Manager, Infrastructure Security

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An overview of this role

Infrastructure Security plays a critical role in GitLab as it holds responsibility for securing the infrastructure components that constitute our public cloud, cloud native, and software pipeline environments that our customers depend on to power their DevSecOps goals. You’ll be focused on fostering and developing an existing high performance team on their journey to redefine the benchmark for Infrastructure Security through relentless advocacy of our Core Values and Dogfooding. You’ll maintain strong partnerships with peers across GitLab (e.g. Infrastructure, Finance, Product and Legal) to ensure that the team can contribute effectively to cross-functional initiatives building security in from the foundation upward. When needed, you’ll leverage your extensive infrastructure experience and conflict resolution skills to unblock decisions. You’ll collaborate with the Product Security Leadership to develop and refine the Infrastructure Security vision and strategic roadmap. 

Relevant Links:

• Infrastructure Security Overview
• Security at GitLab
• Infrastructure at GitLab

What you’ll do  

• Contribute to the infrastructure security team’s vision and strategic roadmap
• Own and be responsible for securing
• GitLab’s customer-facing infrastructure which encompasses our multi-tenant, dedicated, government, and on-prem architectures.
• Infrastructure that supports GitLab’s software supply chain.
• Provide professional guidance and input on infrastructure security within and outside of your team
• Collaborate with other security teams in support of
• cross-team security efforts
• Process improvements
• Driving down risk across the organization
• Build collaborative cross-functional partnerships with teams across
• Infrastructure Engineering
• Engineering and Development
• Product Management; and
• Legal
• Manage an existing high performing team of infrastructure security professionals along with hiring new members as appropriate
• Lead and mentor your team by
• helping grow their skills and experience
• fostering a culture of continuous improvement
• holding regular 1:1’s
• being your team’s role model in terms of exemplifying GitLab company values, positive thinking, and managing conflict
• Establish and implement security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines in support of infrastructure security

What you’ll bring  

• Experience with:
• Public cloud security
• Ideally, practical experience with site-reliability engineering
• CI/CD at a practitioner level
• Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services
• Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud Native technologies and Serverless technologies
• Managing SaaS infrastructure security related issues especially within regulated environments such as FedRAMP and GDPR
• leading and implementing automation implementations in the service of infrastructure security (things like CSPM, Ansible, Terraform, etc)
• Knowledge of:
• infrastructure security issues, mitigations, and a solid grasp of the current global threat landscape
• distributed architectures
• systems design at an infrastructure component level
• threat modeling at the infrastructure level
• Strongly skilled in:
• written and verbal communication
• presentation skills to a variety of stakeholders
• collaborating with a global and diverse workforce
• adapting to evolving circumstances, technologies, and strategic priorities, while leading complex initiatives
• managing and developing teams of at least 5 people
• Able to
• deliver results that are “good enough” in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge
• excel in a remote-only, asynchronous, multicultural, and distributed environment
• Alignment with Manager responsibilities as outlined in Leadership at GitLab

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. 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.

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