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# JIRA Migration SME

- **Company:** SVAM International
- **Location:** Albany, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JIRA, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Data Centers, Data Transformation, Groovy, Python (Programming Language), Scripting, Software Troubleshooting, Hp Alm, Atlassian Tools, Restful APIs
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ae2e1ccf-a973-4910-a111-4ee7aa725969

## About the Role

· Bachelor's degree

· 8+ years of related experience

· Demonstrated hands-on ownership of at least one completed migration from a comparable enterprise platform into Jira; must be able to explain personally executed technical work.

· Strong Jira administration and configuration skills, including custom fields, issue types, workflows, schemes, permissions, and relationships.

· Experience migrating requirements or comparable structured work items, including field mapping, hierarchy/links, attachments, and historical data considerations.

· Experience with Jira REST APIs, migration utilities, scripting or automation (such as Python, Groovy, or Java), and data transformation.

· Experience designing and executing pilot migrations, reconciliation, validation, production cutover, and issue remediation.

· Ability to partner with source-system SMEs and translate business and technical requirements into target Jira design.

· Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.

· Resume: 3-4 pages preferred. Clearly identify source platform(s) migrated into Jira, scale, dates, candidate's personal contributions, migration tooling, and outcome.

· General Jira administration alone does not satisfy the mandatory hands-on migration requirement.

Desired Qualifications

· Migration experience from IBM ELM/RTC/EWM, Azure DevOps, Rally, HP ALM, or other enterprise ALM or work-management platforms.

· Experience migrating requirements with traceability, parent-child relationships, cross-references, and custom workflows.

· Jira Cloud and/or Jira Data Center migration experience; experience with Jira ecosystem apps as appropriate.

· Experience with large-scale or multi-project migrations and regulated government or healthcare environments.

· Atlassian certifications or comparable proven expertise.

## Description

· Lead discovery and migration planning with ELM SMEs, delivery teams, and Jira stakeholders; define scope, dependencies, risks, cutover, and rollback approach.

· Design Jira target projects, issue types, fields, workflows, permissions, and relationships to support requirements and traceability needs.

· Map and transform source records, custom attributes, status histories, links, comments, attachments, and other agreed-upon metadata into Jira, documenting platform limitations.

· Select and configure migration utilities; build and execute REST API integrations, scripts, and repeatable extraction, transformation, and loading processes.

· Perform proof-of-concept and pilot migrations, reconcile record counts and field-level results, resolve defects, and support user acceptance testing.

· Execute production migration and post-cutover stabilization while minimizing disruption to program delivery.

· Produce mapping specifications, migration runbooks, validation evidence, operational documentation, and knowledge transfer.