DevOps Engineer
Posted Today by Digital Waffle
£500 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: A technology business is seeking a DevOps / Jira Consultant to facilitate the migration from Azure DevOps to Jira, ensuring the setup supports scalable delivery, reporting, and time tracking. The role involves configuring Jira from scratch, migrating existing workflows, and collaborating with engineering teams to optimize usage. The consultant will also provide guidance on best practices for Jira implementation. This position offers a day rate of £500 and is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the setup and configuration of Jira from scratch
- Migrate existing workflows, tickets and structures from Azure DevOps into Jira
- Design and implement project structures, boards and workflows aligned to engineering processes
- Configure reporting, dashboards and time tracking to support delivery visibility
- Work closely with engineering and leadership teams to define how Jira should be used
- Ensure best practice setup for scalability, usability and governance
- Provide guidance on how teams should adopt and use Jira effectively
Key Skills:
- Proven experience implementing Jira from scratch or leading migrations from Azure DevOps
- Strong understanding of software delivery workflows and DevOps environments
- Experience configuring Jira projects, workflows, boards and permissions
- Ability to set up reporting, dashboards and time tracking
- Strong stakeholder communication skills with the ability to translate requirements into systems
- Experience working in fast-paced engineering teams
Salary (Rate): £500 daily
City: Guildford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
A growing technology business is looking for a DevOps / Jira Consultant to support the implementation and migration of their ticketing and delivery workflows. They are moving from Azure DevOps to Jira and need someone who can set up the environment properly from day one, ensuring it supports delivery, reporting and time tracking in a scalable way.
Role: DevOps / Jira Consultant
Day Rate: £500 per day
Contract: Outside IR35
Location: Guildford - Hybrid
What you’ll be doing:
- Lead the setup and configuration of Jira from scratch
- Migrate existing workflows, tickets and structures from Azure DevOps into Jira
- Design and implement project structures, boards and workflows aligned to engineering processes
- Configure reporting, dashboards and time tracking to support delivery visibility
- Work closely with engineering and leadership teams to define how Jira should be used
- Ensure best practice setup for scalability, usability and governance
- Provide guidance on how teams should adopt and use Jira effectively
What you’ll need:
- Proven experience implementing Jira from scratch or leading migrations from Azure DevOps
- Strong understanding of software delivery workflows and DevOps environments
- Experience configuring Jira projects, workflows, boards and permissions
- Ability to set up reporting, dashboards and time tracking
- Strong stakeholder communication skills with the ability to translate requirements into systems
- Experience working in fast-paced engineering teams
What’s on offer:
- £500 per day outside IR35
- Flexible remote working
- Opportunity to shape how engineering delivery is structured and tracked
- Short-term engagement with immediate impact
This role would suit someone who has set up Jira environments properly before and can quickly bring structure and clarity to engineering workflows.