Objectstream is an award-winning small business dedicated to providing innovative products and services in many areas, including information technology, management consulting, and logistics, for customers including the FAA, DOD, and state governments. We accomplish this mission by forging long-term trusted relationships with our employees, customers, and strategic partners; building an organizational culture that promotes empowerment and accountability; assuring a talented, well-trained, and qualified workforce; continuously improving our efficiency and productivity; and being socially and environmentally responsible corporate citizens. We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment where employees are encouraged to share ideas and take ownership of their projects. We are currently seeking a talented GitHub Specialist to join our dynamic team. We offer a competitive benefits package to our employees which includes: M/D/V, matching 401k, and other benefits.
Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated GitHub Specialist to join our dynamic IT team.
Responsibilities:
- Implement GitHub
- Ensure conversion of existing Git Repositories maintain code commit history, branches and tags
- Create GitHub actions for the continuous integration/continuous delivery to cloud and on-premise resources.
- Train developers and administrators on GitHub best practices, ensuring smooth adoption of the platform for collaboration and code versioning.
- Create, document, and train the stakeholder staff on a framework for use of GitHub for its projects.
- Advise the stakeholders on the optimal way to utilize GitHub and ensure that GitHub works seamlessly with Jira, and Confluence.
- Assist with coordination of GitHub system requirements identification, conduct needs analyses, and training design, delivery, evaluation, and management.
- Coordinate with stakeholders to validate training requirements and evaluate training quality.
- Facilitate post training performance critique and development sessions.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Engineering, Computer Science or related area is required. Masters degree is preferred.
- GitHub Certification preferred.
- 14+ years of experience with GitHub repositories, including setup, version control, and integration with CI/CD pipelines.
- Expertise in in creating GitHub Actions.
- Experience working with developers to ensure best practices in code management, version control, and collaboration.
- Advanced proficiency in GitHub administration, repository management, and integration with tools like Jira and Jenkins.
- Strong understanding of version control workflows (e.g., GitFlow), code branching, and pull request processes to ensure seamless collaboration across development teams.
- Experience in implementing security controls, including access permissions, encryption, and multi-factor authentication for secure GitHub usage.
- Expertise in managing large-scale code migrations, ensuring data integrity and minimal disruption to development teams.
- Has thorough understanding on migration from Azure DevOps to GitHub (Enterprise Cloud)
- Ability to prioritize and manage actions to meet changing deadlines and requirements within a high volume, high stress environment.
- Excellent organizational skills, strong attention to detail and demonstrated professionalism.
- Ability to be self-motivated and able to work in a team and independently.
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written.
- Highly responsive to requested needs.
