location /jira {
    if (-f /var/maintenance$cookie_opsteam) {
        return 503
    }
    ...
    proxy_pass http://internalserver.com:8080
}

Error_page 503 @maintenance
Location @maintenance {
    Root /var/www/html
    Rewrite ^(.*)$ /maintenance.html break;
}

Enable maintenance page

touch /var/maintenance

Disable maintenance page

rm /var/maintenance

Enable bypass (browser console)

document.cookie = "opsteam=1;path=/;secure=true"

Disable bypass

document.cookie = "opsteam=;path=/;secure=true"