Atlassian Administrator required for Sandton based company.

The Atlassian Administrator must be a dynamic, self-motivated individual with experience and skills in the basic system administration of web-based applications, content management, writing and editing for the site and related process management. In addition to writing, editing, and proofreading site content, the Atlassian Administrator will be required to work closely with the IT Infrastructure team to maintain site standards pertaining to new developments.

The main Key Responsibility Areas are as follows:

• Oversee user management & related maintenance
• Build dashboards as required by various team members within the defined permission parameters
• Troubleshoot and assist the Infrastructure Technicians with any issues experienced, including issues related to the front end, database and network as directly related to the Atlassian environment
• Create, develop and manage content for the Group intranet which requires working with Atlassian content management software
• Coordinate project requirements across various departments
• Maintain a consistent look and feel throughout all properties
• Work with a cross-departmental team, maintain and develop the master content calendar for all properties
• Ensure that all information is archived for future requirements, and reference
• Track and report on all site metrics
• Work cooperatively with key team members, clients and vendors
• Conduct on-going research and front end content development to ensure performance of all components and continued business usage
• Ensure that Atlassian is configured in such a manner that it can be utilized as the single most important communication and business collaboration tool within the Group, within the prescribed permission schemes and without impairing access where appropriate

Competencies:

• The Atlassian Administrator must display the following critical competencies:
• Self starter; proactive; flexible and determined
• Ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines and frequently changing requirements
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) - liaising between Internal and external parties
• Become knowledgeable in the company's product suite
• Ability to work independently
• Process driven; good at analyzing requirements
• Must have a positive, can-do' attitude

Skills / Requirements:

• Basic MS SQL skills
• Basic understanding of Linux RedHat
• Basic understanding of MS Server
• Basic understanding of networking
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills
• Knowledge of HTML and experience with popular content management systems
• Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Risk management and Content Permission management will be required
• Analysis and Assessment of Business and operational processes is a required skill.

Education & Qualifications:

• Previous experience with any of the Atlassian Applications would be beneficial. These include, but is not limited to the following ;
  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Bamboo
  • Crowd
• Previous Business Analysis experience will be highly beneficial
• Previous experience with similar web-based business support tools
• Previous experience and a sound understanding of HTML, Visual Basic or similar languages

Should you not receive a response within 2 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.