Staff Infrastructure Security Engineer (USA)

Jackalope Digital LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

GitLab is seeking a Staff Security Engineer for FedRAMP infrastructure security, leading the technical direction across the Federal platform and related SaaS offerings. You will drive secure by design practices, collaborate with partner teams, and guide security automation in a regulated environment.

You will mentor engineers, influence architecture decisions, and ensure compliance with NIST, FIPS, ISO, SOC 2, and PCI-DSS frameworks, while communicating clearly to leadership and assessors.

Qualifications

• Proof of U.S. citizenship and U.S. residency.
• Expert knowledge of cloud security across AWS/GCP/Azure.
• Deep FedRAMP understanding (Moderate/High).
• Proficiency in Go, Python, Ruby with security tooling experience.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction and architectural patterns for FedRAMP infrastructure security.
• Own security posture of FedRAMP environment and supervise monitoring.
• Lead multi-quarter security initiatives to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Conduct threat modeling and security reviews of Federal infrastructure.

Skills

Cloud security

Kubernetes

FedRAMP knowledge

Programming (Go, Python, Ruby)

Infrastructure-as-Code

AI in security workflows

Security leadership

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

AWS

GCP

Azure

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 valuesand 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.

* Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab.

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 the resiliency and security expectations that our customers — including the U.S. public sector — rely on to power their DevSecOps goals.

As a Staff Security Engineer, you will serve as the technical lead for the infrastructure security of our GitLab Dedicated for Government offering and the broader FedRAMP environment that supports it. You will define the technical direction for how we secure our Federal platform, set the patterns the team uses to operate it, and influence how those patterns extend into our other SaaS platforms (e.g. GitLab Dedicated, Cells) and Self-Managed offerings. You will combine hands‑on execution with influence that reaches into partner engineering teams, driving business outcomes by ensuring that we pragmatically implement security capabilities into the platform that empowers critical software factories — including those operated by the U.S. government and its mission partners.

Due to government requirements, you must be a United States Citizen (defined as any individual who is a citizen of the United States by law, birth, or naturalization) to fill this position, and you must be based in the United States.

What You'll Do

• Set the technical direction, architectural patterns, reference implementations, and foundational security automation that shape how infrastructure security is implemented for GitLab's FedRAMP environment, and influence how those patterns are adopted across our broader Dedicated and Self‑Managed offerings
• Own the security posture of GitLab's FedRAMP environment as the senior technical voice, partnering with the Public Sector SRE team as a stable counterpart
• Lead infrastructure security initiatives from problem framing through delivery, scoping ambiguous multi‑quarter work — including FedRAMP continuous monitoring, control implementation, and authorization‑impacting changes — into executable streams with clear success criteria
• Conduct and lead comprehensive security reviews and threat modeling for complex infrastructure components in the Federal environment, identifying systemic risks and driving remediation across affected systems
• Set the team's approach to AI‑assisted security engineering within the constraints of a FedRAMP‑authorized environment, identifying where AI can meaningfully increase leverage and establishing patterns others can adopt
• Serve as an authoritative technical voice for Federal Infrastructure Security across our stakeholders — including engineering, compliance, and senior leadership — translating architectural tradeoffs and FedRAMP control implications into clear decisions
• Partner on technical planning, prioritization, and roadmap development to align infrastructure security work with the business objectives of our Public Sector offering
• Mentor and develop engineers on the team, 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

• Proof of U.S. citizenship and U.S. residency
• Expert knowledge of security for cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), container orchestration (Kubernetes) and related infrastructure and data security topics
• Deep working knowledge of FedRAMP (Moderate and/or High) and the operational realities of running and continuously monitoring an authorized environment; familiarity with adjacent frameworks and standards (NIST 800-53, FIPS 140-2/3, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS)
• 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 — particularly in support of regulated environments
• Hands‑on experience applying AI to security workflows, with a point of view on where it creates meaningful leverage in compliance‑constrained environments
• 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 and compliance tradeoffs to technical and non‑technical audiences, including senior leadership and assessors
• Share our values, and work in accordance with those values

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

$168,000 — $238,000 USD

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• Parental Leave

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