Azure DevOps Engineer (GitHub Migration Specialist)

Job Description

About You
You are a GitHub Migration Specialist with hands-on experience in both GitHub Enterprise and Azure DevOps, and you have moved source control and CI/CD pipelines from one platform to another before. You will join a small, fast-moving delivery team that is migrating repositories, pipelines, and development workflows from Azure DevOps to GitHub for several engineering teams.

You take ownership, pay close attention to data integrity and security, and stay calm when troubleshooting live migration or cutover issues. You are pragmatic and balance speed with correctness. You explain technical details clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, and you document your work so others can repeat it.

• Note: This position is offered under a 3-month contractor framework, with the possibility of extension.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field is desired, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps or Platform Engineering role.
• Hands-on experience with GitHub, including GitHub Enterprise (Cloud or Server) administration.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Boards), in administration or development.
• Experience migrating source control systems and/or CI/CD pipelines between platforms.
• Working knowledge of Git internals, including branching, history, large file handling, and repository structure.
• Experience writing GitHub Actions workflows and converting pipelines from other CI/CD tools.
• Scripting experience with PowerShell, Python, or Bash to automate migration and configuration tasks.
• Understanding of identity and access management concepts: SSO, SAML, SCIM, and RBAC.
• Familiarity with source control security practices, including secret scanning, branch protection, and dependency management.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues on your own.
• Strong ownership and attention to detail, especially around data integrity and security during migrations.
• Collaborative and communicative, with the ability to explain technical details clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Willingness to document and share knowledge.
• Advanced English proficiency.

Nice to haves:

• Prior experience on a formal Azure DevOps-to-GitHub (or similar platform) migration initiative.
• Experience with GitHub Enterprise Importer (GEI) or similar migration tooling.
• GitHub certifications (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitHub Administration).
• Experience coordinating with Microsoft support or partner teams on licensing, tooling, or technical escalations.
• Familiarity with Azure cloud infrastructure and services.
• Experience supporting multiple engineering teams through a platform transition.
• Experience with AI-assisted pull request reviews and automated API integration testing tools such as Bruno or Newman.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

• Execute end-to-end migration of repositories from Azure DevOps to GitHub, including history, branches, tags, work items (where applicable), and metadata.
• Convert and rebuild CI/CD pipelines from Azure Pipelines (YAML/Classic) to GitHub Actions, validating functional parity and keeping deployments to the existing Azure environments.
• Configure migrated repositories, including repository settings, branch protection rules, environments, secrets, and permissions, in coordination with the Infrastructure team.
• Partner with Security to make sure migrated repositories meet compliance, access control, secret scanning, and vulnerability management standards.
• Partner with Infrastructure to coordinate networking, authentication (SSO/SCIM), and tooling integrations such as build agents, runners, and artifact storage.
• Build and support automation and scripts that speed up repeatable migration tasks, such as bulk repository migration, permission replication, and pipeline conversion.
• Support the setup of pull request workflows in GitHub Actions, including code verification, security scanning, automated integration tests, and AI-assisted PR feedback.
• Troubleshoot migration issues related to repository integrity, pipeline failures, permissions, and integrations.
• Validate post-migration repository and pipeline functionality with engineering teams before cutover.
• Act as the subject matter expert on GitHub features, limitations, and best practices, advising the Senior Software Engineer and Business Analyst on the feasibility and sequencing of migration waves.
• Coordinate with Microsoft support and migration teams on tooling, licensing, and technical escalations.
• Maintain migration runbooks, configuration standards, and technical documentation to support repeatability and knowledge transfer.
• Support engineering teams after migration with GitHub onboarding, workflow questions, and issue resolution during stabilization.
• Identify and flag risks, technical blockers, and scope gaps to the Senior Software Engineer and Business Analyst for prioritization.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise and Azure DevOps.
• Proven experience migrating source control and/or CI/CD pipelines between platforms, including writing GitHub Actions workflows.
• Working knowledge of Git internals and scripting (PowerShell, Python, or Bash) for migration automation.
• Understanding of IAM (SSO, SAML, SCIM, RBAC) and source control security practices.
• Advanced English proficiency.

Additional Information

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.