Location: New York,NY, USA
First preference in NY/NJ candidate. If they can go to office once a day. last option is remote but from TriState preferable. Jira Align SME Location: NY/NJ Contract - 6 months. • Recommend and administer solution design for Atlassian Jira Align tool with ability to configure all levels including Enterprise, Program, Solutions, and Teams. • JIRA SME/Management. • Define product requirements, business rules, acceptance criteria and test cases that support the clients Atlassian 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. • 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. • 5-7 years experience in industry roles delivering customer-centric technology solutions. • Hands-on experience and deep knowledge of Agile development tools Jira Atlassian Jira Align (aka AgileCraft) is required • 2 - 5 years in agile transformational roles within a technology, 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 Atlassian Jira Align • Support the Jira end-user community with integrating local Jira projects into Atlassian Jira Align Experience with Continuous Improvement and Continuous Deployment principles