Security Engineer, Risk

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As members of GitLab's Security Assurance sub department, the Security Risk team identifies, tracks, monitors and advises on security risks both operatioinally and for third party vendors. The team is responsible for implementaion of proactive security risk management programs.

Responsibilities

• Professionally handle communications with internal and external stakeholders
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of GitLab's product, environment, systems and architecture
• Identify, review, analyze and manage operational security risks accross business units
• Execute third party (vendor) risk management assessments
• Gather and report on established metrics within the operational security risk programs

Requirements

• Capability to use GitLab
• Exemplary written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Prior experience working with a SaaS company preferred

Levels

Security Risk Engineer (Intermediate)

This position reports to the Manager, Security Risk at GitLab.

Security Risk Engineer (Intermediate) Job Grade

The Security Risk Engineer is a 6.

Security Risk Engineer (Intermediate) Responsibilities

• Execute operational security risk management activities to include: annual security risk assessments, business impact assessments and ctitical systems assessments
• Execute third party security risk assessments within SLA
• Deliver security risk reports to management
• Triage new or changing security requirements, security issues, third party, customer or external potential risks
• Maintain handbook pages, policies, standards, procedures and runbooks related to Security Risk programs
• Identify opportunities for Security Risk process automation
• Maintain Security Risk automation tasks

Security Risk Engineer (Intermediate) Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience conducting risk management activities
• Demonstrated experience with common risk management standards and models such as: ISO 31000, NIST 800-39, FAIR, ISACA Risk IT, OCTAVE
• Demonstrated experience with at least two security control frameworks such as: SOC 2, ISO, NIST, COSO, COBIT
• Working understanding of how security works with cloud-native technology stacks

Senior Security Risk Engineer

This position reports to the Manager, Security Risk at GitLab.

Senior Security Risk Engineer Job Grade

The Senior Security Risk Engineer is a 7.

Senior Security Risk Engineer Responsibilities

• Extends the Security Risk Engineer responsibilities
• Execute end to end Security Risk initiatives in accordance with the compliance roadmap
• Develop indicators to identify and control potential security operational risks
• Develop risk treatment plans with risk owners to mitigate operational risks and test treatment plans for closure
• Document detailed observations and meaningful remediation recommendations to mitigate third party risk
• Map operational risks to common controls and advise on new common controls needed to cover emerging risks
• Execute peer reviews and provide meaningful feedback
• Design requirements for Security Risk automation tasks
• Recommend new Security Risk metrics and automate reporting of existing metrics

Senior Security Risk Engineer Requirements

• Ability to use GitLab
• At least 5 years of experience conducting customer support, security and risk management activities
• Detailed experience with common risk management standards and models such as: ISO 31000, NIST 800-39, FAIR, ISACA Risk IT, OCTAVE
• Demonstrated experience with at least four security control frameworks such as: SOC 2, ISO, NIST, COSO, COBIT
• Demonstrated industry security experience, particularly in DevSecOps, Application Security and/or Cloud-Native Security

Hiring Process

Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that candidates can be declined from the position at any stage of the process. To learn more about someone who may be conducting the interview, find their job title on our team page.

• Qualified candidates will be invited to schedule a 30 minute screening call with one of our Global Recruiters.
• Next, candidates will be invited to schedule a 50-minute interviews with the hiring manager,
• Then, candidates will be invited to schedule 3 separate 50-minute interviews with 3 different peers from within the Security orgnaization,
• Finally, candidates will be invited to schedule a 25-minute interview with the Director, Security Risk and Compliance (Security Assurance).

Additional details about our process can be found on our hiring page.

Compensation

To view the full job description and its compensation calculator, view our handbook. The compensation calculator can be found towards the bottom of the page.

Additional details about our process can be found on our hiring page.

About GitLab

GitLab Inc. is a company based on the GitLab open-source project. GitLab is a community project to which over 2,200 people worldwide have contributed. We are an active participant in this community, trying to serve its needs and lead by example. We have one vision: everyone can contribute to all digital content, and our mission is to change all creative work from read-only to read-write so that everyone can contribute.

We value results, transparency, sharing, freedom, efficiency, self-learning, frugality, collaboration, directness, kindness, diversity, inclusion and belonging, boring solutions, and quirkiness. If these values match your personality, work ethic, and personal goals, we encourage you to visit our primer to learn more. Open source is our culture, our way of life, our story, and what makes us truly unique.

Top 10 Reasons to Work for GitLab:

1. Mission: Everyone can contribute
2. Results: Fast growth, ambitious vision
3. Flexible Work Hours: Plan your day so you are there for other people & have time for personal interests
4. Transparency: Over 2,000 webpages in GitLab handbook, GitLab Unfiltered YouTube channel
5. Iteration: Empower people to be effective & have an impact, Merge Request rate, We dogfood our own product, Directly responsible individuals
6. Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging: A focus on gender parity, Team Member Resource Groups, other initiatives
7. Collaboration: Kindness, saying thanks, intentionally organize informal communication, no ego
8. Total Rewards: Competitive market rates for compensation, Equity compensation, global benefits (inclusive of office equipment)
9. Work/Life Harmony: Flexible workday, Friends and Family days
10. Remote Done Right: One of the world's largest all-remote companies, prolific inventor of remote best practices

See our culture page for more!

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For Colorado residents: The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently $170,000-$255,000 for Colorado residents only. 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, and alignment with market data. 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. Disclosure as required by the Colorado Equal Pay for >Equal Work Act, C.R.S. § 8-5-101 et seq.

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