Migration Tales — How Atlassian Migrated Jira and Confluence to AWS Graviton
Details
Hello everyone,
The Auckland AWS Tools and Programming team is back for an exciting 2026, and we’d love to invite you to our February meetup!
Our first speaker for the new year is Paulo Almeida, Principal Site Reliability Engineer at Atlassian, who will present an exciting talk: “Migration Tales — How Atlassian Migrated Jira and Confluence to AWS Graviton.”
Important: Since this meetup will take place at the AWS offices, please remember to bring a valid ID for entry.
This event is made possible by Mantel and AWS.
Event details
When: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Thursday 19 February 2026
Where: AWS Office – Training Room, Level 13, PwC Tower, 15 Customs Street West, Auckland CBD
Agenda
5:00 PM – Welcome and networking
5:30 PM – Food and beverages
6:00 PM – Talk: “Migration Tales — How Atlassian Migrated Jira and Confluence to AWS Graviton” – Paulo Almeida (Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Atlassian)
6:40 PM – Q&A, announcements, and networking
About the talk:
What happens when you migrate a massive Java-based infrastructure to Graviton and hit unexpected roadblocks? At the scale of Jira and Confluence—spanning over 3,000 instances—the transition reveals unique technical bottlenecks and bugs that only surface under heavy load.
In this session, Paulo will share how this migration was made possible, including:
- Scaling pains: The specific hurdles of moving a large, legacy-heavy Java codebase to Graviton.
- Failures: Why previous attempts failed and what the team did differently to change the outcome.
- Geeking out: The tools used and the hardware architecture quirks uncovered between Intel and Graviton.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn the “how” and “why” behind one of the largest Graviton migrations in APAC!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Auckland AWS Tools and Programming team
How to find us:
Entry to the PWC building is by the main entrance on Customs Street.
Go up by the escalators until the end. You will land at the Spectra cafe and PWC reception on the right. Take the lift to level 13.
Code of Conduct
Auckland AWS Tools and Programming is committed to providing a friendly and welcoming space for everyone who attends our meetup events, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, religion (or lack thereof), or technology choices. Any form of harassment, racism, misogyny, or xenophobia is unacceptable. Participants violating these rules will be invited to leave the meetup.
