Github Admin

Job Title: GitHub Administrator (5-7 year experience as GitHub Admin)

**Responsibilities**:
User and Team Management: Manage organization members, including adding users to specific teams and understanding team responsibilities and visibility. This includes the ability to filter teams by roles such as maintainer or member.
Repository Permission Management: Understand and manage different repository permission levels, including read, triage, write, maintainer, and admin, and assign appropriate roles to team members and open-source contributors. This requires careful consideration of the destructive actions associated with admin privileges.
Organization Hierarchy and Administration: Possess a strong understanding of organization hierarchy and how administration functions within it. This includes knowledge of permission levels at the organization level (owner, billing manager, security manager, outside collaborator, moderator, and member), enterprise level, and team level, as well as for individual repositories.
Identity Provider Integration: Implement and manage the integration of GitHub with identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID to enable a higher level of authentication and streamline organization management. This includes understanding the necessary installation permissions, such as read all users full profile for Microsoft Entra ID team synchronization.
Security and Compliance: Configure and manage repository protection rules to enforce workflows such as requiring pull requests before merging and ensuring status checks pass. This contributes to maintaining code quality and security.
Single Sign-On (SSO) Implementation: Enable and manage Single Sign-On (SSO) to allow users signed into the corporate network to access the GitHub website without requiring a second sign-in.
Troubleshooting and Support: Work towards the goal of keeping everything working smoothly for all GitHub users within the organization. This may involve answering questions related to user permissions and access.
Required Skills and Experience:
Demonstrated understanding of GitHubs user authentication methods, including personal access tokens and username/password login.
Experience with creating and managing teams within GitHub organizations, including assigning responsibilities and managing capacity.
Solid understanding of GitHub repository permission levels and the capabilities associated with each role.
Familiarity with the concepts and benefits of integrating GitHub with external identity providers like Microsoft Entra ID for enhanced authentication and user management.
Ability to configure and manage GitHub repository protection rules to enforce desired development workflows.
Understanding of different permission levels within GitHub, including organization, enterprise, team, and repository levels.
Knowledge of enabling and managing Single Sign-On (SSO) for seamless user access.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to ensure a smooth working environment for GitHub users.

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