Jira DC to Cloud Migration Specialist

Required Experience

- 5+ years of direct experience planning and executing DC-to-Cloud migrations using Atlassian Cloud Migration Assistant (CMA) and related tooling
- Demonstrated experience migrating enterprise-scale instances
- Proven track record of managing multiple concurrent migration projects across business units

Technical Requirements

Atlassian Platform Expertise

- Deep knowledge of Jira (Software, Service Management, Work Management), Confluence, Bitbucket, and Bamboo in both DC and Cloud environments
- Expert-level understanding of Atlassian Cloud Enterprise features: organization admin, data residency, Atlassian Guard (formerly Access), release tracks, sandboxing
- Proficiency with Cloud Migration Assistant (CMA), Jira Cloud Migration Assistant, and Confluence Cloud Migration Assistant
- Experience with Atlassian APIs (REST, GraphQL) for scripting migration tasks, data validation, and automation

Migration Technical Skills

- Experience conducting pre-migration assessments: app compatibility analysis, customization audits, data hygiene reviews, and user mapping
- Ability to design and execute phased migration strategies (big bang, parallel run, incremental migration)
- Hands-on experience with Marketplace app migration — evaluating Cloud equivalents, working with vendors on data portability, and managing app-specific migration paths
- Familiarity with ScriptRunner, Automation for Jira, JSM assets (Insight) migration considerations

Functional Requirements

Project & Stakeholder Management
- Ability to lead discovery workshops with enterprise stakeholders to assess migration readiness and define scope
- Experience creating and maintaining detailed migration runbooks, rollback plans,



and communication plans
- Skilled at managing change management efforts — end-user training, adoption strategies, and post-migration support
- Strong ability to coordinate across IT, Security, Compliance, and business teams

Assessment & Planning
- Conduct comprehensive Current State Assessmentof DC instances including:
- Instance health checks and data quality audits
- Custom workflow and scheme complexity analysis
- Third-party app inventory and Cloud compatibility mapping
- User/group/permission structure review
- Develop Migration Readiness Scorecards and risk registers
- Create detailed effort estimates, timelines, and resource plans

Post-Migration
- Experience with UAT (User Acceptance Testing) planning and execution for migrated environments
- Proficiency in post-migration validation — data integrity checks, permission verification, automation rule testing
- Ability to provide hypercare support during the stabilization period
- Knowledge of DC decommissioning best practices

Certifications (Preferred)

- Atlassian Certified Professional (ACP) — Jira Administration or Confluence Administration
- Atlassian Cloud Organization Admin certification
- ITIL Foundation or higher
- PMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent project management certification

Soft Skills

- Excellent verbal and written communication — able to translate technical migration details for executive stakeholders
- Solid problem-solving and troubleshooting under pressure (migration windows, rollback decisions)
- Collaborative mindset with experience working in globally distributed teams
- Comfort with ambiguity — enterprise migrations frequently encounter undocumented customizations and edge cases
- Ability to mentor junior team members on migration best practices

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