Tools Administrator Lead

Customer Value Partners

$110K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Ability to obtain and maintain a federal government Public Trust clearance
  • Hands-on experience administering Jira, Confluence, GitHub Enterprise, Slack, and Mural in an enterprise environment
  • 2+ years of experience leading or supervising technical administrators or engineers
  • Demonstrated experience managing Jira at scale with workflow configurations and Agile board setup
  • Proficiency in Confluence space administration with template management and documentation governance
  • Experience with GitHub Enterprise administration and CI/CD integrations
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical topics and user communications

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 4 tools administrators
  • Assign and oversee task execution to ensure alignment with sprint and Program Increment objectives
  • Serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues
  • Foster a collaborative and learning-oriented team culture
  • Oversee administration, configuration, and maintenance of DevOps toolset including Jira and GitHub
  • Manage user provisioning, role-based access controls, and identity management
  • Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities through automation and tool optimization

Benefits

  • Remote work opportunity for US-based candidates
  • Professional development support for team members
  • Participation in an enterprise-wide Agile delivery program
  • Exposure to a diverse set of development tools and technologies
  • Opportunity to contribute to continuous improvement initiatives in a high-visibility role
Full Job Description
Overview

CVP is seeking an experiencedLead Tools Administratorto support a federal government client in managing and administering a robust suite of DevOps, Agile, and collaboration tools in a large-scale, cloud-based environment. This is aKey Personnelrole under the ATLAS contract supporting an enterprise-wide Agile delivery program serving more than 20 active development teams, approximately 1,000 users per tool, and over 10,000 code repositories.

The Tools Administrator Lead will serve as the primary technical and operational lead for the Tools Management team, directly supervising a team of 4 tools administrators while also maintaining deep hands-on expertise across the full toolset. This individual must balance strategic leadership with day-to-day technical execution, driving continuous improvement, security compliance, and seamless tool availability across the WETG ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership and Management

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 4 tools administrators, providing technical direction, workload prioritization, performance coaching, and professional development support
  • Assign and oversee task execution across the team, ensuring balanced workloads and alignment with sprint and Program Increment (PI) objectives
  • Serve as the primary escalation point for complex technical issues and cross-team coordination challenges requiring senior-level resolution
  • Foster a collaborative, learning-oriented team culture aligned with CVP values and CMS DevOps/Agile standards
  • Ensure backup coverage plans are in place across the team to maintain continuity during leave or personnel transitions
  • Contribute to onboarding and training of replacement or new team members at contractor expense

Tool Administration and Management

  • Oversee and contribute hands-on to the administration, configuration, and maintenance of the full project management and DevOps toolset, including Jira, Confluence, Mural, GitHub Enterprise, Slack, and SonarQube, along with associated plugins and integrations
  • Manage user provisioning, deprovisioning, role-based access controls (RBAC), and identity management via IDM/OKTA for single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all supported tools
  • Monitor tool health, availability, and performance; proactively identify and resolve issues to ensure minimal disruption to development teams
  • Plan and execute tool upgrades, patching, and version updates using no-downtime deployment strategies
  • Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) and final technical authority across all supported tools

Documentation and User Communications

  • Oversee development and maintenance of knowledgebase documentation, runbooks, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all supported tools
  • Draft and review clear, concise user communications regarding tool upgrades, credential changes, licensing updates, and required user actions

Reporting and Continuous Improvement

  • Contribute to sprint, monthly, and PI status reports covering tool availability, license compliance, and platform health metrics
  • Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities through automation, process optimization, and adoption of emerging tools and technologies
  • Represent the tools team in cross-functional Agile ceremonies, PI planning events, and stakeholder reviews
Qualifications
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a federal governmentPublic Trust clearance
  • Hands-on experience administering the following tools in an enterprise environment: Jira, Confluence, GitHub Enterprise, Slack, and Mural
  • 2+ yearsof experience leading or supervising a team of technical administrators or engineers, including task assignment, performance feedback, and team development
  • Demonstrated experience managingJiraat scale including workflow configuration, permission schemes, and Agile/SAFe board setup
  • Proficiency withConfluencespace administration, including template management and cross-team documentation governance
  • Experience administeringGitHub Enterprise, including repository management, branch policies, webhook configurations, and CI/CD integrations
  • Experience configuring and managingSlackworkspaces including integrations with developer toolchains
  • Hands-on experience withSonarQube, including Quality Gate configuration, CI/CD pipeline integration, and security vulnerability triage
  • Familiarity withIaC toolssuch as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
  • Experience withSSO/MFA administration, preferably with Okta or similar identity providers
  • Working knowledge ofAWS cloud environmentsand cloud-based infrastructure management
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience briefing technical topics to stakeholders and drafting user-facing communications

Desired Skills

  • Experience working in aSAFe or scaled Agile environmentsupporting multiple development teams
  • Familiarity with additional tools in the WETG ecosystem including CloudBees CI, JFrog Artifactory, TestRail, Grafana, or Splunk
  • Experience withAPI configuration and monitoring(e.g., Kong, API Gateway)
  • Knowledge ofCMS, HHS, or federal IT standards, including FISMA, ATO processes, and NIST security frameworks
  • Experience withOkta identity managementadministration
  • Relevant certifications such as Atlassian Certified Professional, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, or similar

Location

  • Remote (Must be US-based)

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