Manager, Vulnerability Research Engineering
Vulnerability Research Management Roles at GitLab
GitLab is building a research team that will focus on improving GitLab’s security detection capabilities, including SAST/DAST and future products. For more information about our security products, please review: https://about.gitlab.com/direction/secure/ and https://about.gitlab.com/direction/govern/
This team will work directly with the GitLab Security, Development, and Product teams to build, tune and improve the efficacy of GitLab’s stand-alone detection products.
Managers in the Security Department at GitLab see the team as their product. While they are technically credible and know the details of what vulnerability research engineers work on, their time is spent hiring a world-class team and putting them in the best position to succeed. They own the delivery of security commitments and are always looking to improve productivity. They must also coordinate across departments to accomplish collaborative goals.
Manager, Vulnerability Research Engineering
Job Grade
The Manager, Vulnerability Research Engineering is a grade 8.
Responsibilities
- Hire a world class team of vulnerability research engineers to work on their team
- Help vulnerability research engineers grow their skills and experience
- Provide input on vulnerabilities, issues, and security features
- Hold regular 1:1’s with all members their team
- Create a sense of psychological safety on your team
- Recommend security-related technical and process improvements
- Author project plans for security initiatives
- Draft quarterly OKRs
- Train engineers to screen candidates and conduct managerial interviews
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially experience with executive-level communications
- Ability to make concrete progress in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge
- Ability to use GitLab
Career Ladder
For more details on the engineering career ladders, please review the engineering career development handbook 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.
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- Mission: Everyone can contribute
- Results: Fast growth, ambitious vision
- Flexible Work Hours: Plan your day so you are there for other people & have time for personal interests
- Transparency: Over 2,000 webpages in GitLab handbook, GitLab Unfiltered YouTube channel
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- Collaboration: Kindness, saying thanks, intentionally organize informal communication, no ego
- Total Rewards: Competitive market rates for compensation, Equity compensation, global benefits (inclusive of office equipment)
- Work/Life Harmony: Flexible workday, Family and Friends days
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