GitHub System Administrator - #7829885

The Dev Tools and Enablement (DT&E) team part of a multi-product team that is responsible for managing GitHub and various GitHub suite of products like CoPilot, Codespace, Actions. Other products within the department include JFrog Artifactory, JFrog Edge Node, Sonatype Nexus and Github applications at Ford, including the design, implementation, integration, and maintenance of the products. Candidate’s primary role will be to manage GitHub platform, migrating from on-prem system to the cloud. Candidate needs to be flexible to learn and support other products like Nexus and other tools which are part of DT&E products suite. Candidate will collaborate with internal customers and external partners and key stakeholders.

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow’s transportation.

The position requires proficiency and fluency in the following:

• Strong understanding of the GitHub and its suite of products a multi-instance, multi-product environment

• Lead efforts regarding integrations/product implementations/redesign that have global impact and function as a subject matter expert for those efforts

• Administer different GitHub products including CoPilot, Codespaces etc.

• Maintain complex applications in Linux environment (VMs or containers/Kubernetes)

• Administer GitHub production and QA environment

• Assist in migrating data from GitHub on-prem to GitHub Enterprise manage User (EMU)

• Support basic access needs to complex integrations or large-scale product change initiatives

• Identify and spearhead improvements that address gaps in product/system/process

• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to GitHub cloud products and their integrations

• Document and provide training and support to other site administrators, the overall team and end users

• Scripting knowledge in Bash or Python

• Working experience with databases such as PostgreSQL etc.

• Understanding and working experience in Azure Active Directory API

• Clear concepts in OAuth2 and OpenID authentication protocols

• Experience with GCP, OpenShift or similar cloud platform

• Knowledge of other CI/CD tools (i.e. Jenkins, Github Actions, Tekton, FOSSA etc. )

• Knowledge of REST API including GitHub APIs

• Skills in JavaScript, Java/SpringBoot – nice to have

Roles

• Agile personality and system admin and automation mindset for contributing and leading the agile team for quality deliverables

• Simplifies complex ideas and conveys them clearly in both oral and written communication

• Gather needs of customers at Ford and design and develop tools to meet them

• Write scripts to automate common tasks.

• Experience in manufacturing workflow

• Able to multitask and work on multiple systems to meet tight deadlines

• Analyze and identify areas of concern/opportunity and recommend solutions to improve

• Collaborate with Development Teams to troubleshoot and recommend tuning of CI/CD pipelines

• Actively participate in all team agile ceremonies:

• Backlog Refinement/Planning

• Stand-ups

• Retrospectives

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent work experience

• Must attend the role twice per week on site

• Advanced English language

• 3+ years of relevant industry experience

Requisition ID : 32214