Atlassian Lead

Job Details:

Migration Delivery

• Lead Jira and Confluence migration activities from planning through production cutover.
  
• Coordinate migration waves, testing cycles, and go-live activities.
  
• Support project, issue, workflow, space, and attachment migration activities.
  
• Ensure migration deliverables are completed on schedule and meet quality standards.
  

Technical Leadership

• Provide guidance to Atlassian Engineers, Developers, and Administrators.
  
• Review configurations, permissions, workflows, schemes, and customizations.
  
• Validate migration readiness and identify technical risks.
  
• Drive issue resolution during migration execution.
  

Application & Integration Support

• Assess Marketplace Apps and migration dependencies.
  
• Coordinate migration of supported plugins and integrations.
  
• Support Jira-Confluence application linking and configuration activities.
  
• Assist with automation and reporting setup in Atlassian Cloud.
  

Testing & Validation

• Manage SIT, UAT, and post-migration validation activities.
  
• Coordinate defect tracking and resolution.
  
• Validate data integrity and user access post migration.
  
• Support business users during testing and cutover.
  

Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with client SMEs, application owners, security teams, and project managers.
  
• Conduct migration workshops, status updates, and technical reviews.
  
• Provide regular progress reports, risks, and mitigation plans.
  

Required Skills

• 7-10+ years of Atlassian experience.
  
• Strong expertise in Jira Software, JSM, and Confluence.
  
• Experience with Jira Cloud Migration Assistant (JCMA) and Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant (CCMA).
  
• Strong understanding of workflows, schemes, permissions, automations, and Marketplace Apps.
  
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale Atlassian migration projects.
  
• Excellent client communication and leadership skills.
  

Nice to Have Skills:
Self-starter / Independent Delivery

Executive Communication

Detailed Job Description - Lead the execution of Jira and Confluence Data Center to Cloud migration activities, ensuring successful planning, configuration, testing, and go-live. Act as the primary technical lead for migration teams and collaborate with architects, client stakeholders, administrators, and developers to deliver a seamless cloud transformation

Minimum Years of Experience: 10+

Certifications Needed: Preferred Certifications

• Atlassian Certified Jira Administrator
  
• Atlassian Certified Confluence Administrator
  
• Atlassian Cloud Organization Admin
  

Atlassian Cloud Migration Certification

Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute

- Proven self-starter: able to receive a problem statement and independently discover, scope, and deliver a solution

- Effective communicator at all levels, including direct engagement with C-suite and senior technology leaders

- Strong ability to manage ambiguity, define requirements where none exist, and communicate trade-offs clearly

- Collaborative and responsive to onshore Australian stakeholders with minimal turnaround time required