GitHub

GitHub

Staff Site Reliability Engineer, IT

United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 167 days ago
JavaScriptPythonJavaBashiOSCode ReviewGitAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformAnsibleLinuxSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringIncident ResponseProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving

Stay score

odds of building a lasting career here

37Risky
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role80
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds40
Fits your clock70

Thin sponsorship signal and lottery-bound. A low-probability bet with your clock running. Prioritize cap-exempt roles and proven entry-level sponsors first.

Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.

Personalize to your clock →

Employer immigration record

from this employer's Department of Labor filings

Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 4 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card follow-through: 100%

Of 5 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 0 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 483 days.100% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Files H-1B transfers

1 transfer filing in the last year, covering 1 worker. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

Sourced from Department of Labor LCA, PERM and prevailing-wage disclosure data. Employer matching is by name, so figures may be split across an employer's legal entities. Absence of a filing means none appears in our copy of the data, not that none exists.

Community outcomes

No reports yet — be the first to help the next applicant.

About the role

  • We are seeking a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to join GitHub's expanding IT Engineering team.
  • This role is crucial for supporting our global workforce, known as Hubbers, who rely on our internal systems and services daily.
  • You will primarily focus on Client Platform Engineering (CPE).

Responsibilities

  • Endpoint management: Partner with the Security organization on creating, managing, and maintaining policies, configuration profiles, and security baselines for all of GitHub's corporate endpoints (e.g., macOS, Windows, iOS, Linux).
  • Lead and develop long-term strategies and plan capacity for meeting future end user needs.
  • support teams in producing extensible and maintainable code / configuration, ensuring integration with downstream dependencies and adherence to quality standards.
  • Lead teams to collaborate on their end goals for systems to drive and achieve desirable user experiences.
  • Drive collaboration across IT, security, and engineering to solve complex endpoint issues and optimize device performance.
  • Own the outcome
  • Create clarity
  • Deliver success

Requirements

  • 9+ years experience in computer science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in relevant languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python)
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 7+ years experience in computer science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in relevant languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python)
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 5+ years experience in computer science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in relevant languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python)
  • 4+ years' experience with client device lifecycle management for macOS, Windows, or Linux using MDM frameworks (e.g. Jamf, Microsoft Intune, etc.) or IaC tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Salt, etc.).
  • 3+ years' experience with automation and tool development using GitHub, Python, Bash, Shell scripting, or PowerShell.
  • Required Qualifications
  • OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years' experience in Client Platform Engineering and at least 3 years in leading engineering solutions (design to implementation) at scale.

Nice to have

  • 3+ years technical leadership experience.
  • Experience working within cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • preferably Azure.
  • A self-starter with strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
  • Strong infrastructure knowledge, including cloud computing, Kubernetes, and containerization.
  • Strong soft skills, including stakeholder communication and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Compensation Range
  • These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States.

Skills

  • Therefore, strong communication skills and empathy are essential.

Compensation

  • The base salary range for this job is USD $121,800.00 - USD $323,200.00 /Yr.
  • These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States.
  • An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant.
  • At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock.

Company info

  • GitHub is the world's leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting.
  • We're also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world's software has open-source code in its DNA).
  • Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
  • Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!).
  • At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work.
  • We're remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are-because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
  • Join us, and let's change the world, together.
  • EEO Statement
  • GitHub is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lifestyles.
  • We embrace diversity and invite applications from people of all walks of life.
  • We don't discriminate against employees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences.
  • Also, if you have a disability, please let us know if there's any way we can make the interview process better for you; we're happy to accommodate!
  • As a globally distributed company, GitHub relies on asynchronous communication.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • ployees or applicants based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other differences
Apply directly at GitHub →Create a free account for alerts like thisView GitHub immigration profile

This listing is sourced directly from GitHub's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.