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Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response Team
OtherRemote — Australia
Published on 2026-09-17
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About this role
As a Senior Security Engineer on GitLab's Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), you will lead high-impact investigations to protect GitLab from security threats. You will manage incidents from detection to recovery and collaborate with various teams to enhance security operations.
About the company
GitLab is a DevSecOps platform that brings source control, CI/CD, security, and project management into a single application. It helps engineering teams plan, build, secure, and ship software faster.
The team
Security Incident Response Team (SIRT)
Stack
Cloud platforms (AWS & GCP)SIEMEDRPythonSOAR
What you'll do
- Lead incident response for high-severity security events
- Investigate complex security incidents
- Design detection capabilities with Detection Engineering
- Build automation and AI-assisted workflows
- Conduct root cause analysis and post-incident reviews
- Maintain operational documentation
- Collaborate cross-functionally during incidents
- Mentor other engineers
What we're looking for
- Experience in security incident response in cloud environments
- Use or administer Git/GitLab in a security context
- Hands-on with SIEM and EDR
- Familiarity with threat intelligence
- Experience with automation methods
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written communication skills
- Proactive risk identification
Nice to have
- Interest in AI/ML
- Experience with scripting
Benefits
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental Leave