Jira Administrator-contract

Requisition Number: 154530

Position Title: Contingent

External Description:

What the JIRA Administrator will do at EA Sports: The JIRA administrator will have a deep understanding of application life-cycle management and have an established record of anticipating challenges while addressing ongoing support and business problems by using and extending the Atlassian suite of software (JIRA and Confluence, principally). We are looking for a great JIRA admin who will work closely with development partners across EA Sports to assess needs, make recommendations, and execute on them to ensure our Atlassian solutions are aligned with our strategic goals.

Role overview:   

• Configure, maintain and upgrade Atlassian JIRA/Confluence.   
• Responsible for bug tracking, issue tracking and project management tool.   
• Support, compile and troubleshoot Atlassian tools.   
• Work with stakeholders on customizing JIRA workflow.   
• Plan, evaluate, deploy, operate and maintain tools to suit the expanding user-base.   
• Provide training to technical and non-technical teams to use Atlassian tools.   
• Compile and analyze development and operational bug reports.   
• Install and upgrade Atlassian products.
• Atlassian Plugin Development. 

What skills does EA Sports look for?   

• Experience with administering JIRA/Confluence.   
• Experience creating custom modules for JIRA/Confluence.   
• Maintaining customizations across versions of JIRA/Confluence

* Excellent understanding of JIRA workflows, permission schemes, notification schemes, screens schemes, etc.   

• High degree of familiarity with databases and SQL competence.   
• Demonstrated experiences in Unix and Linux environment.   
• Demonstrated experience in writing scripts.   
• Prior experience in writing Atlassian plugins using Java.   
• Very good knowledge of SDLC and experience working with Agile teams.   
• Experience in a customer facing role.   
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.   
• Experience integrating JIRA with Confluence.

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Company Profile:

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 46

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.