REMOTE JOB || Direct Client || : DevOps Engineer with GitHub Admin Experience

[Prasad Rao]

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Job Title: Devops Engineer with GitHub Admin Experience

Location: Washington, DC/Remote

Duration: 12+ Months

GitHub Platform Administration & Governance

• Administer GitHub Enterprise Cloud (EMU) or Enterprise Server, including organizations, teams, and enterprise-level policy management.
• Configure and enforce org-wide rulesets, branch protection, and required status checks at scale.
• Implement repository governance via templates, .github repos, CODEOWNERS, and custom repository properties.
• Manage SAML/SCIM SSO, identity provider integration (e.g., Entra ID/Okta), and automated user/team provisioning.
• Define and enforce policy-as-code for org settings (e.g., via Terraform GitHub provider or the GitHub API).

 

GitHub Actions Platform (beyond writing workflows)

• Deploy and operate self-hosted runners (including autoscaling on Kubernetes via Actions Runner Controller / ARC).
• Manage runner groups, larger hosted runners, and cost/usage governance across the enterprise.
• Build and publish composite actions and a centralized reusable-workflow library with versioning and release strategy.
• Harden Actions supply chain: pin actions to SHAs, restrict allowed actions, configure OIDC for keyless cloud auth (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Configure environments, deployment protection rules, and required reviewers for promotion gates.

 

Security Platform (GitHub Advanced Security)

• Administer GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS): CodeQL, secret scanning (with push protection), and Dependabot at scale.
• Author custom CodeQL queries and tune SAST results to reduce false positives.
• Roll out security campaigns, security overview dashboards, and remediation SLAs across orgs.
• Integrate GHAS findings into existing tooling and enforce security gates in pipelines.

 

Automation, Extensibility & Integrations

• Build automation against the GitHub REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Develop GitHub Apps and/or webhook-driven services for custom platform workflows.
• Experience with the GitHub CLI (gh) and extensions for tooling and scripting.
• Integrate GitHub with the broader toolchain (Jira, ServiceNow, Slack/Teams, artifact registries, observability).

 

Migration & Modernization

• Lead migrations to GitHub (e.g., from GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins) using GitHub Enterprise Importer / gh gei.
• Convert legacy CI (Jenkins, Checkmarx, etc.) into GitHub Actions with minimal disruption (extends your existing Checkmarx line).

 

Developer Experience / Platform Engineering

• Implement GitHub Copilot enablement, governance, and adoption at the org level.
• Stand up self-service developer platforms using GitHub as the control plane (scaffolding, golden paths, IDP/Backstage integration).
• Define metrics and reporting (DORA, Actions usage, security posture) using GitHub's audit log and APIs.

 

Possible "must-have" tightening

• 3+ years hands-on GitHub Enterprise administration (separate from the general 5+ years DevOps).
• Familiarity with GitHub's billing/metered usage model for Actions, Packages, and GHAS to manage spend.