Job
Title: Jira Administrator (Automation, Scripting & Agentic AI)
Location: Remote (Candidate must be available
in Mountain Time zone)
Contract
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