Atlassian Application Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
£405 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Telford, Shropshire
Summary: The role of Atlassian Application Engineer involves supporting a significant UK Government project by configuring, maintaining, and optimizing Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence. The position requires hands-on experience in delivering Atlassian platforms within complex enterprise environments. Candidates must be eligible for SC clearance and will work in a hybrid arrangement, spending two days a week in the office. The role emphasizes technical assessments, system upgrades, and integrations to ensure reliable public sector services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Configure, administer and optimise Atlassian applications including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and Bamboo to meet business and client requirements.
- Lead and deliver Atlassian platform upgrades, migrations and system consolidations, ensuring minimal disruption and data integrity.
- Perform technical assessments and health checks of Atlassian environments, recommending and implementing improvements.
- Design and configure Jira Service Management solutions including workflows, queues, SLAs, automation rules and integrations.
- Develop and maintain integrations between Atlassian tools and third-party systems using APIs and scripting.
- Implement and support CI/CD automation for application upgrades, testing and deployment processes.
- Work closely with stakeholders to define workflows, custom fields, reporting dashboards and marketplace add-ons.
- Provide technical guidance and support across Agile, DevOps and ITSM-aligned delivery environments.
Key Skills:
- 3-5 years of experience in Atlassian solution delivery, working on Application Engineering related activities.
- Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence upgrades, migrations and consolidations.
- Atlassian Technical migration accreditation and certifications.
- Experience performing technical assessments and health checks.
- Experience and certification in the Administration of Atlassian instances of Jira and Confluence.
- Experienced in administration of Atlassian products Bitbucket and Bamboo.
- Jira Service Management solution configurations, including queues, SLAs and automation.
- API and scripting knowledge for solution delivery between Jira and other applications.
- Experience using and configuring CI/CD automation tooling for scripting application upgrades and testing.
Salary (Rate): £405/day
City: Telford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Job Title: Atlassian Application Engineer
Max Supplier Rate: £405 per day inside ir35
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford/hybrid with (2 days/week in office)
Candidates must be willing and eligible to go through SC clearance for this role.
Role Overview: We are seeking an experienced Atlassian Application Engineer to support a major UK Government project. You will be responsible for configuring, maintaining and optimising Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence and Marketplace add-ons) to deliver secure, reliable and scalable solutions for critical public sector services. This role suits a hands-on specialist with proven experience delivering Atlassian platforms in complex enterprise environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Configure, administer and optimise Atlassian applications including Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and Bamboo to meet business and client requirements.
- Lead and deliver Atlassian platform upgrades, migrations and system consolidations, ensuring minimal disruption and data integrity.
- Perform technical assessments and health checks of Atlassian environments, recommending and implementing improvements.
- Design and configure Jira Service Management solutions including workflows, queues, SLAs, automation rules and integrations.
- Develop and maintain integrations between Atlassian tools and third-party systems using APIs and scripting.
- Implement and support CI/CD automation for application upgrades, testing and deployment processes.
- Work closely with stakeholders to define workflows, custom fields, reporting dashboards and marketplace add-ons.
- Provide technical guidance and support across Agile, DevOps and ITSM-aligned delivery environments.
Expereince required:
- At min 3-5 Years of experience in Atlassian solution delivery, working on Application Engineering related activities
- Hands on Experience with Jira, Confluence upgrades, migrations and consolidations
- Atlassian Technical migration accreditation and certifications
- Performed technical assessments and heath checks
- Experience and certification in the Administration of Atlassian instances of Jira and Confluence
- Experienced in administration Atlassian products Bitbucket and Bamboo
- Jira Service Management solution configurations. Be able to configure queues, SLAs and automation
- API and Scripting knowledge, Solution delivery between Jira and other applications
- Has used and can configure CI/CD automation tooling for scripting Application upgrades and testing
If you are interested in this role or wish to apply, please feel free to submit your CV.