# Jira Migration SME -Hybrid at MKS2 Technologies

> United States · Unspecified · Software engineering · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/greenhouse%3Amks2technologies%3A6242394004 (read 2026-11-07).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [MKS2 Technologies](https://alderhq.app/companies/mks2-technologies)
- Location text: Albany, NY; Albany, NY
- Where it can be done from (inferred): United States (evidence: "Location: Albany, NY; Albany, NY")
- Posted: 2026-11-03 (3 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-03 · last verified: 2026-11-04
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://www.mks2.com/job/6242394004?gh_jid=6242394004
- Skills listed (inferred): Python, Java

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: $130k–$135k per year (from the description)
- Market band for similar posted roles (United States, n 5885): p25 $126k, median $158k, p75 $200k

## Description (the employer's text)

MKS2 Technologies, LLC, an award-winning high growth small business, creates innovative and customer-centric technology solutions in the areas of Cyber Security, Instructional Design and Training, Software Engineering and IT Support Services to improve the security and well-being of our clients. Our commitment to excellence and our “Mission First” orientation has resulted in steady growth and an expanding client base across government agencies. We have employees nationwide and for the past three consecutive years were named one of the fastest growing Veteran-owned companies in the nation. Please take a moment to browse through our website and learn more about what it means to serve with MKS2.

### Jira Migration SME

Program: New York State of Health (NYSoH)

Location: 22 Corporate Woods Blvd, Albany, NY - 2 days a week in office.

### Salary Range: $130,000–$135,000 annually

Employment Type: Full-Time

### Position Overview

GDIT is seeking a hands-on Jira Migration Subject Matter Expert (SME) to support the New York State of Health (NYSoH) program, serving more than 7 million New Yorkers through its Health Benefit Exchange.

The initial assignment will focus on migrating requirements currently represented as customized work items in IBM RTC/EWM into Atlassian Jira. Existing NYSoH ELM specialists will provide source-system expertise, while the Jira Migration SME will own Jira target design, migration engineering, execution, reconciliation, and validation.

Experience migrating from a comparable enterprise ALM, requirements, issue-tracking, or work-management platform into Jira is acceptable. Prior IBM RTC/EWM experience is not required. Additional migrations may follow.

### How You’ll Make an Impact

- Lead discovery and migration planning with ELM SMEs, delivery teams, and Jira stakeholders, defining scope, dependencies, risks, cutover strategy, and rollback approach.
- Design Jira target projects, issue types, custom fields, workflows, permissions, schemes, and relationships to support requirements and traceability needs.
- Map and transform source records, custom attributes, status histories, links, comments, attachments, and other agreed-upon metadata into Jira while documenting platform limitations.
- Select and configure migration utilities.
- Build and execute REST API integrations, scripts, and repeatable extraction, transformation, and loading processes.
- Perform proof-of-concept and pilot migrations.
- Reconcile record counts and field-level results, resolve migration defects, and support user acceptance testing.
- Execute production migration and post-cutover stabilization while minimizing disruption to program delivery.
- Produce mapping specifications, migration runbooks, validation evidence, operational documentation, and knowledge-transfer materials.
### What You’ll Need to Succeed

### Education

- Bachelor’s degree.
### Required Qualifications

- 8+ years of related professional experience.
- Demonstrated hands-on ownership of at least one completed migration from a comparable enterprise platform into Jira.
- Ability to clearly explain personally executed technical migration work, including source platform, target environment, approach, tooling, migration challenges, validation, and outcome.
- Strong Jira administration and configuration skills, including:
- Custom fields
- Issue types
- Workflows
- Schemes
- Permissions
- Relationships
- Experience migrating requirements or comparable structured work items, including:
- Field mapping
- Hierarchies and links
- Attachments
- Historical data considerations
- Hands-on experience with Jira REST APIs, migration utilities, scripting, automation, and data transformation.
- Scripting or development experience using technologies such as Python, Groovy, or Java.
- Experience designing and executing:
- Proof-of-concept or pilot migrations
- Data reconciliation
- Migration validation
- Production cutover
- Post-migration issue remediation
- Ability to partner effectively with source-system SMEs and translate business and technical requirements into an effective Jira target design.
- Strong troubleshooting, technical documentation, and communication skills.

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