daily collaboration of the entire organization.

The position will be based out of Atlanta, Georgia. Local candidates will be strongly considered.

Primary Responsibilities
Collaborate with customers, other Business Analysts, and cross-functional teams to collect requirements
and develop solutions to support the daily needs of a rapidly growing business.
Research, test, and implement plugins for Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket.
Develop interfaces between external tooling and Jira/Confluence infrastructure.
Manage complex Jira workflows, screen schemes, permission schemes, and notification schemes.
Document requirements, solutions, as well as user and support reference guides.
Develop specifications and test plans associated with new features or modifications.
Confer with and provide support to technical group.
Provide communications link between user and technical group.
Provide ongoing user support including troubleshooting and resolution of issues.
Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements
Experience in setting up and supporting Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket etc.).
Basic SQL and JQL query experience.
Experience customizing workflows, setting up dashboards, and generating reports.
Basic knowledge and understanding of the software development cycle.
Excellent problem solving skills and demonstration of critical thinking.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills
Ability to automate and extend base Jira/Confluence functionality, including scripting.
Design and develop customizations and plugins.
Experience developing custom plugins using Java for Jira 7.x and Confluence 6.x.
Experience using/extending REST API using Java for Jira and Confluence.
Knowledge of Single Sign On protocols such as SAML, SAML2.
Familiarity with Git and branching models or other source control repositories.
Years of experience required for this job:
Three to five years job related experience

Required/Desired Skills
SkillRequired /DesiredAmountof Experience Experience in setting up and supporting Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket etc.).Required3Years Basic SQL and JQL query experience.Required3Years Experience customizing workflows, setting up dashboards, and generating reports.Required3Years Basic knowledge and understanding of the software development cycle.Required3Years Excellent problem solving skills and demonstration of critical thinking.Required3Years Three to five years job related experienceRequired3Years
Questions
No.QuestionQuestion1Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement? Question2Please list candidate's email address.Question3Candidate must be paid AT LEAST $53.75 if selected for engagement. Candidate can be paid more; however, the SRP rate cannot exceed $72.57. Do you accept this requirement?Question4The maximum mark-up for this engagement s SRP rate is 35%. To be competitive on pricing, a mark-up below the 35% threshold is suggested. Do you agree to propose a mark-up at or below 35%?Question5This assignment is contingent upon customer renewal and availability of adequate funding. Do you accept this requirement?Question6The selected candidate will be expected to start their engagement no later than 2 weeks (10 business days) from the client s selection date. Do you accept this requirement?