Jira Project Administrator - Remote

Cognizant Technology Solutions • Saint Louis, MO

257d • $99,000 - $117,000 • Remote

About The Position

Cognizant is seeking a Jira Project Administrator to join our team in a remote capacity. This role is an individual contributor position that involves gathering requirements for business processes and optimizing JIRA, Confluence, and BitBucket configurations. The successful candidate will provide application support for JIRA and Confluence, work with business users to evaluate plug-ins, and implement custom JIRA gadgets. The role also includes generating documentation on workflows and processes, creating JIRA projects, queries, and reports as needed.

Requirements

• Excellent communication skills
• 8 - 12 years of experience in roles such as Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Systems Analyst, and Financial Analyst with a strong background in application development and project delivery
• Well acquainted with Jira and Rally
• 3-5 years of experience working directly with a project/task management toolset
• At least one year of experience working with JIRA, Confluence, and other Atlassian products as a power user or administrator

Responsibilities

• Gather requirements for business processes and determine ways to optimize/improve JIRA/Confluence/BitBucket build and configure
• Provide application support for JIRA and Confluence to IT and the rest of the business
• Understand JIRA APIs and webhooks
• Support JIRA and Confluence users
• Work with business users to evaluate JIRA and Confluence plug-ins, determine licensing needs, and perform testing, installation, and configuration of the plug-ins
• Utilize design skills to define JIRA workflows and the related screen schemes for complex and high impact projects
• Implement custom XML based JIRA gadgets
• Support and configure JIRA plugins as required
• Generate documentation on workflows and processes implemented in JIRA to support runbooks
• Create JIRA projects, queries, and reports as required

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services