Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ThoughtFocus is seeking an experienced Senior GitHub Enterprise Platform Consultant to support a strategic consulting engagement with Promega Corporation. The consultant will provide strategic guidance and knowledge transfer to Promega’s Cloud and Automation Solutions team, focusing on establishing a governed and secure GitHub Enterprise environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead discovery and alignment workshops with Promega stakeholders to understand current state, constraints, and target operating model
- Provide expert guidance on GitHub Enterprise Cloud with Enterprise Managed Users (EMU), including SSO/SCIM integration with Microsoft Entra ID
- Deliver knowledge transfer on GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) — licensing, capabilities, and recommended configuration for a citizen-developer environment
- Advise on backup and recovery strategies, including GitHub’s native capabilities and recommended third-party solutions
- Recommend a monitoring architecture that integrates GitHub audit, license, pipeline, and security data into Promega’s existing Splunk infrastructure
- Define governance best practices, including enterprise-level policies, organization and team structure, naming conventions, permission models, and clear ownership boundaries between platform and developer teams
- Design GitHub Actions governance frameworks covering allowed actions, runner strategy (hosted vs. self-hosted), usage limits, cost controls, and pipeline standards suitable for citizen developers
- Provide recommendations on issue tracking and IT escalation patterns, including integration options between GitHub Issues and Jira
- Produce high-quality deliverables including governance frameworks, architecture recommendations, operating models, and knowledge transfer documentation
- Facilitate workshops and training sessions to ensure Promega’s CAS team can confidently own and operate the platform long-term
Skills
- 8+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or enterprise GitHub consulting
- Deep hands-on expertise with GitHub Enterprise Cloud, including Enterprise Managed Users (EMU), SCIM provisioning, and SSO with Microsoft Entra ID
- Strong working knowledge of GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS), including secret scanning, code scanning, dependency review, and security overview dashboards
- Proven experience designing governed GitHub environments for citizen developers or low-code / non-engineering users
- Experience with GitHub Actions governance, runner strategies, and cost management
- Familiarity with Splunk or similar SIEM platforms for ingesting GitHub audit and security data
- Solid understanding of Jira + GitHub Issues integration patterns and cross-tool escalation workflows
- Strong consulting and communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable recommendations for both technical and business stakeholders
- Experience delivering advisory/consulting engagements where the client performs the implementation
- Prior experience working with SOC 2 or similar compliance frameworks in a GitHub Enterprise context
- Background in Engineering Innovation Center (EIC) or platform engineering practices
- Experience supporting AI SDLC or citizen developer enablement programs
- Familiarity with Freshservice or similar IT service management tools for access request automation
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