Position: JIRA Admin Developer
IT Industry
Area: Stellenbosch in Western Cape
Salary to discussed during interview based on experience and skills
Company offers benefits and competitive remuneration
Closing date: 30 January 2017

NOTE: Please send certified matric certificate & highest suitable qualification with application

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Educational requirements
Bachelor's Degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience
Minimum 2-4 years of Groovy or JAVA experience

Skills requirements
• Intermediate to Expert level Atlassian tool administration knowledge on JIRA and Confluence
• Ability to write custom JQL (Jira Query Language)
• Minimum of 2-4 years of hands-on experience working with the Atlassian product suite, with specific focus on JIRA as a Pro-ject/Application Administrator
• Energetic and ability to work in a fast changing dynamic agile environment; strong work ethic with good time management
• Ability to effectively communicate both written and oral and share knowledge with team contacts at all level
• Work closely with other teams to define best practices for using Atlassian tools across the organization and company
• Must be able to work independently in a team environment
• Must possess problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task with readiness to put in extra efforts when necessary
• Perform related work as assigned and work well with people across different locations
• A positive work attitude including a willingness to work longer hours during peak periods

Roles and responsibilities

• Set up, administer and support Atlassian Tools such as JIRA, Confluence and Service Desk
• Install, upgrade, integrate and administer Atlassian Tools: JIRA, Confluence
• Create comprehensive JIRA workflows including project workflows, screen schemes, permission schemes, notification schemes etc
• Use built-in customization as well as third party add-ons for extending the functionality of Atlassian Tools
• Manage permissions for the Atlassian Tools, including project wide and issue/space/repository access
• Determine ways to optimize/improve JIRA and JIRA Agile setup and process workflows, as well as identify where functional-ity can/cannot meet user requests
• Provide User Management and support of JIRA
• Administrator is responsible for working a queue of JIRA tickets to address system issues, user requests, etc on a daily basis
• Create development / testing version of JIRA to test new workflows and modifications to existing workflows
• Experience in performing Atlassian installations, migrations and plugin installation
• Schedule and coordinate maintenance for critical systems
• Provide JIRA training as needed
• Create and maintain detailed technical and user facing documentation
• Perform other duties as assigned