Job Description:
A GitHub Architect is a senior technical expert responsible for
designing, implementing, and governing enterprise-grade development
workflows, repository structures, and CI/CD pipelines on the GitHub platform.
Key Responsibilities
Enterprise Design: Architect scalable, enterprise-grade GitHub organizations
and repository structures matching business and security needs.
Governance Strategy: Create policies for access control, branch protection,
repository lifecycle management, and auditing.
Platform Migration: Lead complex migrations and strategy roadmaps moving
codebases and CICD pipelines from Jenkins, Bitbucket, or Azure DevOps to
GitHub
Security Enforcement: Implement GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) controls,
including secret scanning, dependency tracking, and code scanning
Technical Mentorship: Act as a trusted advisor to teach development teams
Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with security, product, and leadership
teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Required Technical Skills
Expert GitHub Administration: Deep knowledge of GitHub Enterprise Server,
Cloud, organization provisioning, and GitHub APIs.
Advanced Version Control: Mastery of Git internals, complex branching
strategies (GitFlow, Trunk-Based), and merge conflict resolutions.
CI/CD Mastery: Deep experience crafting custom, reusable GitHub Actions,
runners, and environments.
DevSecOps Tooling: Practical experience configuring security scanners, binary
repositories, and quality monitoring systems.
Cloud & Containers: Proficiency with cloud-native hosting (AWS, Azure,
GCP) and container ecosystems like Docker and Kubernetes
Soft Skills & Leadership
Consultative Mindset: Ability to actively listen to engineering friction
points and offer structural remedies.
Clear Communication: Adept at translating complex DevOps setups into
high-level visual roadmaps for executive leadership.
Problem Solving: Technical curiosity to debug deep pipeline blockers, caching
issues, or runner resource limitations
Skills Required
- Deep expertise administering GitHub Enterprise Server and GitHub Enterprise Cloud
- Experience with organization provisioning and GitHub APIs
- Mastery of Git internals, GitFlow, trunk-based development, branching strategies, and merge conflict resolution
- Deep experience creating reusable GitHub Actions, runners, and environments
- Practical DevSecOps experience configuring security scanners, binary repositories, and quality monitoring systems
- Experience implementing GitHub Advanced Security, including secret scanning, dependency tracking, and code scanning
- Proficiency with AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience leading migrations from Jenkins, Bitbucket, or Azure DevOps to GitHub
- Strong technical mentorship, stakeholder communication, consultative problem-solving, and executive roadmap communication skills
What We Do
XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd is a technology consulting and software services company serving clients across banking, financial services and insurance, telecommunications, mining, retail, energy, and manufacturing. It provides software development, IT management consulting, business analysis, project and program management, infrastructure support, and offshore development through onsite-offshore delivery. The company also works with cloud computing, big data, mobile applications, UI/UX, algorithms, and IoT.
