Atlassian Engineer

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Role: Atlassian Engineer

Location: Telford - currently remote

Clearance: SC eligible and UK National

We are actively looking to secure an Atlassian Engineer to join Experis as one of our expert consultants, delivering services to our clients.

Experis Consultancy is a Global entity with a well-established team with over 1000 consultants on assignment across 20 clients globally. Our UK operation is growing and has very aggressive plans for expansion over the coming years. We form part of the Manpower group of companies that turn over $20 billion a year collectively.

Experis UK have partnerships with major clients across the UK spanning multiple industries; our approach is a very personal one, with both our clients and our own employees. We are passionate about training, technology and career development.

Benefits include:Contributory pension schemeEnhanced Life Insurance CoverEmployee Assistance ProgramEnhanced Accident Insurance22 days holiday + bank holidaysSick pay

The Role

The Atlassian Consultant is a hybrid business and technical specialist role, whose primary purpose is to enable our clients to work better, together.

The purpose of the role is achieved by understanding the business outcomes that our clients need to achieve, and then working with those clients in a close, collaborative relationship to rapidly design, prototype, iterate, release and support business solutions in an Agile manner.

The business solutions provided by this role are based on Atlassian, Atlassian Marketplace and supporting technology.

This role is an experienced-level role. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate a reasonable degree of coverage of the following requirements. The core requirement is that the candidates can administer Jira instances and in particular work with customers to define workflows, custom fields and reporting via dashboards and gadgets.

Requirements

The Atlassian Consultant must be capable of interfacing with people at all levels in the client organisation, from ground-level technical / business contacts through to boardroom sponsors at CxO level. The Consultant must be aware of their audience and be able to frame their messages appropriately to the target audience, whilst being consistent across these audiences in terms of messages and meaning.

In addition to technical skills, the Atlassian Consultant will also need to hold or to develop an in-depth expert understanding of a broad range of business skills, reflecting the nature of the clients:Agile project and programme managementAgile Enterprise PlanningModern Software Development methods and principles including DevOps, CI/CDIT Service Management (ITIL v4) and its disciplinesModern team-working methods and principles such as Agile, Scaled Agile, and supporting methods such as ScrumBusiness process Management The Consultant must be able to apply this knowledge of these domains when talking to clients and designing solutions, because clients usually want their systems to reflect best practice in these areas.The Consultant must also be aware of the social, political and commercial environment of the client's business, as well as their current and desired state of maturity in the context of the support they are seeking from the client.The Consultant should use this knowledge to frame client responses appropriately

Personal Characteristics Clearance: SC eligible and UK National Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Excellent presentation skills.Calm under pressure, able to balance multiple priorities.Able to work independently or as part of a team.Excellent business analysis, problem solving and creativity skills.Driven and self-motivated.Customer and value/outcomes-focussedApplies continual targeted self-development, personal and professional