Atlassian Migration Engineer III
Logistics Management Institute3 days ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$130k - $175k/yr
Responsibilities
- Inventory legacy Jira and Confluence environments, including projects, spaces, workflows, identities, marketplace apps, and integrations.
- Plan and execute phased migrations to Atlassian Cloud using Jira Cloud Migration Assistant and approved migration tools.
- Write and test migration scripts, bulk transformations, reconciliation checks, and post-cutover remediation procedures.
- Design Jira automations, API interfaces, and Forge or ScriptRunner extensions.
- Integrate GitHub repositories with Jira for issue linkage, smart commits, and build and deployment visibility using GitHub Actions.
- Create migration runbooks, source-to-target mappings, test plans, validation evidence, acceptance criteria, defect logs, and cutover or rollback checkpoints.
- Test migrations and compare records, histories, attachments, relationships, permissions, and workflows against approved baselines.
- Resolve migration blockers with security, identity, architecture, and customer teams.
- Coordinate technical releases and document integration ownership, monitoring, maintenance, and operational handover procedures.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information systems, or a related technical field, or four additional years of relevant experience in place of the degree.
- At least five years of experience in application integration, platform migration, automation engineering, or related technical delivery.
- Demonstrated experience with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant and Jira Data Center-to-Cloud transitions.
- Proficiency with Jira Automation, scripting, and APIs, with familiarity with Forge or ScriptRunner.
- Experience integrating GitHub with Jira, including GitHub for Jira and GitHub Actions.
- Experience designing validation and reconciliation checks for large, inconsistent migration datasets and configuration schemes.
- Working knowledge of authentication, rate limits, integration troubleshooting, and secure automation-credential management.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a favorable Public Trust determination and meet applicable federal personnel vetting, security, privacy, accessibility, and data-handling requirements.
- Preferred qualifications include VA, VHA, or federal health-program experience; Confluence migration and marketplace-plugin remediation; SAML/OIDC and identity mapping; phased enterprise cutovers; migration performance optimization; and regulated federal enterprise delivery.
- A master’s degree and certifications such as GitHub Actions, GitHub Administration, or Atlassian Jira Administration for Cloud ACP-120 are desirable.
Benefits
- Remote work in the United States.
- The role supports federal modernization initiatives and requires the ability to obtain a favorable Public Trust determination.
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About Logistics Management Institute
Logistics Management Institute (LMI) provides consulting, software development, and analytics services to U.S. federal agencies, with strengths in supply chain, digital engineering, AI, and modeling and simulation. It builds and sustains government systems—such as Army acquisition and contract-writing platforms—while delivering data-driven modernization and program support across defense, space, healthcare, and energy. Founded in 1961 and headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI operates as a privately held contractor to the public sector.