/ Jira administration, Brisbane

Jira and Atlassian support from certified admins

Brisbane-based certified administrators set up Jira and Confluence around the way your teams deliver, then run them for a fixed monthly fee or hand them back.

One first-month audit found $90,000 for a client by auditing licences and locking down SSO.

We also build our own Jira apps, Tollgate and Glanceable Boards, both on the Atlassian Marketplace. Work with us on a managed retainer that runs your Atlassian for you, or on a project that fixes what’s broken and hands it back. See the plans →

Book a discovery callHow we work →

A free 30-minute call with a senior consultant, whether or not we work together.

Delivering programs since 2010

8 sectors, from mining to professional sport

Our team has worked on programs for Metagenics, Aurizon Network, Suncorp, Origin Energy, the Hunter Valley Coal Chain Coordinator, Orica, Big W, Griffith University and The University of Queensland.

/ 01The problem we solve

A broken Jira instance slows delivery sprint after sprint

Your squads lose hours each sprint to misfiring workflows and broken boards, and three leaders calculate the same metric three different ways.

We find what's causing the drag and fix it without rebuilding everything.

/ 02How we work

How we work on your program

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Find what's broken

We find the cause of slow delivery and unmanaged configuration before we change anything.

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Configure to fit

We set up workflows, access and reporting around your delivery method.

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Run it, or hand it back

We run it on a retainer and keep it current, or we document it and hand it over. There's no lock-in.

/ 03What you get

What you get

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Certified administrators

Certified Atlassian administrators, led by Miroslav Nemec, a Senior Certified Jira Administrator with 13 years of global administration experience.

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Configuration that fits your method

Workflows, governance and access designed around how you deliver.

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Delivery and governance in one place

We build Tollgate, which adds a project dashboard, plan and registers to Jira, so delivery and its governance sit in one workspace.

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Run for you, on retainer

The Foundation plan covers 16 hours of certified administration a month for $2,000 + GST, with no lock-in.

/ How we work with you

Two ways to work with us

The same certified admins either way. Pick the commitment that fits where you are.

A managed retainer: we run it for you

You pay a fixed monthly fee, and certified administrators look after your Atlassian estate, keep it current, and report against the outcomes you agree with us. You skip the full-time hire, and the documentation stays with you if anyone moves on. See the retainer plans →

A project: we fix it and hand it back

A defined engagement when you need a specific thing put right: a workflow rebuild, an SSO and licensing clean-up, a migration. We fix what’s broken, configure Atlassian to fit how you deliver, and leave your team more capable than we found it.

Atlassian admins who also build for Jira

We build our own Jira apps. Tollgate and Glanceable Boards are both on the Atlassian Marketplace. Building them means working inside Jira’s permissions, fields and APIs, and that experience goes into how we configure your instance.

Jira consultants supporting teams across Australia

Softwired is a Brisbane team of certified Atlassian administrators, and we support teams across Australia remotely. Retainer clients log requests through a branded customer service portal on our Atlassian instance, or by email to help@softwired.com.au, and we respond against the SLA for their tier. Discovery and onboarding happen on a call. Where your team sits in Australia doesn’t change the administrators you work with or the price you pay. Most of our work has come from referrals by people we’ve delivered with, and we now take on teams from outside that network.

Our administrators work across Jira Cloud, Server, and Data Center, as well as Confluence and Jira Service Management. The Jira administration retainer starts from $2,000 + GST a month. If you’re standing up Atlassian for the first time or migrating off Server, see Atlassian implementation.

/ 04Signals you need this

Signs this is the right next step

  • Your Jira instance has become something your teams work around.
  • Your workflows are complicated, misconfigured, and nobody owns the access rules.
  • You want delivery and governance in one workspace.
/ 05Common questions

The questions we get before we start.

Are you Atlassian-certified?
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Yes. Every administrator who works in your instance holds current Atlassian certifications. Our team is led by Miroslav Nemec, a Senior Certified Jira Administrator with 13 years of global administration experience.

Most teams have a tech lead or agile coach run Jira on the side. Why isn't that enough?
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Because spare-time admin fixes what’s loudest, and everything else waits. Workflows ossify around old processes, permission schemes drift, and new Atlassian features go unused because no one has time to learn them. The cost is harder to see: your senior engineers spend hours on screen layouts and field configurations when they could be building product. We work across many Atlassian instances every day, so we bring patterns, fixes, and roadmap knowledge a part-time internal owner can’t realistically keep up with.

Is this a managed service or a project engagement?
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It’s a managed service, and we can spin up a project alongside it when you need one. Our default is upskill-and-exit: we run it for you while we build the capability in-house, then hand it back. If you’d rather we keep running it long-term, we can do that too, with no lock-in either way. See our other services, including project management and delivery.

We pay a full-time Atlassian admin. Why would we switch to a retainer?
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For most organisations the admin load doesn’t fill a full-time week. With a retainer, you pay for the hours of work your instance needs, at a fixed monthly fee. You also stop paying for sick leave, annual leave, training, certification renewals and recruitment when an admin leaves, and the knowledge base we build keeps your instance’s history with you.

What kinds of problems do you typically solve?
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Mostly the everyday problems that slow delivery: workflows that don’t match how delivery actually happens, permission schemes nobody fully understands, automations that broke silently, SSO and group provisioning held together with duct tape, reporting the board doesn’t trust because the underlying configuration is wrong, and AI or automation opportunities nobody has had time to evaluate. We also handle instance consolidations and migrations between Cloud, Server, and Data Center.

How is this different from hiring a consultant or contractor?
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A retainer keeps the same team in your instance month after month; a contractor ramps up, delivers a project, and leaves with the context. Our team builds a knowledge base alongside the work, and that KB is your asset: even if you cancel, the documentation and configurations remain.

What's included in a Softwired Atlassian administration retainer?
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Every plan includes certified Atlassian administration hours, a branded customer service portal for your team, a dedicated Confluence knowledge base that grows with you, SLA-managed email and portal support, and a 60-minute onboarding call. Foundation includes 16 hours per month, Growth 20 hours, Scale 40 hours. Growth adds a Rovo customer service agent that learns from your data, and Scale adds custom Rovo agents and a quarterly governance review.

How are the Foundation, Growth, and Scale tiers different?
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Foundation ($2,000/month, 16 hours) suits stable instances needing steady-state administration. Growth ($2,500/month, 20 hours) adds the Rovo customer service agent for teams scaling their Atlassian use. Scale ($4,600/month, 40 hours) adds custom Rovo agents for your team and a quarterly governance review for organisations standardising delivery across multiple teams. All prices ex-GST.

What is the customer service agent and how does it learn my business?
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The customer service agent runs on Rovo, Atlassian's secure, RAG-based AI. It draws from your own Confluence knowledge base and Jira data to answer your team's questions, route tickets, and surface relevant context. It gets more accurate over time as your knowledge base grows, because every ticket we resolve becomes a new self-service article your people can find next time.

Our Atlassian instance is a mess. Where do you start?
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With an audit during the onboarding call. We review workflows, permissions, fields, and automations to understand the current state, then agree priorities with you based on what’s hurting your team most. You’ll see the first fixes land in the first month, with deeper restructuring over the following quarter.

How do you stay current with new Atlassian features?
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We track every Atlassian release across Jira, Confluence, Jira Service Management, Bitbucket, and Rovo. Because we work in many client instances, we see new features land (and find their bugs) before most teams have noticed they exist. We know which features are ready for production, which are still rough, and which are worth waiting on, so you don’t have to do that research yourself.

How do you handle support requests?
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You log support requests through your branded customer service portal (on our Atlassian instance), or by emailing help@softwired.com.au. We respond in line with the SLA tied to your tier, with urgency-based prioritisation. Routine requests are typically handled within one business day.

What does the onboarding call cover?
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Every plan starts with a 60-minute onboarding call. We provision your branded customer service portal, seed your Confluence knowledge base, walk through governance and access setup, and agree first-month priorities. The call also covers what we need from you: Atlassian instance access, a primary contact and your current pain points.

What's the difference between the discovery call and the onboarding call?
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The discovery call (30 minutes) happens before you commit. We use it to understand your situation and confirm we're the right fit, with no obligation. The onboarding call (60 minutes) happens after you've purchased. We use it to provision your customer service portal, walk through your priorities, and get you live.

Do you work with Jira Cloud, Server, or Data Center?
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All three. Our certified administrators have experience across Atlassian Cloud, Server, and Data Center deployments. We can also help with migration planning between deployment types, though larger migrations may need additional scope beyond the retainer hours.

Do you use my data to train AI?
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We use aggregated and de-identified versions of your data to improve the AI systems we use internally. We never use identifiable data, and we don't share your data or knowledge base content with other clients' agents. If your plan includes a Rovo customer service agent, it draws only from your own Confluence and Jira. Full details in clause 2.11 of our Terms and Conditions.

Who owns the work and configurations you deliver?
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You own your data, including the configurations, workflows, and knowledge base content created inside your Atlassian instance. We retain ownership of our own intellectual property (our methods, templates, and tooling). When you cancel, your Atlassian instance and everything in it remains entirely yours.

Do you work with international customers?
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Yes. The same AUD pricing applies to international clients. Australian GST is not added to international invoices because exports of services are GST-free in Australia. You’re responsible for any tax obligations in your own jurisdiction. Our contract is governed by Queensland law.

Is there a discount for paying annually?
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Yes. Annual prepay saves 10%. Foundation is $1,800/month billed annually ($21,600/year ex-GST), Growth is $2,250/month ($27,000/year), Scale is $4,140/month ($49,680/year). You can switch between monthly and annual billing at any time; changes take effect at the next billing cycle.

Ready to start?

Hand Atlassian admin to people who own it

An ongoing retainer with certified administrators, at a fixed monthly fee. You skip the recruitment, and your instance’s history lives in a knowledge base you own. Compare the retainer tiers and see which one fits your instance.

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