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Tooling Engineer - Atlassian
£118,680 - 118,680
Sanderson Recruitment
Fenchurch Street 94-95, South East London
£118,680 - 118,680
Requirements
Must:
- Active SC clearance
- Strong, hands-on administration experience with Jira and Confluence
- Experience supporting the Atlassian ecosystem (e.g., Bitbucket, Service Management, Insight/Assets)
- Proficiency in designing and managing Jira workflows, custom fields, permission schemes, and global configurations
- Strong understanding of Confluence space management, templates, and permissions
- Background in secure, enterprise, or government/defence environments
- Experience with automation or integration using APIs, scripting (PowerShell, Python), or Atlassian app frameworks
- Expertise in Atlassian Suite administration
- Strong scripting or automation skills
- Good understanding of collaboration tooling governance
- Ability to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong documentation and reporting skills
Technologies
Atlassian
BitBucket
CI/CD
Confluence
GitHub
GitLab
ITIL
Jenkins
Responsibilities
- Administer, configure, and maintain Jira, Confluence, and related Atlassian Suite tooling
- Design and optimise workflows, schemes, templates, and spaces aligned to programme needs
- Implement and manage plug-ins, integrations, and custom configurations
- Manage user accounts, permissions, groups, and access models
- Provide 2nd/3rd line support for Atlassian-related issues within a secure environment
- Monitor platform performance, reliability, and capacity
- Automate administrative tasks using scripts, APIs, or workflow rules
- Integrate Atlassian tools with wider MOD systems or delivery toolchains
- Support CI/CD integration points where applicable
- Ensure platforms meet MOD security guidelines and accreditation requirements
- Maintain documentation, configuration baselines, and audit-ready records
- Work closely with Security, Architecture, and Delivery teams to ensure compliant operation
- Advise teams on effective use of Jira and Confluence
- Develop standards, documentation, training materials, and user guides
- Support team onboarding and drive adoption of consistent tooling practices
Description
This is a remote position with planned fortnightly site visits to Corsham. We are seeking an experienced Collaborative Tooling Engineer to support a high-profile MOD programme, focusing on designing, maintaining, and optimizing collaboration platforms across the Atlassian Suite, particularly Jira and Confluence. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience administering Atlassian tools within secure or complex environments, providing reliable, well-governed collaboration solutions for engineering teams, delivery squads, and senior stakeholders. We value respect and equality, pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive community, and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united in partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients. If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know so we can support you.
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