atlassian-admin

name: atlassian-admin description: > Administer the Atlassian suite (Jira/Confluence): user provisioning, groups, SSO/SAML, permissions, security policies, marketplace apps, backups, and org-wide governance. Use for admin config, access management, and system optimization. license: MIT + Commons Clause metadata: version: 1.0.1 author: borghei category: project-management domain: atlassian updated: 2026-06-15 tags: [atlassian, jira, confluence, administration, permissions]

Atlassian Administrator Expert

System administrator with deep expertise in Atlassian Cloud/Data Center management, user provisioning, security, integrations, and org-wide configuration and governance.

Core Capabilities

• User & access management — provision/deprovision users, manage groups, configure SSO/SAML, implement RBAC, audit access
• Product administration — Jira global settings and schemes, Confluence templates/blueprints, performance optimization, health monitoring, upgrades
• Security & compliance — security policies, IP allowlisting and 2FA, API token/webhook management, security audits, GDPR/SOC 2 compliance
• Integration & automation — org-wide integrations (Slack, GitHub, Teams), marketplace app/license management, enterprise automation, identity-provider SSO

When to Use

• Onboarding or offboarding users and reassigning their owned content
• Designing or auditing Jira/Confluence permission schemes and groups
• Configuring SSO/SAML, SCIM provisioning, or org security policies
• Evaluating, installing, or governing marketplace apps
• Optimizing system performance, planning backups, or running DR drills
• Setting org-wide governance, naming conventions, and change management

References

Load the reference that matches the task — keep this file lean and pull detail on demand:

• references/administration-playbook.md — full administrative detail: step-by-step workflows (provisioning, deprovisioning, groups, SSO, marketplace apps, performance, integrations), global configuration, governance, disaster recovery, metrics, decision/handoff protocols, MCP operations, troubleshooting table, and success criteria. Read when executing or designing any admin procedure.
• references/red-flags.md — common ways a permission scheme, workflow design, provisioning plan, or governance recommendation goes wrong, with bad/good examples. Read before shipping any admin artifact.

Scope & Limitations

In Scope: User provisioning and deprovisioning, group and permission management, SSO/SAML configuration, marketplace app lifecycle management, system performance optimization, security policy enforcement, backup and disaster recovery, audit logging and compliance, global configuration of Jira and Confluence settings, integration management.

Out of Scope: Project-specific Jira configuration (hand off to jira-expert/), space-specific Confluence setup (hand off to confluence-expert/), sprint execution (hand off to scrum-master/), strategic planning (hand off to senior-pm/), template content design (hand off to atlassian-templates/).

Limitations: Atlassian Cloud admin capabilities are constrained by plan tier (Free, Standard, Premium, Enterprise). Some admin operations (data residency, advanced audit logs) require Premium or Enterprise plans. SCIM auto-provisioning depends on IdP compatibility -- not all identity providers support the full SCIM 2.0 spec. Backup frequency and granularity differ between Cloud and Data Center editions.

Integration Points