Atlassian Platform Engineer

Synergy ECP

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IT Services and IT Consulting 👥 51 employees 📍 Columbia, Maryland, US Est. 2007

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Job Overview

NetServices (NSI) is an IT services firm with a long-standing reputation for delivering high-quality, cost-effective solutions to drive lasting results. Now operating as a subsidiary of Synergy ECP, NSI continues to stand out in a crowded contracting landscape through its agility, strong customer focus, and commitment to retaining exceptional talent. By taking on challenging IT initiatives, we cultivate our talent and are continually evolving through our partnerships with clients. Our close-knot team of highly cleared engineers, analysts, and program managers represent some of the best talent locally available.

The Work

Looking for an Enterprise Atlassian Engineer, supporting enterprise-level Jira and Confluence administration for a high-visibility national security mission. This hands-on role is critical to modernizing and scaling collaboration platforms across multi-enclave environments. You’ll partner with mission, security, IT, and operations teams to deliver resilient, secure, and high-performing Atlassian solutions that drive federal public safety and national security objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and scale Jira, Confluence, JSM, and Crowd for daily enterprise operations.


• Triage and resolve support tickets—from access requests to advanced configuration changes.


• Improve workflows, fields, dashboards, reports, templates, and permission models.


• Manage marketplace apps, including installs, upgrades, troubleshooting, and performance checks.


• Oversee access and identity via Crowd, Microsoft Entra ID, and SSO integrations.


• Run platform operations: upgrades, patches, deployments, backups, logging, and monitoring.


• Support compliance needs, including ATO documentation, audits, and configuration baselines.

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance


• Minimum 5 years supporting enterprise IT platforms or collaboration ecosystems


• Hands-on experience administering enterprise Jira, Confluence, and Crowd with focus on workflow design, automations and plugin management


• Familiarity with Linux administration, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and FISMA/ATO compliance


• Strong written and verbal communication; excels in stakeholder engagement and cross‑team collaboration.


• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, dynamic environments; able to prioritize and deliver under shifting mission needs.


• Familiarity with Agile/SAFe; able to configure tools to reflect best practice delivery models and ceremonies.


• Ability to work onsite in Washington, DC (5 days/week)

Preferred / Bonus Skills

• Experience in federal/high security or multi-enclave environments.


• Experience integrating AI enabled capabilities (e.g., classifiers, intelligent routing) into enterprise collaboration platform.


• Willing to go through CI poly

Security Clearance Requirement

Must possess active TS/SCI clearance to be considered for this role.

Other Requirements

U.S. Citizenship

Compensation Spotlight

For this role, our typical salary range starts at $120,000 and stretches up to $150,000. But here's the deal – we're not about capping your potential. We're committed to snapping up the best and brightest, and we're ready to put our money where our mouth is. So, if you're one of the rare exceptions to the status quo with the education, experience, and that extra something special, we're not afraid to go above and beyond to secure your talent. Because for us, it's not just about a salary. It's about the complete rewards package, the culture, and the opportunity to make a real impact.

Taking Care of the People Who Take Care of The Nation

Compensation: We offer highly competitive compensation that is consistently recognized by our employees as being generous!

Health & Retirement: We offer a comprehensive Health Benefits package and 401K Retirement plan so you can take care of yourself and your family... both now and in the future. Other health-related benefits include People Partners who will help you navigate both personal and professional worlds, as well as strong wellness related resources offered through our healthcare provider.

Education: Individual growth is a priority at NSI/Synergy ECP. Employees are encouraged to take advantage of our company-sponsored continuing education program so they can get their degree or that next certification needed to propel them towards the next level. Not sure what's best for your career plans, we'll help you navigate it all!

Work/Life Balance: A healthy work/life balance is essential for building and executing your work effectively at NSI/Synergy ECP, but it’s also necessary to allow you the room to pursue everything you want to develop in your personal life. We offer a generous Paid Time Off benefit and 10 paid holidays a year. NSI/Synergy ECP