Atlassian Lead

Atlassian Lead 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.

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

5-10+ 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 Top 3 responsibilities: – 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