Systems Administrator - Atlassian

Company: Penske
Location: Reading
Posted on: January 26, 2023

Job Description:

Summary Statement:

You will be working with the IT organization, agile practice and governance teams to support the SDLC and other processes with the Atlassian tools.

What you will be doing:

As a Penske Systems Administrator - Atlassian, you will research, create, configure, test, administrate and maintain JIRA, Confluence, various integrations and plugins both in the Cloud and On Premise. Your primary objective will be the technical oversight and administration for the suite of Atlassian products used across IT. You'll work directly with various teams across the org to support, maintain, and build solutions to support the strategy and growth of the IT Org.

Penske Responsibilities:
Create, manage, and support all administrative functions associated with the Atlassian product suite including Jira Software and Confluence.
Manage user accounts, groups, and permissions schemes to projects
Confluence environment, space administration - Space creation and settings permissions for security
Integrate various services internal and external to the enterprise
Create and provide support for JIRA projects, queries, and reports.
Create and maintain custom workflows, screens, fields, and templates, and provide ongoing support and configuration maintenance.
Work with the server and database team to assure solid administration of the servers and Oracle environments supporting the Atlassian tools
Research, evaluate, install, configure, test, and manage add-ons, plug-ins, and extensions.
Manage and update software and licenses
Research and implement Atlassian best practices
Contribute in discussions regarding security, privacy, and governance within our Atlassian suite.
Act as the SME for JIRA-related projects and assess/implement new capabilities as needed throughout the organization.
Troubleshoot and fix errors common to Jira applications
Provide day-to-day operational support activities as well as strategic planning initiatives involving JIRA
Ability to write custom JQL (Jira Query Language)
Maintain compliance rate for vulnerability management and security compliance .
Penske Qualifications:
Associate's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Engineering or related field. If no degree, then at least 1 years of specific (function) administration experience required.
Minimum of 1 years of system engineering and IT support required
Hands-on experience with Atlassian product suite.
Strong troubleshooting skills
Experience as a Jira Administrator with experience managing complex projects, workflows, custom configurations, screen schemes, permission schemes, notification schemes and automations.
Knowledge of system security concerns and vulnerabilities.
Strong understanding of SDLC and agile methodologies
Experience with JQL, REST, Groovy.
Experience implementing Atlassian Plugins
Manage all JIRA enhancements and releases following a formal change management process
Ability to comfortably discuss technical concepts with engineers on your team, or with vendors
Collaborating with other support staff, application owners, and users to build solutions and prioritize efforts.
Atlassian Certified Administrator preferred
Familiarity with operating systems.
Basic level of understanding of networks, security and databases.
Basic understanding of Linux.
Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.
Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.

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