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

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

Boston, MA

Long Term

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.
Senior JIRA Developer
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 work flow 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.
POSITION SUMMARY:
An ideal and successful candidate will demonstrate the following 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
MA HIX Project Sr. JIRA Developer / December 2016 Page 2
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

Navya

navyar@usmsystems.com

703-953-1819

If my requirement matches your resume, then please do reply on my email id navyar(at)usmsystems(dot)com and contact no is 703-953-1819