Atlassian Engineer | Contract | Inside IR35 | Remote

  • Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
  • 03/03/2026
Contractor Information Technology Telecommunications

Job Description

Atlassian Engineer | Contract | Inside IR35 | Remote | 3months +) | Day rate: Market Rate (inside IR35)

I'm supporting a public sector organisation delivering a major Leavers Programme and they're looking for an experienced Atlassian Engineer to design, build and support a fully auditable, automated leaver workflow in Jira Service Management, integrated with Microsoft Entra ID Governance (Lifecycle Workflows).
This is a hands on build role working across HR, Service Desk, Desktop Support, App Support and external service providers.

What you'll be doing
  • Designing and configuring a dedicated Leavers JSM project: issue types, fields, screens, workflows, SLAs, queues, permissions and notifications.
  • Building workflows for multiple personas (employees, workers, service providers).
  • Creating queues, SLAs, automation rules and notifications for operational teams.
  • Implementing and maintaining REST API and webhook integrations between Jira and Entra ID.
  • Working with Entra ID engineers to design/test payloads, callbacks and workflow updates.
  • Building logic to link manually created tasks to master leaver tickets, including field sync.
  • Designing and implementing reporting and KPIs: filters, saved searches, dashboards and periodic summaries.
  • Creating dashboards for operational teams and management using native gadgets and approved add ons.
  • Working directly with HR, IT, EA and vendor stakeholders to refine workflows and reporting.
  • Producing technical documentation, runbooks, backup/restore steps and change control notes.

What you'll need
  • Strong experience configuring Jira Service Management end to end.
  • Ability to design modular workflows and permission models for multi team environments.
  • Hands on experience with Jira REST APIs, webhooks and automation (Automation for Jira, ScriptRunner, PowerShell, etc.).
  • Experience integrating Jira with identity/ITSM/HR platforms - ideally Microsoft Entra ID/Azure AD.
  • Ability to troubleshoot API calls, webhooks and Logic Apps integrations.
  • Solid understanding of Atlassian architecture across Jira Software, JSM and Confluence.
  • Experience building dashboards, KPIs and operational/management reporting.

Nice to have
  • Familiarity with Entra ID Governance/Lifecycle Workflows and Azure Logic Apps/Functions.
  • Public sector or regulated environment experience.
  • Previous involvement in joiners/movers/leavers or identity governance programmes.

If this is of interest, please respond with your most up to date CV and I'll give you a call if you look like a good fit