GitHub Implementation Specialist – On-Premises (GitHub Enterprise Server)

Overview

We are looking for a mid-level GitHub Implementation Specialist to lead the deployment, configuration, and administration of GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) in on-premises and private-cloud environments for enterprise clients. The role covers installation, high availability, security hardening, migrations, and day-2 operations of the on-prem GitHub platform.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute installation, configuration, and version upgrades of GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES) in on-premises / private-cloud environments.
• Design and implement High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) topologies, including backup utilities, replication, and failover drills.
• Configure authentication and access via SAML SSO, LDAP/Active Directory integration, and enterprise user/team provisioning.
• Migrate repositories and history from SVN, Bitbucket, GitLab, or legacy Git servers into GitHub Enterprise with minimal downtime.
• Define and enforce repository governance: branch protection rules, CODEOWNERS, merge policies, and audit logging.
• Enable and configure GitHub Advanced Security capabilities (secret scanning, code scanning, dependency review) for the on-prem instance.
• Integrate GHES with enterprise tooling such as Jira, Jenkins, Artifactory/Nexus, LDAP, and SIEM platforms.
• Monitor platform health and capacity, perform patching, and troubleshoot performance, connectivity, and licensing issues.
• Prepare SOPs, runbooks, and knowledge-transfer documentation; provide L2/L3 support to application and DevOps teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 4–7 years of overall experience in DevOps/source-control platform administration, with demonstrable on-prem GitHub Enterprise exposure.

Essential skills

• Hands-on experience administering GitHub Enterprise Server (self-hosted/on-prem), including installation and upgrade cycles.
• Strong Linux administration skills (RHEL/Ubuntu) and core networking fundamentals (DNS, load balancers, TLS/certificates).
• Experience configuring LDAP/Active Directory and SAML-based SSO integrations.
• Working knowledge of GitHub Advanced Security, Dependabot, and secret scanning configurations.
• Scripting proficiency in Bash and/or Python for automation of routine administration tasks.
• Solid understanding of Git internals, branching strategies (GitFlow/trunk-based), and repository management at scale.
• Familiarity with backup/DR practices, clustering, and virtualization or private-cloud hosting (VMware/on-prem Kubernetes).

Desired skills

• GitHub certification (e.g., GitHub Certified Administrator) or equivalent vendor certification.
• Prior experience migrating organizations from GitLab, Bitbucket, or SVN to GitHub Enterprise.
• Exposure to containerized appliance management (Docker) for GHES cluster nodes.