Senior Migration Engineer - GitLab Dedicated

GitLab; United States; Remote; USD 153,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Employee Resource Groups

Equity compensation & ESPP

Growth and development fund

Parental leave

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a Senior Migration Engineer for GitLab Dedicated to plan and deliver migrations from self-managed GitLab to GitLab Dedicated. You will leverage GitLab Geo to replicate data and guide customers through cutover and validation in a largely remote environment.

You will design runbooks and automation using Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes, and collaborate with Product and Engineering to improve tooling and deliver repeatable migrations across multiple engagements.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering customer-facing migration, installation, training, or technical advisory engagements.
• Experience with infrastructure as code or configuration as code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Puppet, or Chef.
• Hands-on experience running Kubernetes workloads in production and debugging issues.

Responsibilities

• Deliver customer migrations from initial assessment through planning, replication, cutover, and post-migration validation.
• Use GitLab Geo to replicate customer data, debug synchronization issues, identify root causes, and keep migrations on track.
• Design customer network connectivity within GitLab Dedicated constraints, including VPCs, private connectivity, DNS, and firewall rules.
• Improve migration tooling, scripts, and runbooks to make delivery more reliable and repeatable.

Skills

GitLab

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Ruby

English communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Packer

Puppet

Chef

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. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100_ trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. 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. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software.

An overview of this role

As a Senior Migration Engineer for GitLab Dedicated, you'll partner with customers to plan and deliver migrations from self-managed GitLab to GitLab Dedicated. You'll use GitLab Geo to replicate customer data and move customers onto fully managed, isolated GitLab environments with minimal disruption. You'll balance hands-on technical delivery with clear communication and project ownership, translating each customer's goals, timelines, and constraints into a practical plan and guiding them through cutover and validation. You'll use infrastructure as code and configuration as code practices, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, and network design to work within existing GitLab Dedicated environments. You'll also improve the tooling, scripts, and runbooks that make migrations repeatable and reduce manual work, while sharing insights from customer engagements with GitLab's Product and Engineering teams.

Lead migrations from self-managed GitLab to GitLab Dedicated using GitLab Geo to replicate customer data Design migration runbooks and automation for repeatable cutovers, and validate target environments built with Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes.

What you’ll do

Deliver customer migrations from initial assessment through planning, replication, cutover, and post-migration validation. Use GitLab Geo to replicate customer data, debug synchronization issues, identify root causes, and keep migrations on track. Design customer network connectivity within GitLab Dedicated constraints, including virtual private clouds, private connectivity, Domain Name System configuration, and firewall rules. Apply infrastructure as code and configuration as code practices to interact with and validate existing GitLab Dedicated environments. Advise customers on migration sequencing, cutover windows, integration requirements, risks, and clear next steps. Improve migration tooling, scripts, and runbooks to make delivery more reliable, repeatable, and efficient. Partner with Professional Services, Environment Automation, Product, and Engineering to resolve blockers, share field feedback, and keep delivery consistent. Manage multiple customer engagements while balancing customer outcomes, delivery priorities, and share technical knowledge with other engineers.

What you’ll bring

Experience delivering customer-facing migration, installation, training, or technical advisory engagements. Experience using, deploying, or configuring GitLab, with a solid understanding of Git and source control workflows. Experience with infrastructure as code or configuration as code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Puppet, or Chef. Hands-on experience running Kubernetes workloads in production, including deployments, rollouts, and debugging crash loops, failed health checks, and scheduling issues. Experience with a major cloud provider such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure, along with working knowledge of network design and connectivity. Ability to read, understand, and modify infrastructure tooling, with familiarity in languages such as Go, Python, or Ruby. Ability to independently lead multiple customer projects, communicate clearly in written and spoken English, and build agreement in a remote, largely asynchronous environment. A solution-oriented approach, effective cross-functional collaboration, and a commitment to GitLab's values. Experience with GitLab Geo and replication is helpful, but deep expertise can be developed in the role.

About the team

Migration Engineers are part of GitLab's Dedicated Infrastructure organization. We work with Sales, Professional Services, Environment Automation, Product, and Engineering to coordinate delivery, resolve customer needs, and share field feedback that improves GitLab features and delivery practices. We work remotely and largely asynchronously across regions and time zones, with a focus on reliable delivery and long-term customer success.

United States Salary Range

The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.

United States Salary Range

$152,800 - $259,200 USD

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• Growth and Development Fund
• Parental Leave

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