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 

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

• Create, configure, archive, and maintain repositories. 

• Manage team structures, membership, and repository access. 

• Conduct regular access, repository, and team audits. 

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

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

• Provide basic support for GitHub Actions and troubleshoot common issues. 

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

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

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

Required Skills 

• Hands-on experience with GitHub administration. 

• Good understanding of Git and GitHub workflows. 

• Experience managing repositories, teams, users, and permissions. 

• Understanding of GitHub Actions and repository governance. 

• Strong problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills. 

Nice to Have 

• GitHub Enterprise experience. 

• GitHub CLI/API knowledge. 

• Basic scripting or automation experience. 

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