Staff Infrastructure Security Engineer (APAC, EMEA)

GitLab; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab is looking for a Staff Infrastructure Security Engineer in Amsterdam to lead security initiatives across its public cloud infrastructure. The role involves setting architectural security patterns, conducting comprehensive security reviews, and mentoring junior engineers. Candidates should possess expert knowledge of cloud infrastructure security, proficiency in programming languages like Go and Python, and experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to GitLab's mission and values in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Expert knowledge of security for cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (Go, Python, Ruby).
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-Code security (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Hands‑on experience applying AI to security workflows.
• Strong communication skills to explain security tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Set architectural patterns and foundational security automation.
• Lead infrastructure security initiatives and manage project deliveries.
• Conduct security reviews and threat modeling for complex infrastructure.
• Define approaches to AI-assisted security engineering.
• Mentor engineers and uphold inclusive collaboration.

Skills

Expert knowledge of security for cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Container orchestration (Kubernetes)

Proficiency in Go

Proficiency in Python

Proficiency in Ruby

Infrastructure-as-Code security (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)

Policy-as-code

Automated compliance

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Job description

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation.

The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems.

Staff Infrastructure Security Engineer (APAC, EMEA)

An overview of this role

As a member of the Infrastructure Security Team within the Product Security Department, you will work with teams across GitLab to ensure that the components that comprise our public cloud infrastructure are built from the beginning with resiliency and set security expectations that our customers rely on to power their DevSecOps goals.

As a Staff Security Engineer, you will serve as a technical lead across the topics the Infrastructure Security team owns, including our SaaS Platforms (e.g. GitLab Dedicated, Cells) and Self-Managed offerings. You will define the technical direction for how the team approaches infrastructure security topics and combine hands-on execution with influence that reaches into partner engineering teams. You’ll drive business outcomes by ensuring that we pragmatically implement security capabilities into the platform that empowers critical software factories globally.

What You’ll Do

• Set architectural patterns, reference implementations, and foundational security automation that shape how infrastructure security is implemented across GitLab
• Lead infrastructure security initiatives from problem framing through delivery, scoping ambiguous multi-quarter work into executable streams with clear success criteria
• Conduct and lead comprehensive security reviews and threat modeling for complex infrastructure components, identifying systemic risks and driving remediation across affected systems
• Set the team's approach to AI-assisted security engineering, identifying where AI can meaningfully increase leverage and establishing patterns others can adopt
• Serve as an authoritative technical voice for Infrastructure Security across our stakeholders, translating architectural tradeoffs into clear decisions for engineering teams and senior leadership
• Partner on technical planning, prioritization, and roadmap development to align technical work with business objectives
• Mentor and develop engineers, raising the technical bar and modeling inclusive collaboration
• Fulfill the Product Security Division Mission of securing GitLab Infrastructure with our own product ("dogfooding")

What You’ll Bring

• Expert knowledge of security for cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), container orchestration (Kubernetes) and related infrastructure and data security topics
• Proficiency in multiple programming languages (Go, Python, Ruby) with a track record of delivering production-quality security tooling
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-Code security (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), policy-as-code, and automated compliance
• Hands‑on experience applying AI to security workflows, with a point of view on where it creates meaningful leverage
• Track record of leading multi‑team technical initiatives from ambiguous problem statements to measurable outcomes, setting technical direction that peer teams adopt
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to explain security tradeoffs to technical and non‑technical audiences, including senior leadership
• Familiarity with security certifications, frameworks, and standards (FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI‑DSS)
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement.