Developer/Programmer Analyst 3

I. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICESTexas Education Agency requires the services of 1 Developer/Programmer Analyst 3, hereafter referred to as Candidate(s), who meets the general qualifications of Developer/Programmer Analyst 3, Applications/Software Development and the specifications outlined in this document for the Texas Education Agency.All work products resulting from the project shall be considered "works made for hire" and are the property of the Texas Education Agency and may include pre-selection requirements that potential Vendors (and their Candidates) submit to and satisfy criminal background checks as authorized by Texas law. Texas Education Agency will pay no fees for interviews or discussions, which occur during the process of selecting a Candidate(s).This project will design and implement an enterprise wide Jira analytics and dashboarding solution to provide objective, system driven insight into delivery performance, schedule health, capacity, quality, and financial progress across initiatives, projects, and teams. The solution will leverage Jira Software, Atlassian analytics tools, Tempo time and cost data, approved external data sources, and Atlassian Rovo to replace manual status reporting with accurate, repeatable, and predictive metrics.The contractor will deliver standardized org level and project level dashboards that calculate schedule variance, forecast completion dates using throughput and remaining work, identify capacity risks, surface quality and rework trends, and track budget spend down. The solution will enable leadership, the PMO, and delivery teams to quickly determine whether work is on track, at risk, or behind schedule, and to understand the drivers behind performance trends. All metrics will be fully documented, validated, and supported with knowledge transfer to ensure sustainability and ongoing use.The contractor shall design, implement, document, and validate an enterprise level agile metrics and analytics capability using Jira Software and the Atlassian platform. The project s purpose is to enable objective, system driven visibility into delivery health, schedule performance, capacity, quality, and financial progress across the organization at the initiative, epic, project, sprint, team, and work item levels.The contractor will architect and deliver standardized Jira dashboards and analytics that allow leadership, the PMO, and delivery teams to determine whether work is on track, at risk, or behind schedule without relying on manual status reporting. Dashboards shall calculate schedule variance at the work item, epic, and initiative levels; forecast completion dates using throughput and remaining estimates; and surface risk indicators related to scope, schedule, capacity, quality, and cost.Duties include implementing predictive and historical analytics using Jira data, Tempo time tracking and cost data, and approved external financial data sources. The contractor shall integrate and configure Jira Automation, ScriptRunner, EazyBI, Custom Charts, Rich Filters, External Data for Jira, Actionable Agile Analytics, and Power BI Connector for Jira to support accurate calculations and scalable reporting. Metrics will include, but are not limited to, throughput based forecasts, velocity trends, sprint capacity utilization, schedule variance, time performance indexes, estimate accuracy, burndown and burn up insights, bottleneck and wait time analysis, rework and defect remediation rates, MTTR, team and individual utilization, and budget spend down.The contractor will also configure Atlassian Rovo (Search, Chat, and where appropriate Agents) to improve discoverability and explainability of metrics. Rovo capabilities shall be grounded in approved Jira and Confluence sources and used to surface risks, trends, and narrative explanations aligned to authoritative system calculations.The contractor is responsible for technical documentation of all dashboards and calculations, validation of metric accuracy, and support for user acceptance testing with PMO, business analysts, QA, and development teams. Knowledge transfer activities shall ensure internal staff can interpret, maintain, and enhance the solution after engagement completion.II. CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONSMinimum Requirements:Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.Years Required/Preferred Experience8 Required Administering and extending Jira Software in enterprise environments (Cloud)8 Required Jira analytics or enterprise delivery reporting experience using JQL5 Required Designing advanced Jira analytics, metrics, and dashboards using Jira Software Cloud5 Required Using JavaScript/TypeScript Atlassian Forge apps; understanding integration logic and REST handling4 Required Integrating Tempo (timesheets, planner, cost) and other external data sources using APIs (REST)4 Required Using Groovy + HAPI with scripted fields and derived metrics; workflow validators; listeners; post functions4 Required Using Smart Values & Expression logic for data calculations and math; conditional logic; linked issues3 Required Designing advanced dashboards and calculated metrics with eazyBI for Jira using MDX3 Required Using DAX for PowerBI modeling and experience using Jira connectors3 Required Prior work in large, multi-team and public sector environments5 Preferred Experience supporting PMO and portfolio level reporting and metrics3 Preferred Earned-value and schedule variance concepts3 Preferred Predictive analytics and throughput-based forecasting