Atlassian Manager - Chicago, United States - Peapod Digital Labs

Description

Address: USA-IL-Chicago-300 South Riverside Plaza
Store Code: Technical Projects
What's Our Dish
Announced in May 2018, Peapod Digital Labs (PDL) is an Ahold Delhaize USA company that powers the eCommerce and digital strategies for the Great Local Brands of Ahold Delhaize USA. Accelerating growth in digital and personalization capabilities, PDL is an innovation lab focused on meeting the changing needs of customers, regardless of when, where, and how consumers choose to shop.
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The Atlassian Administrator has responsibilities to support the Agile processes through defining delivery methodologies and frameworks as well as ownership of Atlassian administration. This role will lead a team of practitioners and proved leadership on the implementation of training, process, technology, tooling, and governance. Responsibilities will also include the administration, enhancement, maintenance, and integration of Atlassian products. This role is accountable for high availability, performance, and enhanced capabilities of the suite of Atlassian products. This position will be responsible for owning, managing, defining, and optimizing standard Atlassian tools and processes to drive Atlassian standard methodologies and increased collaboration across scrum teams as well as other identified ways of working tooling.
Recipe for Success - What's "in store" for the role

• Lead change management activities supporting continued Agile adoption
• Define, establish, and implement agile methodologies applied across Technology.
• Define & establish the Technology organizations tools that enable and support the delivery methodology frameworks.
• Establish & drive cross company partnerships to enable adoption and support growing the organization's maturity.
• Define and establish processes and guidelines for delivery tools for agile.
• Educate and assist the Technology organization on the use of the tools and guidelines.
• Function as a subject matter expert (SME) through repeated successful collaboration with global teams.
• Drive consistent use of tools in alignment with guidelines across the organization.
• Champion modern methodologies such as Agile, DevOps and related practices
• Create, manage, and support all administrative functions associated with the Atlassian product suite including Jira Software on the Cloud, Confluence and Bitbucket
• Manage all Jira UI Admin tasks like project creation, team/board creation, custom fields, custom field values, reports, workflows, issue types, screen schemes, permission schemes, and notification schemes
• Work closely with the scrum masters and program managers to assist with process standardization
• Work with scrum teams to identify and implement automation opportunities
• Monitor Atlassian health status and keep everyone informed of any outages or performance issues.
• Create training materials and conduct user-training and help-sessions for new and existing custom features and implementations
• Find ways to optimize and improve JIRA/Confluence setup and workflows, as well as identify where functionality needs to improve to meet user requests
• Promote adoption and standard processes among the Atlassian user community
• Define and lead the rollout of comprehensive workflows (with conditions, validators, and triggered post functions), screen schemes, permission schemes, and notification schemes
• Refine current Jira processes to be more streamline and uniform for agile teams.
• Troubleshoot issues, connect with scrum masters, and continue to improve support processes.
• Develop mechanisms to automate manual processes
• Provide JIRA domain expertise in discussions regarding governance within JIRA
• Create Jira based reports, dashboards and planning views based on different user requirements and provide partners with actionable project metrics and status reports
• Create and maintain technical and/or user facing documentation for training
• Stay ahead of on industry trends that evolve the frameworks and methods to continuously improve our ability to deliver value.

The Essentials in Your Cart - The required ingredients

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience in technical roles.
• Atlassian Jira and Confluence administration certifications
• Minimum 5+ years of technical experience inclusive of hands-on experience working with the Atlassian product suite, with specific focus on JIRA as a Project/Application Administrator
• 2+ years of experience in an advanced role or technical capacity leading teams directly or indirectly. This role currently manages contract resources.

Extra Spices

• Proficient in Jira / Confluence administration
• Experience managing all Jira UI Admin tasks like project creation, custom fields, reports, workflows etc.
• Ability to help in deployments / upgrades / plugin installations
• Capacity to perform regular maintenance tasks like indexing etc.
• Embody and role model a culture of leadership
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail
• Exceptional communication, organization, and time management skills
• SAFe/Agile exposure
• Knowledge of IT services and standard processes for agile development & tool management
• Excellent communicator who can work with and influence all functions and levels.
• Proven capability to develop and lead team members
• Will need to work independently with minimal direction
• Proficient in JQL and developing custom scripts
• Strong Change Management capabilities to challenge the status quo and drive transformational change to improve business performance and productivity.
• Highly collaborative with proven experience partnering, influencing, negotiating across all levels of the organization
• Ability to develop communication, training, and coaching strategy to enable to organization to adopt the delivery methodologies and practices
• Relentlessly seeks to improve the way we work together and deliver value.

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Join Us at Our Table
Peapod Digital Labs is a forward-thinking company with a strong legacy of innovation. We recognize who powers our progress - our people Our vision is to become an organization where humanity is universally embraced; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are infused in our business; and our PDL employees are representative of the world and the communities that we serve.
We believe in total wellness, which encompasses a balance of physical, financial, and emotional wellness. No matter where you are on your personal wellness journey, PDL provides access to a variety of tools and resources to support total wellness. This includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) with a strong company match, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, generous and flexible paid time off and holiday policy, and an array of voluntary benefits including critical care, pet insurance, and additional life coverage.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process. If you require assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Department at
Job Requisition: 345857_external_USA-IL-Chicago_3132024