VAE, Inc. is a full service IT Infrastructure Solutions Company focused on building, securing and supporting our clients’ mission critical enterprises. We provide a distinctive array of design, integration and implementation services as well as fully managed service offerings. VAE is at the forefront of leveraging multi-tenant capable technologies and shared IT services to create secure, reliable and cost-effective end-to-end services and solutions. We deliver exceptional infrastructure solutions with extremely talented employees using a client-focused partnering approach.

VAE is searching for a well rounded JIRA Administrator with experience that includes systems administration, application management, change control, risk management and validation and verification for multiple product baselines.

• Analyze, review, and document current functionality to determine potential areas of improvement.
• Manage user permissions for tools according to the needs of projects and teams.
• Perform application and system administration tasks, including data backups and scheduled jobs.
• Test new versions of the tools and plug-ins to ensure compatibility.
• Research and utilize industry standard methods and techniques.
• Maintain JIRA projects, workflows, permissions, and users to include adding external plug-ins and modifying JQL as needed.
• Improve JIRA security. Set access permissions for JIRA projects and Confluence spaces.
• Work with JIRA filters, reporting, dashboards, workflows, fields, and JIRA administration.
• Communicate and share knowledge with internal and external contacts at all levels.
• Manage Incident ticket data for reporting and data analytics

• Requires a BA degree and 4-8 years of prior relevant experience; additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Candidate must possess an active DOD TS/SCI level security clearance, and be eligible to obtain and maintain a w/CI Poly
• VMware experience.
• Virtualization experience (VMware vCenter, ESXi, KVM).
• Within the last 3 years, a minimum of 1 year experience performing periodic system back-ups and developing/documenting standard operating procedures for these activities.
• Minimum of 3 years hands-on experience working with the Atlassian product suite, with specific focus on JIRA as a Project/Application Administrator.
• Expert level Atlassian tool administration knowledge on JIRA and Confluence.
• Ability to construct custom dashboards using various filter types in JIRA, a must.
• Ability to construct Confluence pages and integrate JIRA projects with Confluence pages, a must.
• Ability to automate system tasks using bash, python, perl scripting.
• Experience in performing Atlassian installations, migrations, and plugin installation, a must.
• LDAP integration experience.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to work in a dynamic agile environment.
• Must have strong work ethic with good time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• IAT Level II Baseline Certification (e.g. CCNA Security, CySA , GICSP, GSEC, Security CE, CND, SSCP)
• Ability to translate highly technical matter to non-technical audience

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to write custom JQL (Jira Query Language), a plus.
• Experience installing applications on VMs, monitoring performance, and tailing logs on Unix Systems Administration and Microsoft Windows Server, preferred.
• Microsoft SQL Server or MySQL Database administration skills are preferred.
• Prior experienced with DISA and DISA’s support to mission partners

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.

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