Field Security

As members of GitLab’s Security Assurance sub department, the Field Security team serves as the public representation of GitLab’s internal Security function. The team is tasked with providing high levels of security assurance to internal and external customers through customer support, sales enablement and security evangelism programs.

Responsibilities

Professionally handle communications with internal and external stakeholders
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of GitLab’s product, environment, systems and architecture
Educate internal and external stakeholders on GitLab’s Security practices through formal and informal training, handbook improvements, white papers, conference presentations and blog posts
Gather and report on established metrics within the field security program

Requirements

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

Levels

Field Security Engineer (Intermediate)

This position reports to the Manager, Governance and Field Security at GitLab.

Field Security Engineer (Intermediate) Job Grade

The Field Security Engineer is a 6.

Field Security Engineer (Intermediate) Responsibilities

Complete customer security assessments, questionnaires and sales enablement activities within pre defined SLA
Maintain the Customer Assurance Package and other self-service customer security resources
Maintain GitLab’s standard security response database
Triage new or changing security requirements, security issues, and/or customer risks
Maintain handbook pages, policies, standards, procedures and runbooks related to Field Security
Identify opportunities for Field Security process automation
Maintain Field Security automation tasks
Maintain security sales enablement educational materials and support security evangelism
Support Field Security internally facing presentations such as Sales Kick Off, Sales Quick Start, Quarterly Business Reviews, and Customer Success Skills Exchange
Proactively identify new or increased customer security concerns with management

Field Security Engineer (Intermediate) Requirements

At least 2 years of experience conducting customer assurance activities
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 Field Security Engineer

This position reports to the Manager, Governance and Field Security at GitLab.

Senior Field Security Engineer Job Grade

The Senior Field Security Engineer is a 7.

Senior Field Security Engineer Responsibilities

Extends the Field Security Engineer responsibilities
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of GitLab’s product, roadmap, environment, systems and architecture
Build a strong, collaborative partnership with Sales, Product, Customer Support and Technical Account teams.
Independently execute sales enablement activities, including customer assurance activity requests and self-attestations
Execute end to end Field Security initiatives in accordance with the compliance roadmap
Mature the Customer Assurance Package and other self-service customer security resources
Monitor industry trends and demands to proactively position GitLab as an industry leader in Security and execute initiatives to support these trends
Execute peer reviews and provide meaningful feedback
Design and implement requirements for Field Security automation tasks
Recommend new Field Security metrics and automate reporting of existing metrics
Mature security sales enablement educational program
Present a minimum of 4 internally facing presentations per annum such as Sales Kick Off, Sales Quick Start, Quarterly Business Reviews, and Customer Success Skills Exchange
Build the GitLab Security brand by presenting a minimum of 2 external facing engagements per annum, ex: Commit, SKO, conferences, guest speaking engagements, blog posts, whitepapers
Monitor and report on new or increased customer security concerns

Senior Field Security Engineer Requirements

Ability to use GitLab
At least 5 years of experience conducting customer assurance activities
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

Staff Field Security Engineer

This position reports to the Manager, Governance Field Security at GitLab.

Staff Field Security Engineer Job Grade

The Staff Field Security Engineer is a 8.

Staff Field Security Engineer Responsibilities

Extends the Senior Field Security Engineer responsibilities
Maintain proficient knowledge of GitLab’s product, roadmap, environment, systems and architecture and help shape strategic decisions focused on meeting customer security demands
Mentor other Field Security Engineers and improve knowledge, quality and quantity of the team’s output
Participate in the development and continuous improvement of field security metrics
Design and implement major iterations of Field Security programs in alignment with industry trends, predictions and customer demands
Participate in Field Security roadmap development based on customer needs
Build the GitLab Security brand by presenting a minimum of 6 external facing engagements per annum such as Commit, conferences, guest speaking engagements, blog posts, whitepapers
Create dynamic open-source Field Security programs that deliver value to the GitLab community
Design, develop, and deploy scripts to automate administrative and process tasks related to Field Security
Design, develop, and deploy an automated metric reporting for all Field Security programs
Successfully execute on quarterly KRs asscoiated with OKRs

Staff Field Security Engineer Requirements

At least 10 years of experience conducting customer assurance activities
Proficient experience with at least six 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

Manager, Governance and Field Security

This position reports to the Director, Security Assurance.

Manager, Governance and Field Security Job Grade

The {Manager, Governance and Field Security} is a grade 8.

Manager, Governance and Field Security Responsibilities

Hire and oversee a world class team of Security Governance and Field Security Engineers
Hold regular 1:1s with team members
Build a strong, collaborative partnership with Security, Training, Legal, Infrastructure, Sales and Product teams
Manage a robust governance program, to include oversight of security policies, security training and awareness programs
Manage a robust field security program, to include oversight of security RFP databases, customer assurance, and security evangilization activites
Assess and promote customer concerns, industry trends and changing regulatory requirements and appropriately adjust the scope to accommodate these changes
Oversee deployment and promote continuous improvement of Security Assurance technologies, automations and integrations
Present a minimum of 3 external facing engagements per annum, ex: Commit, SKO, QBRs, conferences, guest speaking engagements, blog posts, whitepapers
Prepare and deliver meaningful metrics to Security Assurance leadership
Successfully execute on quarterly OKR(s)

Manager, Governance and Field Security Requirements

At least 3 years prior experience managing information security and customer facing teams
Exceptional communication skills, including verbal, written, and presentation skills to a variety of stakeholders
Detailed knowledge of common information security management frameworks, regulatory requirements and applicable standards such as: ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI, SOX, etc.

Senior Manager, Governance and Field Security

This position reports to the Director, Security Assurance.

Senior Manager, Governance and Field Security

The {Senior Manager, Governance and Field Security} is a grade 9.

Senior Manager, Governance and Field Security Responsibilities

The same responsibilities of a Manager, Governance and Field Security, plus the below:
Hold regular 1:1s with team managers and skip-level 1:1s with all members of their team
Plan and execute long term strategies that benefit your team and align with strategic objectives
Partner with the product organization to dogfood and drive GitLab security and compliance features
Expose technology and organizational needs throughout security assurance and oversee successful deployments
Create and deploy innovative and effective strategies for proactively addressing regulatory and customer security requests
Maintain reliable, up-to-date, information across the industry regarding new security trends, threats and vulnerabilities
Present a minimum of 6 external facing engagements per annum, ex: Commit, SKO, QBRs, conferences, guest speaking engagements, blog posts, whitepapers
Proactively identify new metrics along with strategic recommendations to Security Assurance leadership
Draft and successfully execute on multiple quarterly OKRs

Senior Manager, Governance and Field Security Requirements

At least 6 years prior experience managing information security and customer facing teams
Outstanding communication skills, including verbal, written, and presentation skills to a variety of stakeholders
Expert knowledge of common information security management frameworks, regulatory requirements and applicable standards such as: ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI, SOX, etc.

Segment

Security Leadership

For details on the Security organization leadership roles, to include the Security Assurance Director and VP of Security, see the Security Leadership page.

Performance Indicators

Security Impact on ARR

Career Ladder

  graph LR;
  sec:se(Field Security Engineer)-->sec:sse(Senior Field Security Engineer);
  sec:sse(Senior Field Security Engineer)-->sec:stse(Staff Field Security Engineer);
  sec:sse(Senior Field Security Engineer)-->sec:sem(Manager, Governance and Field Security);
  sec:sem(Manager, Governance and Field Security)-->sec:sesm(Senior Manager, Governance and Field Security);
  sec:sesm(Senior Manager, Governance and Field Security)-->sec:ds(Director, Security Assurance);

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 orgnanization,
Finally, candidates will be invited to schedule a 25-minute interview with the Director, Security Assurance.

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

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