GitHub Administrator

Role Overview

Own the day-to-day administration and governance of the GitHub environment, ensuring repositories, teams, users, access, and workflows are well managed and follow established standards.

Key Responsibilities

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Manage GitHub organizations, repositories, teams, users, and permissions.

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Create, configure, archive, and maintain repositories.

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Manage team structures, membership, and repository access.

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Conduct regular access, repository, and team audits.

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Manage repository standards including branch protection, CODEOWNERS, and templates.

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Support users with Git, pull requests, branching, and GitHub workflows.

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Provide basic support for GitHub Actions and troubleshoot common issues.

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Support teams adopting Content-as-Code / Markdown-based workflows.

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Create documentation, onboarding material, and conduct GitHub office hours.

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Identify opportunities to improve governance, simplify processes, and automate repetitive tasks.

Required Skills

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Hands-on experience with GitHub administration.

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Good understanding of Git and GitHub workflows.

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Experience managing repositories, teams, users, and permissions.

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Understanding of GitHub Actions and repository governance.

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Strong problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

Nice to Have

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GitHub Enterprise experience.

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GitHub CLI/API knowledge.

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Basic scripting or automation experience.

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Experience with Content-as-Code or Documentation-as-Code.