Technical Consultant (Atlassian and SAFe) - Contractor

Company Description

Working at The Adaptavist Group

The Adaptavist Group is a global family of companies with a common goal. We combine the best of teamwork, technology, and processes, helping all kinds of businesses be better today and tomorrow.

We are experts at delivering enterprise software, tailored solutions, and quality services across some of the world’s most trusted technology ecosystems, including Atlassian, AWS, Slack, GitLab, monday.com and Aha!

We make change happen. From anywhere.

What we offer you

We offer a very generous holiday (PTO) allowance, trusting you to take vacation time that suits your personal life, alongside flexible working hours that empower you to work when it best fits you and your team. We provide MacBooks to all employees and additional support for fully remote workers to set up their home offices.

Our exceptional Time Away Policy includes 26 weeks of fully paid leave for birthing parents, 13 weeks for non-birthing parents, and extended leave for adoption, IVF, surrogacy, elective egg freezing, and women's health needs such as menopause, menstruation, endometriosis, and PCOS.

Our trusting, flexible, remote-first way of working means that work can fit around your life, rather than your life fitting around work.

Read our full list of benefits

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Atlassian Jira Engineer (Contractor) to design, scale, and evolve enterprise solutions that power our Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) practices. In this role, you will leverage your deep expertise in Jira configuration and customization to bridge the gap between technical execution and SAFe portfolio constructs. Partnering closely with Agile Coaches, Product Management, and Engineering leaders, you will ensure Jira serves as a high-performing, scalable platform that drives transparency, governance, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Jira Platform Engineering & Configuration

Design and implement enterprise-grade Jira configurations aligned to SAFe®

Constructs (Portfolio Epics, Features, Stories, Planning Increments, etc.).

Configure and maintain issue hierarchies, workflows, screens, fields, permissions, and schemes to support scaled agile delivery.

Build and maintain Jira projects and templates that enable consistency while allowing

team-level flexibility.

Ensure Jira configurations support governance, auditability, and reporting

requirements without over-burdening delivery teams.

SAFe® Enablement

Translate SAFe® concepts (Lean Portfolio Management, ARTs, PIs, value streams) into

practical Jira implementations.

Support PI Planning, execution, and tracking through Jira and related Atlassian tools.

Partner with Agile Coaches, Release Train Engineers, and Product leadership to

continuously refine Jira usage in line with evolving SAFe® maturity.

Enable flow metrics, dependency management, and cross-team visibility using Jira data.

Customization & Development

Develop custom Jira solutions using:

Jira Automation

ScriptRunner (Groovy)

Forge and/or Connect apps

REST APIs and webhooks

Build custom fields, listeners, automation rules, and integrations to support enterprise

workflows.

Design scalable solutions that avoid performance degradation and minimise technical debt.

Integrations & Toolchain

Integrate Jira with other enterprise tools (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, source control, service

management, portfolio tools, reporting platforms).

Maintain data integrity across integrated systems and ensure reliable bi-directional

data flows.

Collaborate with platform and engineering teams on secure and compliant integrations.

Reporting & Insights

Design and maintain dashboards and reports for teams, programs, and portfolios.

Enable metrics aligned to SAFe® and flow-based measurement (e.g., predictability,

throughput, WIP).

Support leadership and governance reporting through trusted Jira data.

Operational Excellence & Support

Act as a subject matter expert for Jira within the organisation.

Troubleshoot complex Jira issues and provide advanced support to users and admins.

Document standards, patterns, and best practices for Jira usage and configuration.

Contribute to platform governance and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

Agile & SAFe® Experience

Jira Automation

Advanced Roadmaps (or equivalent)

Proven experience developing custom Jira solutions using:

ScriptRunner (Groovy)

Jira REST APIs

Experience integrating Jira with enterprise systems and DevOps toolchains.

Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.

Ability to balance standardisation with flexibility in a scaled environment.

Analytical mindset with a focus on continuous improvement.

Comfortable working in complex, regulated, or matrixed organisations.

Extensive hands-on experience administering and engineering Atlassian Jira (Cloud and Data Center) in large organisations.

Workflow design and optimization

Custom fields and schemes

Portfolio, Solution, ART and Team-level metrics

Ability to translate agile theory into practical, usable Jira configurations

Additional Information

Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! Studies show that women and people of colour might hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At Adaptavist, part of TAG, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team. If you’re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t have everything that's listed just yet.

Drop us your application, we’d love to hear from you!

What to expect

We have published some support on Interviewing with us to try to alleviate any pre-interview anxieties, here you’ll find information to help you prepare and ace an interview at TAG.

You can read them here

Equal opportunities for everyone

At The Adaptavist Group, we are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and believe this positively impacts both the creation of our innovative products and our delivery of bespoke solutions to our global customers and our own unique culture. We encourage all qualified applicants, regardless of age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, pregnancy and maternity, marriage, and civil partnership status.

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