Atlassian Migration Engineer III
LMI Consulting · Remote, UNAVAILABLE, US
About this role
## Overview LMI is seeking an **Atlassian Migration Engineer (Level IV)** to modernize enterprise **Jira** and **Confluence** environments and connect work management to development delivery pipelines for **Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) modernization** initiatives. This role focuses on **technical migration execution** (not copy-and-move), including scripting, API integration, automation engineering, and validation to move complex workloads to **Atlassian Cloud** with reliable data and minimal disruption. ## Responsibilities - Inventory legacy **Jira/Confluence** projects, spaces, workflows, identities, marketplace apps, and integrations to assess migration readiness. - Plan and execute **phased migrations** using **Jira Cloud Migration Assistant** and other approved Atlassian migration tools. - Write and test migration scripts, bulk transformations, reconciliation checks, and post-cutover remediation procedures. - Design **Jira automation**, **REST API** interfaces, and **Forge** or **ScriptRunner** extensions where appropriate. - Connect **GitHub repositories** to Jira (issue linkage, smart commits, build/deployment visibility) using approved integrations and **GitHub Actions**. - Document test plans, validation evidence, fallback options, migration defects, and technical handover artifacts. - Resolve migration blockers with **security, identity, architecture, and customer teams**. - Develop migration runbooks, source-to-target mappings, data-quality checks, acceptance criteria, defect logs, and cutover/rollback checkpoints. - Test migrations in nonproduction environments where available; compare record counts, histories, attachments, relationships, permissions, and workflows against approved baselines. - Use approved APIs/scripts for bulk corrections, automation, link repair, integration health checks, and reconciliation of post-migration issues. - Implement and verify **GitHub-to-Jira** issue links, smart commits (where supported), and CI/CD build/deploy signals while protecting credentials and secrets. - Coordinate technical releases with change authorities; document repeatable procedures, integration ownership, monitoring, and maintenance responsibilities. ## Qualifications ### Required - **Bachelor’s degree** in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, information systems, or related field. - *Or* **4 additional years of relevant experience** may substitute for a Bachelor’s. - **5+ years** in application integration, platform migration, automation engineering, or related technical delivery. - Demonstrated experience with **Jira Cloud Migration Assistant** and **Jira Data Center-to-Cloud** transition. - Proficiency with **Jira Automation**, **REST APIs**, and scripting; familiarity with **Forge** or **ScriptRunner**. - Experience integrating **GitHub with Jira**, including **GitHub for Jira** and **GitHub Actions**. - Ability to obtain and maintain a favorable **Public Trust** determination and satisfy applicable federal personnel vetting, security, privacy, accessibility, and data-handling requirements. - Experience designing validation and reconciliation checks for migrations involving large/inconsistent datasets and complex configuration schemes. - Working knowledge of authentication, rate limits, integration troubleshooting, and secure management of automation credentials. ### Desired - Prior experience supporting **VA**, **VHA**, or federal health programs. - Confluence migration and marketpla
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