Site Reliability Engineer, GitHub Admin

Intel Corporation

. Administer the GitHub environment, including organizations, teams, repositories, branch protection rules, and permission models .

Posted 9/22/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $120,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in administering GitHub environments, including CI/CD pipeline design and management, security capabilities, and automation using the GitHub API. Proficient in scripting, incident management, and integrating GitHub with various tools and identity providers.

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GitHub AdministrationCI/CD Pipeline DesignScripting with GitHub APIGitHub Security FeaturesInfrastructure-as-Code Tools

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Hard Skills

GitHub ActionsPythonBashPowerShellTerraformAnsibleDockerAWSAzureGCP

Tools & Technologies

GitHub CopilotPrometheusGrafanaDatadogSplunk

Certifications & Qualifications

GitHub Actions CertificationGitHub Administration Certification

Industry Keywords

Site Reliability EngineeringDevOpsPlatform EngineeringIncident ManagementSLOs/SLIs

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaPrometheusPythonSplunkTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Administer the GitHub environment, including organizations, teams, repositories, branch protection rules, and permission models
Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, including reusable workflows, self-hosted runners, and environment protection rules
Manage GitHub security capabilities, including secret scanning, code scanning (CodeQL), Dependabot, and audit log monitoring
Enforce repository standards, governance policies, and least-privilege access controls
Automate platform administration and operational workflows using scripting and the GitHub API and CLI
Monitor platform availability and performance against defined SLOs, and tune alerting to reduce noise
Respond to platform and pipeline incidents, lead troubleshooting, and contribute to blameless postmortems
Integrate GitHub with identity providers (SSO/SAML/SCIM) and adjacent tooling such as project management and security scanners
Support migrations to GitHub from other version control systems
Maintain platform documentation, runbooks, and onboarding guides, and advise developers on branching strategies and effective GitHub usage

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
4+ years of experience in site reliability engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering roles
Solid hands-on experience administering GitHub (Enterprise Cloud or Server), including organization and permission management
Strong working knowledge of GitHub Actions, including workflow design, secrets handling, and runner management
Supports day-to-day GitHub Copilot rollout for development teams, including onboarding, prompt engineering best practices, and troubleshooting Copilot usage, drawing on GitHub Copilot certification-level skills
Experience with GitHub security features, such as secret scanning, Dependabot, and code scanning
Proficiency scripting against the GitHub API and CLI using Python, Bash, or PowerShell
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools, such as Terraform or Ansible
Working knowledge of SRE fundamentals, including SLOs/SLIs, incident management, and postmortems
Experience with containerization (Docker) and at least one cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Experience with monitoring and observability tooling, such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk
Experience supporting federal government clients or contracts is a plus
GitHub certifications, such as GitHub Actions or GitHub Administration, are a plus
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Public Trust or Security Clearance