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Shield Engineer- Jira Platforms

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Atlassian

Shield Engineer- Jira Platforms

Bangalore, India / Remote

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This is a remote position. Our office is in Bengaluru, but we offer flexibility for eligible candidates to work remotely across India. Whatever your preference - working from home, an office, or in between - you can choose the place that's best for your work and your lifestyle.

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Our Shield Engineering Team is comprised of people with backgrounds in supporting developers and their teams across different technical domains. We assist Atlassian engineers adopt and utilise the shared infrastructure, services and tooling in the most effective way. Embedded in engineering teams, we help accelerate engineering teams by providing world class support experience, improving engineering efficiency, impact and developer experience.

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We are hiring a Shield Engineer, reporting to the Engineering Manager of the Shield Engineering team. You are a technical support engineer with a background in helping developers overcome their issues with local development loop, CI and CD. Here, you'll be the main contact for the Jira Platform teams. You will build empathy and understanding for their needs, improve to uplift the support experience, while working with the team to help accelerate all Jira developers at scale.

What you'll do

  • Unblock developers and help resolving their issues
  • Analyse operational metrics and trends in user queries to identify friction
  • Be the voice of the customer within the team and representing their needs
  • Run projects to reduce support load and future improvement
  • Automate repetitive tasks and improve workflow to reduce toil
  • Enhance self-serve capabilities through high-quality documentation and training
  • Partner with experienced Shield engineers in advocating world class support experience

Your background

  • Demonstrated experience supporting engineering teams in technical domains
  • Adept experience supporting docker, modern Java-based applications, Git, Maven
  • Familiarity with modern development best-practices and operational requirements
  • Exposure to elevating developer productivity and the end-to-end engineering experience
  • Hands-on experience with shell scripting or Python/Java/Kotlin, Cloud Infrastructure (e.g.AWS)
  • Worked with CI/CD and DevOps tools, such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Gitlab, Github Actions
  • (Optional) Experience with Atlassian products, such as Jira, Bitbucket Cloud, Pipelines and Bamboo

Our perks & benefits

Atlassian offers a variety of perks and benefits to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health coverage, paid volunteer days, wellness resources, and so much more. Visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefitsto learn more.

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.

Client-provided location(s): Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job ID: Atlassian-13730
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • On-Site Gym
    • HSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Work-From-Home Stipend
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Holiday Events
    • Casual Dress
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Founder led
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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