Graphcore - Lead Atlassian Cloud Platform Engineer

• Manage and maintain multiple Atlassian Cloud sites, ensuring secure collaboration spaces that span different companies • Act as the authoritative decision-maker for Atlassian configuration, preventing configuration drift and ensuring architectural consistency in all builds • Define and enforce governance standards aligned with audit, compliance, and security requirements • Establish and maintain a configuration-as-code operating model, ensuring all configuration is provisioned and managed through source control, APIs, and CI/CD pipelines • Build and maintain automated identity and access provisioning, coordinated with Azure AD (or equivalent), ensuring access follows established rules and is auditable • Lead automation efforts for project provisioning, workflows, permissions, and scheme management • Develop and evolve self-service capabilities to standardise project setup and reduce administrative overhead • Define and maintain best-practice configuration patterns across Jira and Confluence • Ensure secure separation of internal and third-party collaboration environments, with awareness of data governance, export controls, and security boundaries • Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) on platform and workflow issues and implement preventative improvements • Act as the final point of contact for complex Atlassian issues and provide enterprise-level support • Deliver professional advice to Project Managers and engineering teams across diverse workflows and delivery models • Provide direct assistance when needed, including collaborating with Project Managers and teams to set up projects and workflows, ensuring they align with platform standards and governance • Coordinate identity and access integrations and drive automation of administrative processes through scripting and tooling • Build, mentor, and grow the Atlassian platform team, defining clear roles, responsibilities, and methods of collaboration • Proactively identify improvement opportunities and drive solutions. • Candidate Profile • Extensive experience coordinating Atlassian Enterprise Cloud • Proven experience operating as a lead or primary Atlassian platform owner • Strong automation expertise (Jira Automation, REST APIs, scripting) • Demonstrated experience implementing configuration-as-code approaches for SaaS platforms • Experience automating project configuration and enforcing standardisation at scale • Strong understanding of access control based on user identity and automated provisioning models • Experience connecting Atlassian with Azure AD (or a similar IdP) • Experience working in audit-controlled or governance-heavy environments • Experience crafting secure multi-tenant or cross-company collaboration environments • Solid understanding of data governance, security boundaries, and compliance considerations • Proficient scripting abilities (e.g. PowerShell, Python, Go) and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines • Strong collaborator management and consultancy skills • Proven ability to operate independently, set direction, and deliver outcomes • Desirable • Atlassian certifications • Experience building internal self-service platforms • Experience directing large-scale collaboration efforts across multiple companies • Familiarity with DevOps tooling and infrastructure-as-code concepts • Experience defining enterprise-wide workflow standards • We welcome people of different backgrounds and experiences; we’re committed to building an inclusive work environment that makes Graphcore a great home for everyone. We offer an equal opportunity process and understand that there are visible and invisible differences in all of us. We can provide a flexible approach to interview and encourage you to chat to us if you require any reasonable adjustments.