Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer
GitLab
Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Description
About this Role
Join GitLab as a Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer and shape the secure foundation of the world's leading AI-powered DevSecOps platform.
Empower teams globally by ensuring cloud infrastructure is resilient and secure from the ground up, meeting the high standards customers demand.
Collaborate across the organization to architect future SaaS platforms like GitLab Dedicated and Cells with uncompromising security.
Drive innovation at the intersection of security, operations, and business, maximizing your impact through technical leadership.
Contribute to GitLab's mission of enabling everyone to co-create software that accelerates human progress.
Embrace AI as a productivity multiplier in your daily workflows, fostering efficiency and groundbreaking solutions.
Thrive in a high-performance culture where values guide collaboration with industry leaders on complex challenges.
Become the authoritative expert in infrastructure security, influencing strategy and standards company-wide.
Mentor engineers and model inclusive leadership while dogfooding GitLab's own products for ultimate security.
Co-create the future in a role where your expertise redefines what's possible in secure software development.
Locations
- APAC, Remote, Canada, Remote, EMEA, Remote, US (Remote)
Salary
Salary details available upon request
180,000 - 300,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Cloud infrastructure security (AWS/GCP/Azure)intermediate
- Kubernetes and container orchestration securityintermediate
- Secrets managementintermediate
- Certificate automationintermediate
- Security automation and toolingintermediate
- Threat modelingintermediate
- Distributed systems design and operationsintermediate
- SaaS platform securityintermediate
- Security frameworks (FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS)intermediate
- AI integration in workflowsintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Expert-level knowledge of security for cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) (experience)
- Deep expertise in container orchestration security (Kubernetes) (experience)
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex security concepts into actionable recommendations (experience)
- Principal-level technical leadership with strategy-setting and cross-organizational influence (experience)
- Extensive experience designing, developing, and operating large distributed systems in SaaS (experience)
- Track record of leading projects with ambiguous requirements delivering business impact (experience)
- History of driving technical strategy improving organization-wide security posture (experience)
- Understanding of security certifications and frameworks like FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS (experience)
- Experience with infrastructure and data security topics (experience)
- Alignment with GitLab's core values (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with secrets management and certificate automation (experience)
- Background in security automation and tooling development (experience)
- Proven skills in threat modeling for complex infrastructure (experience)
- History of conducting comprehensive security reviews (experience)
- Expertise in networking, storage, and compute security (experience)
- Familiarity with AI integration in security workflows (experience)
- Experience mentoring senior engineers (experience)
- Knowledge of DevSecOps platform security (experience)
- Track record in reference implementations for standards adoption (experience)
- Ability to quantify architectural tradeoffs for leadership (experience)
Responsibilities
- Independently define multi-year security strategy for cloud infrastructure components
- Design and scope infrastructure security initiatives with actionable work streams
- Architect and implement security automation, frameworks, and foundational tooling
- Conduct and lead comprehensive security reviews and threat modeling
- Drive adoption of security standards through technical influence and enablement
- Quantify architectural tradeoffs into clear decisions for engineers and leadership
- Serve as the go-to expert providing authoritative technical guidance
- Mentor and develop engineers while modeling inclusive collaboration
- Fulfill Product Security mission by securing infrastructure with GitLab products
- Collaborate across teams to balance security with operational and business needs
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive benefits supporting health, finances, and well-being
- general: Flexible Paid Time Off policy
- general: Team Member Resource Groups for belonging and support
- general: Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- general: Growth and Development Fund for professional advancement
- general: Generous Parental Leave
- general: Home office support and equipment
- general: Continuous knowledge exchange and learning opportunities
- general: High-performance culture with valued voices
- general: Collaboration with industry leaders on impactful projects
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Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer
GitLab
Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer
Job Description
About this Role
Join GitLab as a Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer and shape the secure foundation of the world's leading AI-powered DevSecOps platform.
Empower teams globally by ensuring cloud infrastructure is resilient and secure from the ground up, meeting the high standards customers demand.
Collaborate across the organization to architect future SaaS platforms like GitLab Dedicated and Cells with uncompromising security.
Drive innovation at the intersection of security, operations, and business, maximizing your impact through technical leadership.
Contribute to GitLab's mission of enabling everyone to co-create software that accelerates human progress.
Embrace AI as a productivity multiplier in your daily workflows, fostering efficiency and groundbreaking solutions.
Thrive in a high-performance culture where values guide collaboration with industry leaders on complex challenges.
Become the authoritative expert in infrastructure security, influencing strategy and standards company-wide.
Mentor engineers and model inclusive leadership while dogfooding GitLab's own products for ultimate security.
Co-create the future in a role where your expertise redefines what's possible in secure software development.
Locations
- APAC, Remote, Canada, Remote, EMEA, Remote, US (Remote)
Salary
Salary details available upon request
180,000 - 300,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Cloud infrastructure security (AWS/GCP/Azure)intermediate
- Kubernetes and container orchestration securityintermediate
- Secrets managementintermediate
- Certificate automationintermediate
- Security automation and toolingintermediate
- Threat modelingintermediate
- Distributed systems design and operationsintermediate
- SaaS platform securityintermediate
- Security frameworks (FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS)intermediate
- AI integration in workflowsintermediate
Required Qualifications
- Expert-level knowledge of security for cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) (experience)
- Deep expertise in container orchestration security (Kubernetes) (experience)
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex security concepts into actionable recommendations (experience)
- Principal-level technical leadership with strategy-setting and cross-organizational influence (experience)
- Extensive experience designing, developing, and operating large distributed systems in SaaS (experience)
- Track record of leading projects with ambiguous requirements delivering business impact (experience)
- History of driving technical strategy improving organization-wide security posture (experience)
- Understanding of security certifications and frameworks like FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS (experience)
- Experience with infrastructure and data security topics (experience)
- Alignment with GitLab's core values (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with secrets management and certificate automation (experience)
- Background in security automation and tooling development (experience)
- Proven skills in threat modeling for complex infrastructure (experience)
- History of conducting comprehensive security reviews (experience)
- Expertise in networking, storage, and compute security (experience)
- Familiarity with AI integration in security workflows (experience)
- Experience mentoring senior engineers (experience)
- Knowledge of DevSecOps platform security (experience)
- Track record in reference implementations for standards adoption (experience)
- Ability to quantify architectural tradeoffs for leadership (experience)
Responsibilities
- Independently define multi-year security strategy for cloud infrastructure components
- Design and scope infrastructure security initiatives with actionable work streams
- Architect and implement security automation, frameworks, and foundational tooling
- Conduct and lead comprehensive security reviews and threat modeling
- Drive adoption of security standards through technical influence and enablement
- Quantify architectural tradeoffs into clear decisions for engineers and leadership
- Serve as the go-to expert providing authoritative technical guidance
- Mentor and develop engineers while modeling inclusive collaboration
- Fulfill Product Security mission by securing infrastructure with GitLab products
- Collaborate across teams to balance security with operational and business needs
Benefits
- general: Comprehensive benefits supporting health, finances, and well-being
- general: Flexible Paid Time Off policy
- general: Team Member Resource Groups for belonging and support
- general: Equity Compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- general: Growth and Development Fund for professional advancement
- general: Generous Parental Leave
- general: Home office support and equipment
- general: Continuous knowledge exchange and learning opportunities
- general: High-performance culture with valued voices
- general: Collaboration with industry leaders on impactful projects
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Answer 10 quick questions to check your fit for Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer @ GitLab.
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