Responsibilities:
- Configure Jira and Digital.ai Agility to maintain a "golden thread" of traceability from high-level requirements/legislative mandates down to the individual developer tasks and test cases.
- Design and deploy automated reports and dashboards that highlight delivery issues (e.g., aging work, scope creep, dependency blockers, and throughput volatility) rather than just "status."
- Act as the lead functional administrator for both Jira and Digital.ai Agility, managing custom fields, complex workflows, board configurations, and portfolio-level hierarchies.
- Establish and enforce data entry standards across teams to ensure reporting accuracy, ensuring that "what is in the tool" matches the reality of delivery.
- Create executive-level views that aggregate data from multiple teams of teams, providing a clear picture of predictability and value delivery.
- Ensure data consistency between Jira and Digital.ai Agility, helping teams navigate the functional overlap of these tools to maintain a single version of the truth.
- Provide "Just-in-Time" training to Product Owners and Scrum Masters on how to use the tools to manage backlogs effectively and identify delivery risks early.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in Agile delivery, with expert-level functional administration skills in both Jira and Digital.ai Agility (formerly VersionOne).
- Proven experience building custom reporting solutions within these tools (e.g., using Digital.ai Analytics/Insights or Jira Advanced Roadmaps/Dashboards) to track delivery flow and requirements coverage.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen and capable of obtaining/maintaining a Public Trust clearance (VA Tier 4/BI).
- 5+ years in project/program roles within an Agile environment.
- Ability to translate complex data into clear, "so-what" narratives for senior stakeholders.
Preferred Experience:
- Prior experience navigating the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) organizational structure and technical environments.
- Familiarity with large-scale government modernization programs.
- Experience as a Business Analyst (BA) or Requirements Engineer , with a deep understanding of how to decompose high-level requirements into backlogs.
- Understanding of Lean/Agile metrics such as Cycle Time, Velocity, Lead Time, and Cumulative Flow.
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hatch I.T. is a specialized technology consulting firm connecting software, product, and data engineers with tech startups in emerging tech markets. We offer customized models that transform the way early-stage and high-growth startups scale. Our flagship programs include:
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In true startup fashion, our roots can be traced to a garage in Leesburg, VA in 2013. While working with local startups, our Founder & CEO, Tim Winkler, realized that traditional staffing models didn’t align with the growth needs of startups. Working with those firms felt transactional and the costs were way outside a startup's budget. There was a need for a solution that was relational, community driven, and flexibly priced. With this in mind, hatch I.T. was formed, along with customized models that transform the way early-stage and high-growth startups scale.
Fast forward 8 years and 15 employees later, hatch has developed a platform that provides a roadmap to guide startups from MVP through all stages of growth. After proving this model with dozens of startups across DC, Maryland, & Virginia, we realized it was needed in all emerging startup markets.
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