Jira Administrator

Overview

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Jira Administrator in Austin, TX. The Jira Administrator is responsible for designing, standardizing, and governing Jira Service Management and core Jira configurations to support scalable, secure, and efficient enterprise operations. This role partners closely with business, product, and migration teams to simplify complex environments and prepare for Jira Cloud transformation.

• Design a simplified, standardized target architecture for Jira components including Issue Type, Workflow, Permission, Notification, and Field Configuration schemes.
• Lead consolidation of existing schemes into a reduced, reusable set that supports diverse organizational needs.
• Analyze and optimize custom fields to eliminate redundancy, retire obsolete fields, and promote reuse.
• Define governance policies, standards, and guardrails for creating and managing fields and configurations post‑migration.
• Manage system changes and updates to ensure long‑term platform stability.

• Rapidly assess and document the current Jira Data Center/Server environment, identifying pain points, dependencies, and technical debt.
• Partner with business and product leaders to map current requirements to standardized target schemes while preserving or improving functionality.
• Perform impact assessments related to scheme standardization, automations, and integrations across user groups.

• Provide architectural guidance to migration teams to ensure Jira Cloud readiness.
• Define data transformation rules and mappings for issues, workflows, and fields during migration.
• Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance with best practices throughout the transformation process.

• Experience in a similar role, or significant knowledge, experience, and abilities to successfully perform the responsibilities listed.
• Relevant education and/or training will be considered a plus.

• The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably believe we would pay at posting for this role. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract, and business needs.
• We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & AD&D insurance to eligible employees.
• Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
• This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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