Hiring: Atlassian Platform Engineer, Vice President Company: MUFG Location: Jersey City, NJ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 13:39:28 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, CI/CD, Confluence, GitHub Enterprise, Groovy, IAM, Jira, REST, ServiceNow, Systems Design About the job Experience: •5+ years of hands‑on experience administering Jira and Confluence at the system level, clearly differentiated from Project/Space‑level administration preferred. •5+ years of experience in a highly regulated environment (e.g., financial services, government, healthcare). Required Skills: •We are seeking a Jira and Confluence Engineer to join the DevSecOps Collaboration and Enablement team, with accountability for the architecture, governance, and evolution of our Jira, Jira Service Management, and Confluence platforms. •Administer, engineer, and support enterprise Atlassian Data Center and Cloud instances (Jira, Jira Service Management, and Confluence), focusing on system configuration, performance, availability, and reliability. •Execute and support the migration of Jira and Confluence from Data Center to Atlassian Cloud, contributing to migration planning, data validation, risk mitigation, security controls, stakeholder coordination, and post‑migration tuning. •Gather and analyze business and delivery workflow requirements, and translate them into effective Jira configurations, including workflows, schemes, permissions, fields, automation, and app usage. •Partner with platform owners and stakeholders to support the Atlassian roadmap, backlog execution, vendor coordination, and feature adoption. •Coordinate with Identity and Access Management, Third‑Party Management, and Enterprise Security teams to implement and maintain access models, security controls, and compliance requirements. •Create, maintain, and evolve standardized (“golden”) Jira configurations, including project schemes, issue hierarchies, dashboards, reports, and planning views. •Build and maintain integrations with external systems such as GitHub Enterprise, ServiceNow, and other SDLC or ITSM tools using supported integration patterns and APIs. Qualifications: •Direct experience supporting and executing Jira and Confluence migrations from Data Center to Cloud preferred. •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience. •Atlassian Certified Professional (ACP) credentials (e.g., ACP-120 Jira Administrator for Cloud, ACP-520 Atlassian Cloud Organization Admin) preferred. •Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineers, business partners, and leadership. •Demonstrated ability to prioritize work, collaborate across teams, and execute initiatives to completion. •Strong attention to detail with experience improving platform configuration, usability, and operational processes. •Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and SDLC practices, and how Jira supports them at scale. •Strong analytical skills with experience producing meaningful reports and insights from Jira and Confluence data. •Hands‑on experience implementing and maintaining REST APIs and system integrations involving Atlassian products. •Demonstrated capacity to manage multiple concurrent requests while maintaining platform quality and standards. Compensation: •$146,000 - $205,000 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •This role may also be eligible for certain discretionary performance-based bonus and/or incentive compensation Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!