Vector Technical Resources Inc Hiring for Jira Administrator Job at Rockville, MD Full Time

VECTOR JOB OPENING
Title: Jira Administrator
JobDiva #: 21-00240
Job is Remote: 100% due to COVID
Work Permit is: Green Card or US Citizen
Contractor: W2 up to 95000.00 per year with Benefits; PTO and Holiday Pay; 1099 55.00 per hour
Start: September 2021

Job Summary:
Vector has an immediate need for Jira administrator. This position is for a long-term government contract. We have four years to go on this contract. For this government contract the work permit will need to be US citizen or green card holder. In this role as a JIRA Administrator, you will interact closely with senior IT staff; you will need excellent communication skills both oral and written.

Job Responsibilities:

• Configure, manage, and enhance Jira and Confluence tools, including native functionality as well as researching, testing, and implementing plugins.
• Troubleshoot access and/or performance issues
• Provide Jira SME support to the IT teams
• Create custom workflows, post functions, and validators, make changes to workflows, screens, fields, and reporting, and provide ongoing support and configuration maintenance.
• Create JIRA projects, queries, and reports
• Responsible for understanding the current process, gathering requirements, investigating potential solutions, analyzing impact, communicating with stakeholders, and implementing solutions.
• Interacting with Project Managers, Managers, Developers, Network Engineers, and other Administrators
• Create, manage, and support all administrative functions associated with the Atlassian product suite
• Create and maintain technical documentation and user-guides
• Evaluate and manage the usage of Atlassian add-ons to meet team and business needs.
• Understand system architecture of upstream and downstream impacts when implementing solutions

Basic Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree, preferably in an IT related field is required.
• 3-5 years of Administering Jira for a midsize firm is required.
• Candidates should have excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to work well under minimal supervision and work in a team-oriented environment.

Vector Talent Resources is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, race, color, religious creed, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, sexual orientation/gender identity, age, or genetic information.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $90,000.00 – $95,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Jira Administration: 3 years (Required)

Work Location:

• One location

Work Remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19