Senior Security Engineer, Security Incident Response Team

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Senior Security Engineer, Security Incident Response Team

GitLab is hiring for the Senior Security Engineer, Security Incident Response Team role. As a member of GitLab's Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), you will be on the frontline of protecting GitLab.com and GitLab from security threats.

Overview

As a Senior Security Engineer on GitLab's Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), you will be on the frontline of protecting both GitLab.com and GitLab the company from security threats.

Role

This role follows a compressed four-day workweek, with standard full-time hours spread across four extended shifts. To ensure 24/7/365 security coverage, team members work one of two schedules:

Sunday through Wednesday
Wednesday through Saturday

Your primary focus will be detecting and responding to security incidents during your scheduled shifts. You will work extensively with incident response automation tools to investigate, analyze, and resolve security events. You will also have opportunities to contribute to security tooling and automation to improve detection and response capabilities.

You will develop expertise using our security infrastructure to monitor for threats, analyze potential incidents, and coordinate response efforts across teams. This position is ideal for someone who wants to grow incident response skills while working within GitLab's established security framework. You’ll learn to think both tactically and strategically about security, while gaining hands-on experience handling real-world incidents.

Successful Security Engineers thrive in high-pressure environments, remain calm while following runbooks, and think critically about security challenges. You will learn to think like both an attacker and defender, developing proactive and preventative security measures to keep GitLab and its users’ data safe in a changing threat landscape. Through hands-on experience and mentorship, you will develop the skills to anticipate security risks, respond effectively to incidents, and contribute to GitLab’s robust security posture.

Find out more about the Security Operations team and responsibilities:

Incident Response
Trust and Safety
Red Team
Threat-Intelligence
Signals-Engineering

What You’ll Do

Lead security incident response in our 24/7 global rotation, managing incidents from detection through containment and recovery
Create and maintain comprehensive incident response documentation, including runbooks and standard procedures
Conduct post-incident analysis through RCA and lessons-learned reviews to strengthen our incident response program
Design and implement automated security processes to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention
Drive continuous improvement by identifying security gaps and implementing advanced detection and response capabilities
Collaborate across GitLab teams to develop new security capabilities and deliver technical projects that enhance our infrastructure

What You’ll Bring

Demonstrated ability to learn and lead incident response processes independently
Experience with SIEM/security logging tools
Experience with cloud platforms (GCP and/or AWS)
Python programming skills or strong willingness to learn
A passion for technical documentation
Proactive approach to identifying and investigating security threats
Interest in conducting forensic analysis of infected hosts
Experience or strong desire to learn cloud-based security investigations

About The Team

Security Operations is a globally distributed team of engineers split across 3 core regions (AMER, APAC and EMEA), at the forefront of security events that impact both GitLab.com and GitLab. We are both reactive and proactive, leading security investigations, incident response support and response resolution, through to cyber threat analysis and detection and response engineering. We work in a cross-regional manner with automation and processes to facilitate collaboration when resolving incidents, handovers, and project work.

How GitLab Will Support You

Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
All remote, asynchronous work environment
Flexible Paid Time Off
Team Member Resource Groups
Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Growth and development budget
Parental leave
Home office support

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. If you’re excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

Equality and Privacy GitLab is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. For details on policies and recruitment privacy, please review GitLab’s EEO and Recruitment Privacy policies. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.