Title: Jira Align Architect
Location: Branchburg, NJ
Pay Rate: $67/hr on C2C
Skill Matrix:
| ROLE | Skill | Required Proficiency - On a scale of 1-5 (5 being the highest) |
| Jira Architect | Jira Align Architect | 5 |
| | Excellent communication | 5 |
| | Consulting experience | 4.5 |
Required Skills:
- Align
- SQL
- JQL
- Agile
Responsibilities:
- Recommend and administer solution design for Jira Align tool with ability to configure all levels including Enterprise, Program, Solutions, and Teams.
- Design, configure, and Implement OKR value engineering framework within tool based upon client’s requirements.
- Define product requirements, business rules, acceptance criteria and test cases that support the client’s Jira Align instance.
- Facilitate gathering of business and technical requirements from cross-functional partners including Agile Coaching office, Enterprise Portfolio Management, Agile Release Trains, and Quarterly Business Review reporting needs.
- Review and approve user stories, use cases, and UX/UI wireframes that align with the client’s product definition for Jira Align.
- Facilitate complex team meetings involving business and technical resources, including third-party vendors.
- Ability to lead a diverse group of resources – developers, technical architects, program and project managers, product owners, testing leads, and testers.
- Demonstrate credibility as a business partner to ensure business and technology decisions are reached to support business goals and objectives.
- Establish and drive long-term relationships across all required verticals.
- Support testing, launch, and on-going product management.
Qualifications & Experience:
- 5-7 years’ experience in industry roles delivering wireless/mobile technology solutions.
- Bachelor of Arts or Science required.
- Hands-on experience and deep knowledge of Agile development tools Jira & Jira Align (aka AgileCraft) is required
- 2 - 5 years in agile transformational roles within a technology, life health sciences, and/or financial services environment preferred
- Agile certification, Scrum Master experience, and Scaled Agile Concepts desired
- Experienced knowledge of Agile development/deployment and change management methodologies
- Knowledge of Cloud Platforms and SaaS platforms preferred with specific emphasis on Atlassian suite of products
- Strong change management skills
- Detailed understanding of how to configure and coordinate data and projects within Jira and Jira Align
- Support the Jira end-user community with integrating local Jira projects into Jira Align
Desired Skills:
- A talent for multi-tasking, meeting deadlines, learning new skills and methodologies, and working under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work independently.
- Flexible working style, ability to work in various types of client environments.
- Excellent communication skills, and proven ability to communicate effectively across the organization.
- Ability to lead decision making through influence, with the ability to make sound decisions in the best interest of the client as needed throughout the engagement.
- Collaborative working style with the ability to flex with many different types of working styles on client site.
