Senior GitHub Enterprise Migration Engineer

Senior GitHub Enterprise Migration Engineer

Location: 100% Remote

Employment Type: Contract / Consulting

Contract Duration: 6+ Months (Potential Extension)

Compensation: Open / Competitive, Based on Experience

Start Date: Immediate / ASAP

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior GitHub Enterprise Migration Engineer to support enterprise-scale GitHub migrations, platform modernization, and DevOps transformation initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have extensive hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise architecture, repository migrations, CI/CD modernization, and automation. This individual will be responsible for designing and executing complex migrations from platforms such as Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Bitbucket into GitHub Enterprise environments.

This is a hands-on technical consulting role requiring strong expertise in GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC), GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), Enterprise Managed Users (EMU), and GitHub Actions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC), GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), and Enterprise Managed Users (EMU) environments.
• Lead enterprise-scale repository migrations, including GitHub-to-GitHub migrations, divestitures, and organizational consolidations.
• Execute migrations from Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Bitbucket to GitHub Enterprise.
• Conduct repository discovery, dependency analysis, and migration readiness assessments.
• Develop and execute high-fidelity repository migration strategies, preserving commit history, branches, tags, and supported repository metadata.
• Configure identity management, team structures, permissions, and enterprise access controls.
• Modernize CI/CD pipelines by migrating Azure Pipelines and legacy workflows to GitHub Actions.
• Develop migration automation scripts, reusable tooling, and scalable migration frameworks.
• Plan and execute migration dry runs, production cutovers, rollback strategies, and post-migration validation.
• Troubleshoot repository migration issues, CI/CD dependencies, and integration challenges.
• Implement GitHub Enterprise security, governance, and compliance configurations.
• Support GitHub Copilot readiness and enterprise adoption initiatives.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure successful platform modernization.

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise Cloud (GHEC), GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), and GitHub Enterprise administration.
• Proven experience executing enterprise-scale GitHub repository migrations.
• Experience migrating repositories from Azure DevOps, GitLab, Bitbucket, or between GitHub Enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps modernization.
• Experience with GitHub APIs, GitHub CLI, REST APIs, and automation scripting.
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages.
• Experience with identity and access management, enterprise permissions, and Microsoft Entra ID.
• Knowledge of infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including Terraform.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently and deliver results in a remote consulting environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise GitHub-to-GitHub divestitures or large-scale organizational migrations.
• Experience building automated migration factories or reusable migration accelerators.
• Familiarity with GitHub Advanced Security and enterprise governance policies.
• Experience modernizing Azure DevOps pipelines into GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of GitHub Copilot enterprise readiness and implementation.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native development environments.

Technical Environment

• GitHub: GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GHES, EMU, GitHub Actions, GitHub APIs, GitHub CLI, GitHub Copilot
• DevOps & Cloud: Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Microsoft Azure, Terraform
• Automation & Scripting: Python, PowerShell, REST APIs
• Identity & Security: Microsoft Entra ID, GitHub Enterprise Security and Governance
• Containers: Docker, Kubernetes