Atlassian & Agile Sme Security Clearance

Position: Atlassian & Agile Sme with Security Clearance
Eager to join a team where your skills are valued, your growth is nurtured, and your impact is profound? Look no further than Markon, a premier consulting firm deeply dedicated to advancing our nation's most critical missions. At Markon, we don't just offer jobs - we offer opportunities for personal and professional transformation. Empowering our employees to lead, innovate, and excel, we foster an environment where new ideas are not just welcomed but celebrated.

As a perennial Washington Post Top Workplace, we prioritize the well-being and success of our team members, ensuring they can bring their best selves to work. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, Markon has garnered national recognition for our unwavering dedication to excellence in serving the intelligence community, as well as federal civilian and defense agencies. Our growing reach extends across 17 states, 116 countries, and 5 continents, where our team of dynamic professionals collaborates to deliver unparalleled program and project management services.

Markon values people and the tremendous impact each individual can make - which is why we're consistently recognized as one of the best places to work in federal government consulting. Here, you can help solve the nation's most important challenges, surrounded by colleagues who help you grow, advance, and succeed. We are deeply dedicated to what matters - bringing out the best in each other to advance our clients' missions.

Join us and make a meaningful impact. Markon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. This job posting will remain open until the position is filled. Benefits Offered:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Training and Tuition Assistance, Paid Time Off, and Holidays Description Markon is seeking an Atlassian & Agile SME with 6+ years of experience to lead the configuration, governance, and adoption of the Atlassian toolchain (Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket, and marketplace apps). This role blends platform administration, Agile process enablement, and data-driven reporting to improve delivery outcomes across teams and leadership.

Responsibilities Atlassian Platform Leadership
* Serve as the SME for Jira Software and Confluence (plus Jira Service Management and Bitbucket as applicable).

* Design, implement, and maintain Jira configurations at scale: issue types, workflows, schemes, custom fields, screens, permissions, notifications, and automation.

* Establish and enforce platform governance: standards, naming conventions, project creation controls, permission models, and lifecycle management.

* Build and maintain Confluence space architecture, templates, and knowledge governance to improve documentation quality and reuse.

Agile Enablement
* Partner with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and delivery teams to strengthen Scrum/Kanban execution.

* Define and operationalize DoR/DoD, backlog hygiene standards, estimation approaches, and ceremony effectiveness.

* Create reusable templates for epics/features/stories with consistent acceptance criteria and traceability.

Metrics, Dashboards, and Executive Reporting
* Build dashboards and reporting across portfolios and teams: velocity, throughput, cycle time, lead time, WIP, burnup/burndown, delivery forecasts.

* Improve and sustain Jira data quality so reporting is reliable and comparable across teams.

* Translate leadership questions into measurable KPIs and actionable reporting.

Automation & Integrations
* Implement workflow guardrails and automation using Jira Automation (and scripting tools like Script Runner where applicable).

* Support integrations with SSO/IdP, collaboration tools, CI/CD, and version control systems.

* Support migrations and platform evolution (Cloud/Data Center), including testing, validation, and change communications.

Support & Enablement
* Provide tier-2/3 support for complex Jira/Confluence issues;…