Atlassian

Senior Forward Deployed Architect

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3 days ago
Remote, Worldwide +4 moreSenior
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$149k - $235k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design enterprise Systems of Work across Jira, Confluence, Rovo, and the Atlassian platform.
  • Lead current-state to future-state workflow transformation, operating model design, governance, Centers of Excellence, RACI structures, and platform team design.
  • Drive cross-functional Atlassian adoption across HR, Finance, Marketing, PMO, Operations, and Engineering.
  • Design target-state architectures covering SaaS, identity and SSO, data residency, integrations, Forge and Connect apps, Marketplace solutions, and migration paths.
  • Co-design AI-native workflows involving Rovo agents, knowledge grounding, Teamwork Graph enrichment, AI governance, and human-in-the-loop patterns.
  • Create durable reference architectures, ADRs, Forge prototypes, Terraform/IaC modules, Compass scorecards, and automation rule libraries.
  • Lead executive discovery with CIOs, CTOs, engineering leaders, and platform leaders and translate outcomes into roadmaps and delivery plans.
  • Orchestrate execution across Solutions Engineering, Solution Architecture, TAS/FDE, Professional Services, partners, and customer stakeholders.
  • Capture field patterns as product and platform requirements, mentor architects, and represent Atlassian through talks and published technical materials.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of customer-facing technical, advisory, consulting, or transformation experience.
  • Demonstrated ownership and delivery of end-to-end transformations for Fortune 1000, large regulated, or public sector customers.
  • Executive presence, strong written communication, and the ability to produce executive-quality memos, ADRs, and design documents.
  • Strong workflow and systems thinking with the ability to map complex processes and design scalable ways of working.
  • Experience with enterprise architecture concepts including cloud-native design, integration patterns, identity, security, and data.
  • Ability to prototype, debug, and read code in at least one of Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, Node, or Python.
  • Ability to work credibly across IT, PMO, HR, Finance, and senior business stakeholders.
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% and work across customer time zones.
  • Preferred qualifications include AWS or equivalent hyperscaler architecture, Forward Deployed or Customer Engineering experience, senior architect or Principal Consultant experience, consulting experience, Atlassian Forge or Cloud migration experience, AI/LLM architecture experience, relevant certifications, and public technical artifacts.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements allowing employees to work from an office, from home, or in a combination of both, subject to legal-entity availability.
  • Health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, family and community-oriented benefits, and additional Atlassian perks.
  • The role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
  • The position requires up to 50% travel and engagements typically run 3–9 months per strategic account.

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About Atlassian

10,000+ employees

Atlassian powers the collaboration that helps teams accomplish what would otherwise be impossible alone. From space missions and motor racing to bugs in code and IT requests, no task is too large or too small with the right team, the right tools, and the right practices. Over 300,000 global companies and 80% of the Fortune 500 rely on Atlassian’s software, like Jira, Confluence, Loom, and Trello, to help their teams work better together and deliver quality results on time. With our 300,000+ customers and team of 10,000+ Atlassians, we are building the next generation of team collaboration and productivity software. We believe the power of teams has the potential to change the world — one that is more open, authentic, and inclusive.

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