Senior Security Engineer - Security Incident Response Team
An overview of this role
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.
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'll work extensively with our incident response automation tools to investigate, analyze, and resolve security events. You'll also have opportunities to contribute to our security tooling and automation, helping to improve our detection and response capabilities.
In this role, you'll 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 their incident response skills while working within GitLab's established security framework. You'll learn to think both tactically and strategically about security, while getting hands-on experience handling real-world incidents.
Successful Security Engineers thrive in high-pressure environments, remaining calm while following prepared runbooks and thinking critically about security challenges. In this role, 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 our ever-changing threat landscape. Through hands-on experience and mentorship, you'll develop the skills needed 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 here:
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, and is 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. Even though we’re a global team, we work together in a cross-regional manner and have automation and processes to facilitate collaboration when resolving incidents, handovers, and general collaboration for project work as well.
How GitLab will support you
All remote, asynchronous work environment
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. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.
Senior Security Engineer - Security Incident Response Team
An overview of this role
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.
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'll work extensively with our incident response automation tools to investigate, analyze, and resolve security events. You'll also have opportunities to contribute to our security tooling and automation, helping to improve our detection and response capabilities.
In this role, you'll 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 their incident response skills while working within GitLab's established security framework. You'll learn to think both tactically and strategically about security, while getting hands-on experience handling real-world incidents.
Successful Security Engineers thrive in high-pressure environments, remaining calm while following prepared runbooks and thinking critically about security challenges. In this role, 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 our ever-changing threat landscape. Through hands-on experience and mentorship, you'll develop the skills needed 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 here:
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, and is 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. Even though we’re a global team, we work together in a cross-regional manner and have automation and processes to facilitate collaboration when resolving incidents, handovers, and general collaboration for project work as well.
How GitLab will support you
All remote, asynchronous work environment
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. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.