Technical Migration Lead - JIRA/Atlassian

Technical Migration Lead Location: Canary Wharf, Greater London - 3 days onsite per week is required Contract Contract Length: 8 months initially Daily Rate: £800 - £850 (inside IR35 via umbrella) About Us: Our client is a leading organisation in the financial services sector, committed to delivering innovative technology solutions. They are currently seeking a dynamic and experienced Technical Migration Lead to drive critical Jira Cloud migrations across their Finance and Risk Technology teams. Role Summary: As the Technical Migration Lead, you will orchestrate a dedicated Jira Cloud migration lane to support the execution of regulatory initiatives. You will leverage your infrastructure technology expertise to streamline processes, resolve issues, and consolidate multiple Jira Data centre instances into a single, governed Jira Cloud standard. Key Responsibilities: Lead the end-to-end Jira Cloud migration process, managing wave planning, capacity management, and readiness. Ensure the adoption of the standardised Jira Cloud template and govern exception requests to minimise schema drift. Execute migrations using advanced tooling, overseeing discovery/mapping, cutovers, data QA, and aftercare. Maintain auditable evidence of governance, manage Root Cause Analysis post-incident, and ensure adherence to policy. Define archival strategies for older data to preserve traceability for regulatory reporting. Deliver executive dashboards, migration KPIs, and status reports while ..... full job details .....