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Posted Mar 26Jira Administrator - Short Term Contract — USA
United StatesRemote
Requirements
- POSITION SUMMARY We are looking for an experienced Jira Administrator for a 2 month contract engagement.
- The ideal candidate brings 5 to 8 years of hands-on Jira experience, has a track record of untangling over-customized Jira environments, and can operate independently from assessment through implementation.
- In this role, you will audit an existing Jira configuration, design a simplified and standards-aligned architecture, and implement it.
- RESPONSIBILITIES - Audit the current Jira instance to identify over-customizations, structural problems, and reporting gaps - Redesign and reconfigure workflows, issue types, custom fields, and project schemes to restore simplicity and maintainability - Implement the agreed configuration directly in the Jira instance - Install, configure, and validate add-ons required for reporting, portfolio planning, and test management - Produce a clear configuration document covering workflows, issue hierarchy, field
- QUALIFICATIONS - 5 to 8 years of hands-on Jira administration
- experience and familiarity with the Jira Cloud version. - Demonstrated
- experience inheriting and restructuring over-customized or poorly planned Jira environments - Ability to quickly diagnose root causes of structural and reporting problems in an existing Jira setup - Ability to map business processes to Jira workflows - Hands-on
- experience reconfiguring workflows, custom fields, screens, and project schemes - Proficiency with Jira add-ons for reporting, portfolio planning, and test management including BigPicture, Xray, and EasyBI - Ability to hit the ground running with no ramp-up time required - Ability to produce clear, client-ready documentation - Strong communication skills with a proven ability to build trust quickly with stakeholders and technical teams - Proven ability to align stakeholders on design decisions before
- Experience in consulting or professional services environments - Familiarity with software development team structures and SDLC workflows - Prior work with engineering organizations in the 30 to 100 developer range WHY NEXTLINK LABS - We’re a technical consulting firm that values clarity, ownership, and outcomes - Remote-first culture, flexible work schedule, and autonomy to do your best work.
Benefits
- - Responsibility and autonomy at a growing company - The opportunity to build something big and exciting VISA SPONSORSHIP - At this time, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship or take over sponsorship for existing visas.