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Northrop Grumman · 2 days ago

Principal / Sr. Principal Atlassian Administrator-AHT - R10219157

Huntsville, AL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $179K/yr

5+ years exp

Northrop Grumman is a pioneering company with a rich history in technological advancements, seeking a Principal/Sr. Principal Atlassian Administrator. The role involves managing Atlassian applications, including workflow management, system maintenance, automation, and user management to enhance team productivity and efficiency.

AerospaceData IntegrationManufacturingRemote SensingSecurity

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Workflow Management – Design, build, and maintain custom workflows, issue types, screens, fields, and permission schemes that reflect each team’s processes

System Maintenance – monitoring Atlassian application health and performance, addressing any issues. Aligning procedures from different programs to current processes and ensuring all application instances are running efficiently

Automation - design, own, and maintain Jira and Confluence automations—including ScriptRunner, creating reusable Groovy/JavaScript script libraries—to eliminate repetitive manual effort, enforce governance, generate real time notifications for the right stakeholders, and boost consistency, efficiency, and overall team productivity

Integration – managing 3rd party plugins and integrations, to include integrating Atlassian applications with other tools and systems

Project Management – creating and organizing projects within Jira. Configuring project settings with unique issue types, priorities, and resolution. Creating and refining custom fields and items specific to each team

Knowledge Management - configure Confluence spaces, page templates, and permissions; ensure content hierarchy supports knowledge‑base growth. Help customize spaces and pages to meet requirements

User Management – managing users/groups/permissions within Jira. Assigning roles and permissions to specified groups/users

Qualification

Atlassian product suiteScriptRunner (Groovy)JQLAtlassian migrationsREST APIAgile/Scrum/DevOpsUser ManagementKnowledge ManagementSystem MaintenanceAutomationIntegrationConfluence MacrosTableau dashboardsBroad systems administrationProject Management

Required

Level 3: 5 Years with Bachelors in Science; 3 Years with Masters; 1 Year with PhD, or 4 additional years in lieu of a degree; Level 4: 8 Years with Bachelors in Science; 6 Years with Masters; 4 Years with PhD or 4 additional years in lieu of a degree

Hands-on experience with the Atlassian product suite incl. Jira and Confluence

Demonstrated experience with ScriptRunner (Groovy) scripts

Experience with JQL

Experience working with Atlassian migrations and upgrades

DoD Secret Security Clearance