Sr. JIRA Developer or Admin - ONLY GC or EAD or USC

Sr. JIRA Developer or Admin - ONLY GC or EAD or USC

• Full-time

USM Business Systems Inc. is a quickly developing worldwide System Integrator, Software and Product Development, IT Outsourcing and Technology assistance supplier headquartered in Chantilly, VA. We offer world-class ability in giving most astounding quality and administrations through industry best practices planned to convey remarkable worth to our customers.

Utilizing our industry knowledge, administration service offering expertise and innovation abilities, we distinguish new business and innovation slants and create answers for help customers around the globe, giving top of the line solid and practical IT benefits which are cost effective services.

Established in 1999, the organization has corner qualities in building and dealing with a Business Oriented IT environment with rich involvement in technology innovation, ERP and CRM counselling, Product Engineering, Business Intelligence, Data Management, SOA, BPM, Data Warehousing, SharePoint Consulting and IT Infrastructure.

USM, a US ensured Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) is recognized as one of the fastest developing IT Systems Integrator in the Washington, DC zone.

PROJECT SUMMARY:
The Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange and Integrated Eligibility System (MA HIX/IES) is the health insurance marketplace for Massachusetts. The current system went live on November 15, 2014 after a rapid 6-month implementation effort. Since November 2014, tight business deadlines prescribed by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has resulted in a demand for many new features and functions to be implemented in 2016-2017.

POSITION SUMMARY:
Seeking a Senior JIRA Developer proficient in configuring internally hosted JIRA instance to provide capabilities supporting full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for a large scale project. Developer must be able to design, build, and support a desired JIRA configuration that includes end-to-end traceability, management requirements, test cases, test execution scenarios, test outcomes, defects, production incidents, and workarounds. Additionally, candidates will configure JIRA capabilities for management of release scope, change requests, issue and risk management, as well as standard and ad hoc reporting capabilities. Must have ability to develop customized screens, fields, and workflows for a large program. Candidate must be able to identify and implement implicit and explicit user requirements as well as diagnose and propose solutions to existing and future needs.

Prior experience in integrating third party JIRA solutions required with both development, integration, and operational skills. Technical competencies in third party product integration into JIRA 7.2, ability to program in Java, strong capabilities in report generation and workflow development within JIRA, hands-on knowledge of SQL, along with firm grasp and ability to document and maintain the SDLC for a large program required.

Candidate will work within a project team and will assist in the design, development and implementation of a new JIRA instance to meet program, project and business requirements in accordance with schedule. Additionally, will manage migration of historic data to the new JIRA instance.

Ideal Candidate Qualities/Skills:
1. Flexible
2. Analytical and detail oriented
3. Extremely strong oral and written communication skills
4. Problem solving experience/skills in managing large enterprise applications
5. Self-motivated, independent, organized
6. Comfortable managing conflicting priorities and timelines
7. Strong knowledge of business change and operations change management
8. Understanding interplay between process, technology and people
9. Commitment to highest quality and professional standards a must

QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS:
Ideal candidate will have:
- Minimum Associates’ degree desired or a combination of education and experience.
- 7 - 10 years of IT or Computer Science background desired.
- 5+ years of solid JIRA design, development and implementation experience
- 5+ years of solid Java development, and SQL script development
- Ability to define and execute assigned SDLC tasks and post deployment support tasks
- Ability to identify and resolve issues with JIRA Administration
- JIRA certifications strongly desired

TECHNOLOGY / SKILLS:
- MS Office Suite 2013
- JIRA 7.2
- Oracle 11g
- SQL
- JDK 8