<p>Kforce has a client seeking a Systems Engineer III for a remote role.</p> <p>Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Design & Develop: Architect, develop, and maintain robust, scalable software solutions for managing GitHub Enterprise resources. This will primarily involve writing code that interacts extensively with GitHub's APIs </li><li>GitHub Organization Orchestration: Build tools and services to automate the creation, configuration, and policy enforcement across multiple GitHub Organizations </li><li>Repository Lifecycle Management: Develop systems for standardized repository creation, management, archiving, and deletion, ensuring compliance and security best practices </li><li>Policy Enforcement: Implement mechanisms, potentially including custom GitHub Apps and Actions, to enforce organizational policies around code quality, security, and contribution guidelines; This includes exploring alternatives to traditional pre-commit hooks. Tooling Integration: Integrate GitHub with other enterprise services (e.g., identity providers, security scanners, compliance platforms) to create a seamless developer experience </li><li>Automation: Drive automation initiatives for operational tasks related to GitHub, reducing manual effort and improving efficiency </li><li>Generative AI Adoption: Actively explore and implement the use of Generative AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) within development processes to enhance productivity and code quality </li><li>Collaboration: Work closely with security, infrastructure, and development teams to understand requirements, gather feedback, and ensure solutions meet enterprise-wide needs </li><li>Documentation: Create clear, comprehensive documentation for the tools and services you develop </li><li>Mentorship: Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers within the team and across the organization* Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or relevant field required </li><li>5-7 years of experience preferred </li><li>Software Development: Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming language: primarily Go, Python beneficial </li><li>API Interaction: Experience designing, consuming, and interacting with APIs </li><li>Operations/Infrastructure Background: Proven experience in an operations, site reliability engineering (SRE), or infrastructure engineering role, with a strong appreciation for automation and stability </li><li>Problem Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing challenges </li><li>Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Hands-on experience with Terraform or similar tooling for managing cloud resource </li></ul> <p>Familiarity with modern SDLC practices:</p> <ul> <li>Dependency management </li><li>Security remediation processes and secure coding practices. </li><li>Testing frameworks and methodologies </li><li>Version control (Git) and Git workflows </li></ul> <p>GitHub Ecosystem: Solid understanding of GitHub Enterprise features, best practices, and strong practical experience with:</p> <ul> <li>GitHub APIs (REST and GraphQL) </li><li>GitHub Apps (building, deploying, managing) </li><li>GitHub Actions (designing complex workflows, custom actions) </li><li>GitHub Enterprise, Organization and Repository settings </li></ul> <p>Highly Advantageous:</p> <ul> <li>Generative AI Inclination: A strong interest in, and practical experience with, leveraging Generative AI tools in daily development processes </li><li>Containerization & Orchestration: Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes, including the use of Kubernetes controllers </li><li>Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS or Azure public cloud services, including networking, compute, and IAM concepts </li><li>Security Domain Knowledge: Understanding of common security vulnerabilities and best practices in a cloud/DevOps context </li></ul>