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Role Overview: You should have a minimum of 6 years of hands-on experience in JIRA administration, customization, and plugin management. Your role will involve demonstrating project leadership experience, preferably in the automotive or embedded systems domain. Expertise in designing and implementing complex JIRA workflows and schemes for large-scale engineering programs is essential. You must have proficiency in project tracking/reporting, Agile delivery models, and cross-team collaboration. Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills are required, along with the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are a must-have. Key Responsibilities: - Lead end-to-end customization and configuration of JIRA, including workflows, screens, issue types, custom fields, dashboards, and permission schemes tailored for automotive R&D and delivery processes. - Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders (engineering, QA, product, IT) to collect detailed requirements and translate them into scalable JIRA solutions. - Develop, document, and enforce JIRA best practices aligned with Agile/Hybrid project methodologies and automotive compliance needs (ASPICE, ISO 26262). - Manage and govern the full lifecycle of JIRA projects setup, execution, performance tuning, upgrades, and maintenance. - Design and implement automation rules using JIRA Automation or scripting tools (ScriptRunner, Groovy). - Provide hands-on training and onboarding support to JIRA users and project teams, driving tool adoption and self-service enablement. - Monitor JIRA usage, identify bottlenecks, and propose continuous improvement strategies. - Prepare regular reports and dashboards with key project metrics and tool usage statistics for leadership and governance bodies. - Work closely with Atlassian support and internal IT for performance optimization, data integrity, and uptime assurance. Qualification Required: - Experience with JIRA plugin ecosystems (ScriptRunner, BigPicture, Zephyr, eazyBI). - Hands-on knowledge of Atlassian integrations (Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo). - Exposure to automotive development standards (ISO 26262, ASPICE, A-SPICE Tool Qualification). - Experience in managing JIRA in a DevOps CI/CD environment. - Project management certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe Agilist, or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) are advantageous. - Familiarity with REST APIs and scripting for JIRA automation.,
