Senior Systems Engineer (Jira Solutions) 685

Join a team that powers the business enterprise behind the mission. Freedom supports the sustainment modernization and transformation of more than 100 enterprise business systems that enable tens of thousands of government personnel industry partners and prospective employees worldwide. Our teams develop modernize secure and operate the applications and services that support workforce management training financial operations acquisitions security processing and executive decision-making across multiple secure environments.

As part of this program you will work alongside experts in software engineering cloud computing DevSecOps systems engineering and enterprise platforms to modernize legacy systems automate business processes and deliver innovative solutions that improve efficiency reduce costs and enhance the user experience. The work you perform will help ensure the organization has the technology information and capabilities needed to support its workforce and accomplish its mission.

We are seeking a Senior Systems Engineer for one of our PRIME CONTRACTS and offers exciting opportunities to support essential services and mission critical activities across the enterprise. Our mission supports the Government Corporate Management Services (CMS) by providing full life cycle support services through the sustainment modernization and transformation of the enterprise corporate applications. These applications are used across the government enterprise and are critical to the daily functions of thousands of users across acquisition business finance HR training recruitment program management security logistics and more. Come join our diverse and growing team with lots of opportunities!

This role will provide Systems Engineering support to the Network Security Services organization by assisting multiple programs with requirements analysis workflow management risk assessment tracking approval processes and lifecycle status reporting. The position will support the continuous improvement of business processes and workflow automation capabilities primarily leveraging Atlassian Jira and Confluence.

Specifically the role will:

• Analyze and validate data collected in support of requests and ensure the integrity of information throughout the workflow lifecycle.
• Evaluate existing business processes and workflows identify opportunities for improvement and collaborate with stakeholders to design and document process enhancements.
• Configure and maintain workflow processes business rules and automations within Jira to support operational requirements and improve efficiency.
• Develop metrics dashboards and reports to provide visibility into request status workload performance trends and key program indicators for stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Maintain enhance and optimize Jira workflows project configurations and supporting processes.
• Develop an understanding of existing Jira implementations and identify opportunities to streamline operations and improve scalability.
• Work directly with customers and stakeholders to gather requirements and tailor workflow solutions to meet mission and business needs.
• Develop and maintain workflow automations to reduce manual effort improve consistency and support organizational growth.
• Collaborate with corporate service teams to transition locally developed capabilities into enterprise solutions where appropriate.
• Develop and maintain workflow diagrams process documentation and change management artifacts.
• Support program meetings status reviews and working groups by tracking schedules milestones deliverables risks issues dependencies and action items.
• Coordinate with authentication and authorization teams to ensure appropriate access controls and data protection measures are implemented.
• Assist with administration of Jira and Confluence projects including user access permissions and space management.

Maintain and enhance Confluence knowledge bases and documentation repositories to support organizational knowledge sharing and process consistency.

Required Qualifications:

• TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph
• A bachelors degree in a technical discipline and twenty (20) years of experience as a Systems Engineer supporting programs and contracts of similar scope type and complexity. Twenty-five (25) years of relevant Systems Engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelors degree.
• Experience using and administering Atlassian Jira and Confluence to support engineering development or program management activities.
• Experience creating maintaining and improving workflows dashboards reports and automations within Jira or similar workflow management tools.
• Experience developing Jira automations dashboards metrics and executive-level reporting.
• Experience gathering documenting and managing requirements while working directly with customers and stakeholders to define priorities acceptance criteria and desired outcomes.
• Experience developing and maintaining technical documentation project schedules process documentation and status reporting artifacts.
• Experience supporting Agile software development teams and facilitating collaboration across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience managing user roles permissions and access controls within enterprise applications.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and organizational skills with the ability to identify process improvements and implement practical solutions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including experience presenting technical information and recommendations to program leadership and Government stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience administering Atlassian Jira and Confluence in an enterprise environment.
• Experience designing implementing and enhancing Jira workflows issue types screens and project configurations.
• Experience establishing Jira governance processes permission schemes and configuration standards.
• Experience with Jira integrations custom reporting or advanced JQL queries.
• Atlassian certifications or equivalent experience.

Tech Stack:

• Atlassian Jira
• Atlassian Confluence
• Microsoft Office Suite

The estimated salary range for this position is between $210000-$260000 (annualized USD). This range reflects the typical pay for the role and is one part of the companys comprehensive compensation package. Actual salaries are influenced by several factors such as location the individuals education skills experience and competencies as well as contract affordability and organizational needs.