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Jira Platform Administrator
Job Location:
Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
29 September 2026 (5 days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
27 December 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Company Description
Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is a technology consulting Services company based in Florida. We provide a wide array of experienced business and IT professionals supporting clients from solution design to implementation and support. We specialize in professional IT consulting services IT Staffing Business/IT Strategy Business Process Blueprints Enterprise Architecture Enterprise Transformation.
Job Title: Jira Platform Administrator
Location: 2 Broadway New York NY. 10004 (Hybrid/Remote)
Duration: 12 Months
Job Description:
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking an experienced Jira Platform Administrator to manage the health governance and enterprise-wide administration of its Jira environment. This role is responsible for maintaining global Jira configurations workflows permission schemes custom fields automation and platform standards to ensure a secure scalable and consistent environment. The administrator will partner with Agile teams to support Scrum and Kanban practices while developing cross-project dashboards executive reporting and portfolio-level visibility into delivery progress risks dependencies and team capacity. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience administering Jira in a large enterprise driving governance and best practices supporting Jira integrations with Confluence and other tools and ensuring the platform meets the operational needs of business and technology stakeholders.
Required Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Key Responsibilities
Lumen SolutionsGroup Inc is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any legally protected status.
Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is a technology consulting Services company based in Florida. We provide a wide array of experienced business and IT professionals supporting clients from solution design to implementation and support. We specialize in professional IT consulting services IT Staffing Business/IT Strategy Business Process Blueprints Enterprise Architecture Enterprise Transformation.
Job Title: Jira Platform Administrator
Location: 2 Broadway New York NY. 10004 (Hybrid/Remote)
Duration: 12 Months
Job Description:
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking an experienced Jira Platform Administrator to manage the health governance and enterprise-wide administration of its Jira environment. This role is responsible for maintaining global Jira configurations workflows permission schemes custom fields automation and platform standards to ensure a secure scalable and consistent environment. The administrator will partner with Agile teams to support Scrum and Kanban practices while developing cross-project dashboards executive reporting and portfolio-level visibility into delivery progress risks dependencies and team capacity. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience administering Jira in a large enterprise driving governance and best practices supporting Jira integrations with Confluence and other tools and ensuring the platform meets the operational needs of business and technology stakeholders.
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on experience administering Jira in a large complex or enterprise environment.
- Experience managing global Jira configurations rather than only individual projects.
- Advanced knowledge of workflows permission schemes issue-type schemes screen schemes custom fields and automation.
- Experience establishing Jira governance and enterprise standards.
- Experience supporting Agile delivery using Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
- Experience developing cross-project dashboards executive reporting and portfolio-level visibility.
- Strong troubleshooting documentation and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to balance standardization security and governance with the operational needs of different business and technology teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Jira Cloud or Jira Data Center in a large enterprise environment.
- Experience with Jira Plans/Advanced Roadmaps Confluence and Atlassian Marketplace applications.
- Experience integrating Jira with development reporting or IT service-management tools.
- Atlassian Jira Administrator certification.
- Previous experience supporting transportation government or other highly regulated organizations.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the overall health availability performance and ongoing administration of the enterprise Jira platform.
- Manage global Jira configurations including workflows issue types custom fields screens schemes and system settings.
- Establish and enforce enterprise governance configuration standards naming conventions and platform best practices.
- Design and maintain permission schemes roles and access controls to protect sensitive information.
- Standardize Jira configurations across programs while supporting legitimate project-specific requirements.
- Configure and support Scrum and Kanban boards backlogs sprints epics releases roadmaps and dashboards.
- Enable portfolio-level reporting across multiple projects programs and Agile teams.
- Develop dashboards and reports that provide leadership with visibility into progress risks dependencies capacity and delivery performance.
- Partner with project administrators Scrum Masters Product Owners program managers and technical teams to improve Jira adoption.
- Troubleshoot platform workflow permission automation integration and reporting issues.
- Control the creation and use of custom fields to prevent duplication and unnecessary platform complexity.
- Support Jira integrations with Confluence and other enterprise tools.
- Maintain platform documentation administrative procedures and user guidance.
- Evaluate enhancement requests and determine their impact on the broader Jira environment.
Lumen SolutionsGroup Inc is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to any legally protected status.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
