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SSI

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San Diego, CA · On-site

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Dearborn, MI · On-site

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Dearborn, MI · On-site

$61 - $66/hr

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As of Sep 11, 2026, the average yearly pay for jira engineer in the United States is $118,186.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $102,000.00 and $136,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a Jira engineer?

A Jira Engineer is responsible for configuring, managing, and optimizing Atlassian Jira to support project management, workflow automation, and issue tracking. They collaborate with development, IT, and business teams to customize Jira workflows, integrate third-party tools, and ensure system performance. Their role typically includes scripting, automation, user support, system administration, and reporting to enhance team productivity and efficiency.

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A Jira Engineer typically manages and configures Jira projects, customizes workflows, and develops automations to improve team productivity. They regularly interact with stakeholders to gather requirements, troubleshoot technical issues, and implement process enhancements. The role often involves creating custom dashboards, reports, and integrations with other tools, as well as providing user support and training. This dynamic position requires both technical expertise and strong communication skills as Jira Engineers collaborate closely with project managers, developers, and business analysts to ensure that project management needs are fully met.

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A Jira Engineer should have a strong background in Jira administration, workflow customization, and IT service management, often supported by a degree in information technology or computer science. Familiarity with Atlassian products, scripting languages such as Groovy or Python, and certifications like Atlassian Certified Jira Administrator are highly valued. Excellent problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills enable effective teamwork and stakeholder management. These competencies are crucial for optimizing Jira environments and ensuring seamless project tracking across technical and business teams.

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Jira Engineer

San Diego, CA • On-site

SSI
Recruiting and Staffing Services • 1 - 5K employees
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Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Re-posted 5 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Respond to trouble tickets involving Orion products and services utilizing Jira Service Management

  • Assist customers with Jira project migrations from other U.S. Navy instances, including pre-migration assessment, migration file provision, and post-migration validation

  • Develop and maintain migration templates, scripts, and documentation to support migration processes

Job description

Description

SSI is seeking a full-time mid-level Jira Engineer to join our Orion team. The candidate will work in a collaborative and agile environment, engaging with other engineers and users through Jira trouble tickets, determining and documenting issues, and registering new clients. You will also support the migration of Jira and Jira Service Management projects from other U.S. Navy DevOps environments into Orion. The ideal candidate brings strong Jira administration expertise and possesses an active DoW secret security clearance.


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Respond to trouble tickets involving Orion products and services utilizing Jira Service Management
  • Facilitate registration requests via Jira tickets
  • Escalate issues to a higher tier if critical or if the technical solution requires DevOps intervention
  • Assist customers with Jira project migrations from other U.S. Navy instances, including pre-migration assessment of source project configuration, custom fields, link types, and user accounts
  • Provide the customer with a migration file using either automated scripts or manual efforts, as the source environment allows
  • Use the Configuration Manager for Jira (CMJ) add-on to facilitate migrations, including creating and maintaining reusable templates and operation files for repeatable execution
  • Stage migrations through a non-production migration instance for data and user remediation prior to production deployment
  • Work with add-on data as needed to fully migrate customer data
  • Perform post-migration remediation and validation
  • Develop custom solutions to support migrations when existing tooling is insufficient
  • Work with Jira administrators at migrating organizations to schedule and facilitate migrations with minimal user impact
  • Work with add-on vendors when needed to develop workarounds or obtain bug fixes
  • Maintain migration runbooks, templates, scripts, and lessons-learned documentation sufficient for other qualified administrators to execute the process
  • Provide weekly status reports for customer interaction
  • Participate in weekly meetings with developers and project management to receive direction and priority, share status, and represent technical subject matter expertise
  • Share lessons learned with the project and team

Requirements

  • Clearance: Secret
  • 10 years of IT experience, with 5+ years in Jira operations and administration roles. 
  • Deep expertise in Jira administration, including use of JSM and CMJ.
  • Proven experience standing up and maintaining Jira DevOps environments.
  • Experience with data migration tools, including but not limited to Zephyr test management data-Squad, Essential, and Scale, Essential-to-Scale and Scale-to-Scale conversion tools-and eazyBI. 
  • Experience with custom development environments, including advanced ScriptRunner (Groovy) and database-level operations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Active CompTIA Security+ Certification
  • Prior work with Navy or DoD enterprise applications


SSI is committed to non-discrimination and equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on any characteristics protected by law.

SSI is a HUBZone small business that provides professional services including systems engineering, information systems integration, and technology management services. SSI offers a generous array of benefits including: Employee Medical, Vision, Dental, and Prescription Drug Insurance Plans, 60% paid premium for dependents. SSI provides Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, and Short-Term Disability benefits at no cost. SSI employees receive 24 paid days off in the first year on board. We also provide Military Leave benefits, a 401(k) Retirement Plan, education assistance, Personal Technology Refresh and Employee Referral bonuses. Positions subject to Service Contract Act (SCA) have benefits provided as required by law.

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