As members of GitLab's Security Operations sub department, the Security Incident Response Team detects, manages, and remediates security incidents across GitLab. Members of the Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) are the fire fighters of the GitLab Security department. SIRT works to create and maintain a safe and secure operating environment for the organization and its customers and responds to active security incidents. As a Security Engineer on SIRT you will build and maintain the tools we use to detect and respond to emerging threats in efficient and scalable ways, respond to security incidents and drive them to resolution, and develop and deploy preventative security measures for the GitLab organization and GitLab.com. Successful Security Engineers thrive in high-stress environments and can think like both an attacker and defender, engage with and mentor more junior Security Engineers, and can help come up with proactive and preventative security measures to keep GitLab and its user’s data safe in an ever changing threat landscape.
This position reports to the Manager, Security Incident Response Team.
The Security Incident Response Team Engineer is a grade 6.
This position reports to the Manager, Security Incident Response Team.
The Senior Security Incident Response Team Engineer is a grade 7.
Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that candidates can be declined from the position at any stage of the process.
This position reports to the Manager, Security Incident Response Team.
The Staff Security Incident Response Team Engineer is a grade 8.
This position reports to the Senior Manager, Security Incident Response Team.
The Security Incident Response Team Manager is a grade 8.
This role reports to the Director of Security Operations.
The Security Incident Response Team Senior Manager is a grade 9.
For details on the Security organization leadership roles, to include the Security Operations Director and VP of Security, see the Security Leadership page.
Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that candidates can be declined from the position at any stage of the process.
Additional details about our process can be found on our hiring page.
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