Job
Title: Jira Administrator (Automation, Scripting & Agentic AI)
Location: Remote (Candidate must be
available in Mountain Time zone)
$55/hr on C2C
Key Responsibilities
- Jira
Platform Administration
- Manage
and evolve Jira Cloud configurations (projects, workflows, schemes,
permissions, automation rules)
- Ensure
platform scalability, governance, and alignment with enterprise operating
models
- Workflow
Design & Automation
- Design
and implement end-to-end workflows aligned to intake, triage,
delivery, and reporting
- Build
advanced automations to reduce manual intervention and improve cycle time
- Scripting
& Integration
- Develop
and maintain scripts using tools such as:
- ScriptRunner
(Groovy)
- REST
APIs (Jira, GitHub, ServiceNow, etc.)
- Enable
integrations across toolchain (Jira ↔ GitHub, Jama, CRM, internal
systems)
- Agentic
AI Enablement
- Design
and implement AI-assisted workflows and decision agents, including:
- Intelligent
triage assignment
- Automated
work classification and routing
- Context-aware
recommendations (priority, ownership, dependency mapping)
- Partner
with AI teams to operationalize agent-based automation within Jira
workflows
Required Qualifications:
- 10+
years of experience as a Jira Administrator (Cloud preferred)
- Deep
expertise in:
- Workflow
configuration, schemes, and permissions
- Jira
Automation / Automation for Jira
- Strong scripting
experience:
- Groovy
(ScriptRunner), Python, or similar
- REST
API integrations
- Experience
with toolchain integrations (e.g., GitHub, CI/CD systems)
- Proven
ability to manage multi-team / multi-org Jira environments
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience
implementing AI-driven workflow automation
- Familiarity
with:
- Agentic
AI concepts (autonomous agents, orchestration frameworks, LLM
integration)
- Prompt
engineering or AI workflow design
- Exposure
to:
- Large-scale
software delivery environments (Agile / SAFe)
- Enterprise
data models and taxonomy design