Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise AI Security
Remote, APAC; Remote, Canada; Remote, US
GitLab is an open-core software company that develops the most comprehensive AI-powered DevSecOps Platform , used by more than 100,000 organizations. Our mission is to enable everyone to contribute to and co-create the software that powers our world.
We're looking for a Senior Security Engineer to lead security for GitLab's internal AI initiatives. You'll establish security frameworks for AI/ML systems used by our global workforce, ensuring responsible AI adoption while protecting against AI-specific threats.
What you'll do:
- Design AI Security Architecture: Build comprehensive security frameworks for internal AI systems, including LLMs, productivity tools, and AI-powered business applications used by GitLab team members.
- Secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) Implementations: Monitor and secure MCP server deployments, establish authentication standards, and implement monitoring for MCP interactions across internal tools and development environments
- Manage Non-Human Identities: Architect identity management systems for AI agents, service accounts, and automated systems. Implement zero-trust principles and least-privilege access controls for machine-to-machine communications
- Govern Internal AI Tool Usage: Secure employee use of AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, through DLP controls, monitoring, and policy enforcement while protecting intellectual property and confidential data.
- Product & Product Security Collaboration: Work with our Product and Product Security teams as necessary on GitLab Duo and other internal use cases.
- Implement Data Protection Controls: Prevent sensitive corporate data leakage through AI systems, establish data classification frameworks, and design privacy-preserving techniques for internal AI analytics
- Drive Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with IT, Legal, Product, Product Security and business teams to enable secure AI adoption, provide security training, and evaluate new AI tools through procurement processes
What you'll bring:
- 5+ years information security experience with 2+ years in enterprise AI/ML security
- Deep expertise in enterprise AI adoption, shadow IT risks, and data loss prevention
- Strong experience with identity and access management, particularly non-human identity governance
- Proven experience managing service accounts, API keys, certificates, secrets management, and automated system authentication
- Proficiency in cloud security (AWS, GCP, Azure) and scripting (Python, Go, Ruby, Node.js)
- Understanding of API security, OAuth, SAML, and modern authentication protocols
- Excellent communication skills for GitLab's transparent, asynchronous, and global culture
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and similar AI integration protocols
- Hands-on experience managing enterprise AI deployments and governance programs
- Experience with Enterprise AI platforms (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock, etc)
- Published research or contributions to enterprise AI security communities
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California/Colorado/Hawaii/New Jersey/New York/Washington/DC/Illinois/Minnesota pay range: $124,300 - $239,800 USD