GitHub Admin

Role Overview: As a GitHub Administrator, your primary responsibility will be to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of your organization's GitHub environment. You will be managing user access, teams, and repository permissions while implementing security best practices to facilitate seamless collaboration for development teams. Your focus will be on maintaining a secure and productive environment for all users by leveraging GitHub's features and administration capabilities effectively. Key Responsibilities: - Manage organization members by adding users to specific teams and understanding team responsibilities and visibility. This includes filtering teams by roles such as maintainer or member. - Understand and manage different repository permission levels (read, triage, write, maintainer, admin) and assign appropriate roles to team members and open-source contributors, considering the actions associated with admin privileges. - Possess a strong understanding of organization hierarchy and administration functions, including permission levels at the organization, enterprise, and team levels. - Implement and manage the integration of GitHub with identity providers like Microsoft Entra ID for enhanced authentication and organization management. - Configure and manage repository protection rules to enforce workflows, maintaining code quality and security. - Enable and manage Single Sign-On (SSO) for users to access GitHub seamlessly. - Work towards maintaining a smoothly functioning environment for all GitHub users, troubleshooting issues related to user permissions and access. Qualifications Required: - Demonstrated understanding of GitHub's user authentication methods, including personal access tokens and username/password login. - Experience in creating and managing teams within GitHub organizations, assigning responsibilities, and understanding capacity management. - Solid understanding of GitHub repository permission levels and associated capabilities. - Familiarity with integrating GitHub with external identity providers for enhanced authentication and user management. - Ability to configure and manage repository protection rules to enforce desired development workflows. - Knowledge of different permission levels within GitHub at various levels (organization, enterprise, team, repository). - Experience in enabling and managing Single Sign-On (SSO) for seamless user access. - Strong problem-solving skills to ensure a smooth working environment for GitHub users.,