Oleksandr Tolochko · Atlassian Certified Expert

I design Atlassian systems that stay useful as teams scale.

I turn Jira, JSM, Confluence, and Assets into an operating system for delivery — with clearer ownership, less manual work, and reporting leaders can trust.

A system of work, not a collection of toolsInteractive model

Work enters

  • Software delivery
  • Portfolio planning
  • Cross-team work

System

Work improves

  • Standard workflows
  • Delivery visibility
  • Clear ownership

Independent consulting · Europe / remote

years of hands-on delivery
8+
Atlassian Certified Expert
ACE
platform experience
Cloud + DC
security and governance focus
Enterprise

Selected work

Complex systems, made operable.

A selection of anonymized engagements across regulated, service, and multi-team environments. The details are intentionally concise; the outcomes are not embellished.

01

Banking · Security & compliance

Atlassian security audit and platform hardening

SecurityPermissionsGovernance

Context

A major bank needed a deep review of its Atlassian infrastructure, permission model, and performance under high load.

Intervention

Reviewed access paths and configuration, redesigned the permission model, and aligned platform controls with GDPR and ISO-style requirements.

Outcome

  • Permission model redesigned
  • Audit-ready controls improved
  • Compliance readiness supported
02

Telecom · ITSM operations

L1–L3 support model optimization

JSMSLAOn-call

Context

A global provider needed one coherent service desk across support tiers, with faster routing and fewer missed commitments.

Intervention

Restructured queues, escalation paths, request fulfillment, SLAs, and the 24/7 on-call process in Jira Service Management.

Outcome

~40%reduction in MTTR in this engagement
  • Escalation flow redesigned
  • On-call process improved
  • Request fulfillment automated
03

MSP · Multi-client operations

Multi-tenant service management architecture

Multi-tenancyJSMTempo

Context

An IT service provider needed to support multiple external clients inside one Atlassian environment without compromising data separation.

Intervention

Designed the tenant model, client access boundaries, governance rules, and automated reporting paths for service and billing operations.

Outcome

  • Client data segregation improved
  • Billing reports automated
  • Governance model standardized
04

Enterprise · Migration & governance

Jira consolidation and workflow unification

MigrationData CenterGovernance

Context

Multiple Jira Cloud and Data Center environments had diverged in workflows, ownership, and operating standards.

Intervention

Planned the target architecture, consolidated environments, normalized global workflows, and introduced a shared governance model.

Outcome

20+instances consolidated
  • Global workflows standardized
  • License usage optimized
  • A single operating model established

Expertise

Configure less. Make the system operable.

The work sits between platform architecture and day-to-day operations. The objective is not more Jira — it is a clearer way for teams to work.

01

ITSM & operations

Service experiences that are usable for customers, agents, and the teams behind them.

  • Incident, change, and request management
  • JSM portals, queues, SLAs, and on-call
  • Assets / CMDB and knowledge enablement
02

Governance & security

Guardrails that protect the platform without turning every change into a bottleneck.

  • Permission and access models
  • Atlassian Guard, SSO, and SCIM
  • Standards, ownership, and audit readiness
03

Delivery & planning

A connected view from team execution to portfolio decisions and release readiness.

  • Software delivery and DevOps integrations
  • Advanced Roadmaps and resource planning
  • Reporting built around decisions, not ticket counts
04

Automation & integration

Targeted automation that removes repeat work and keeps data moving between systems.

  • Automation for Jira and ScriptRunner
  • REST APIs, webhooks, Forge, and OAuth
  • CRM, CI/CD, and collaboration integrations

Ways to work together

Start with the level of certainty you need.

From a focused review to a full platform redesign, each engagement is scoped around a concrete decision or operational outcome.

Credentials

Certified depth, practical range.

Certifications establish the baseline. The more useful signal is applying them across governance, service management, delivery, and integration work.

Atlassian certifications

  1. 01
    Atlassian Cloud Organization AdminACP-520
    Verify
  2. 02
    Jira Administrator for CloudACP-120
    Verify
  3. 03
    Managing Jira Projects for CloudACP-620
    Verify
  4. 04
    Issue Security in JiraASB-152
    Verify
  5. 05
    Agile in Jira
  6. 06
    ITSM with Jira Service Management Foundations

Working toolkit

Automation

Automation for Jira · ScriptRunner / Groovy · Python · Power Automate

Integration

REST API · Webhooks · Forge · OAuth

Advanced apps

Assets · EazyBI · Xray · Tempo

Identity & infrastructure

Atlassian Guard · SSO / SCIM · AWS / Azure fundamentals

About

Systems should make ownership obvious.

I work across the full Atlassian lifecycle: organization administration, access, project architecture, Jira Service Management, Confluence, Assets, automation, and reporting.

My focus is the operating model behind the configuration — fewer manual steps, cleaner data, lower license waste, and a platform teams can maintain after the engagement ends.

  1. 01

    Outcomes over activity

    Success is measured in response time, clarity, adoption, and decisions — not the number of workflows created.

  2. 02

    Safe change

    Architecture, permissions, and migrations are approached with explicit constraints and a controlled path to rollout.

  3. 03

    Maintainable by design

    The best system is one internal teams understand, own, and can continue improving.

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