Security Risk

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

Staff Security Risk Engineer (Risk Manager)

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

Staff Security Risk Engineer Job Grade

The Staff Security Risk Engineer is a 8.

Staff Security Risk Engineer Responsibilities

Extends the Senior Security Risk Engineer responsibilities
Monitor emerging industry threats
Maintain expert knowledge of GitLab’s product, environment, systems and architecture while mentoring others on this knowledge
Mentor other Security Risk Engineers and improve quality and quantity of the team’s output
Design and implement major iterations of Security Risk programs in alignment with industry trends, predictions and regulatory demands
Participate in Security Assurance roadmap development based on business needs and regulatory drivers
Work with business units to understand drivers, concerns and future plans and offer support to proactively mitigate security risk
Create dynamic open-source Security Risk programs that deliver value to the GitLab community
Design, develop, and deploy scripts to automate administrative and process tasks related to Security Risk
Design, develop, and deploy an automated metric reporting for all Security Risk programs

Staff Security Risk Engineer Requirements

At least 10 years of experience conducting security risk management activities
Expert experience with common risk management standards and models such as: ISO 31000, NIST 800-39, FAIR, ISACA Risk IT, OCTAVE
Expert 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, Security Risk

The Manager, Security Risk reports directly to the Security Assurance Director.

Manager, Security Risk Job Grade

The Manager, Security Risk is a 8.

Manager, Security Risk Responsibilities

Hire and oversee a world class team of Security Risk Engineers
Evangelize operational security risk programs across GitLab
Continuously improve handbook pages, policies, standards, procedures and runbooks related to Security Risk
Build a strong, collaborative partnership with Security, Infrastructure, Legal, Internal Audit and IT teams
Maintain a dynamic operational risk management program
Maintain a comprehensive risk-based third party risk management program, to include proactive backlog and scheduling management
Participate in enterprise risk management activities and ensure cohesion between programs
Prepare and deliver meaningful operational security risk metrics to Security Assurance leadership
Identify and implement automation of manual processes to streamline operational risk identification and management
Draft and successfully execute on quarterly OKRs

Manager, Security Risk Requirements

Exceptional communication skills, including verbal, written, and presentation skills to a variety of stakeholders
At least 3 years prior experience managing information security risk teams
Detailed knowledge of common risk management standards and models such as: ISO 31000, NIST 800-39, FAIR, ISACA Risk IT, OCTAVE
Working 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, Security Risk

The Senior Manager, Security Risk reports directly to the Security Assurance Director.

Senior Manager, Security Risk Job Grade

The Senior Manager, Security Risk is a 9.

Senior Manager, Security Risk Responsibilities

Extends the Manager, Security Risk responsibilities
Maintain a 3 year strategic roadmap that ties to business objectives
Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders by addressing issues/concerns in timely manner
Create and deploy innovative and effective strategies for preventing or eliminating security operational and third party risk
Conduct presentations and workshop sessions on operational security and third party risk identification and mitigation strategies
Proactively identify and deploy dogfooding opportunities to leverage the GitLab product in security risk programs
Continually monitor the business to find potential new threats and redesign security risk processes accordingly
Provide meaningful data to influence strategic decision based on current and potential security risks

Senior Manager, Security Risk Requirements

At least 6 years prior experience managing information security risk teams
Proficient knowledge of common risk management standards and models such as: ISO 31000, NIST 800-39, FAIR, ISACA Risk IT, OCTAVE
Detailed 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

Career Ladder

  graph LR;
  sec:se(Security Risk Engineer)-->sec:sse(Senior Security Risk Engineer);
  sec:sse(Senior Security Risk Engineer)-->sec:stse(Staff Security Risk Engineer);
  sec:sse(Senior Security Risk Engineer)-->sec:sem(Manager, Security Risk);
  sec:sem(Manager, Security Risk)-->sec:sesm(Senior Manager, Security Risk);
  sec:sesm(Senior Manager, Security Risk)-->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 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.

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