Intermediate Application Security Engineer (New Zealand/Australia)

An overview of this role

The Application Security team plays a vital role at GitLab by ensuring that all its products are created securely throughout all stages of the DevSecOps lifecycle. In this role, you will work closely with Engineering, Product teams, and third-party partners to enhance the security of GitLab and its products to safeguard customer data. You'll be responsible for identifying and triaging application security vulnerabilities, collaborating with teams to address them, and integrating core security principles throughout the entire DevSecOps lifecycle.

What you'll do

• Collaborate closely with product and development teams in reproducing, triaging, and addressing application security vulnerabilities.
• Effectively communicate risks to ensure clear understanding and prioritization of security issues.
• Conduct security-focused code reviews, threat modeling, and application security assessments.
• Support the bug bounty program by updating policies, triaging submissions, and effectively engaging with our reporters.
• Provide security training and outreach to internal development teams.
• Lead both critical and regular security patch releases.
• Ensure security is integrated across each stage of the software development lifecycle.
• Assist in development of security processes and automated tooling that prevent classes of security issues.
• Assist in maturing the team's internal processes, workflows, and automation.

What you'll bring

• Strong understanding of fundamental security principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to articulate complex topics in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with software development teams.
• Solid understanding of common security vulnerabilities, including how to identify, exploit, and ways to remediate them.
• Proficiency in reading, writing, and reviewing code in Ruby on Rails or Go.
• Familiarity with common security libraries and tools (e.g. static analysis tools, proxying / penetration testing tools).
• A basic understanding of network and web related protocols (e.g. TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, protocols).
• Comfortable with using Git and GitLab.

How GitLab will support you

• Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
• All remote, asynchronous work environment
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Growth and development budget
• Parental leave
• Home office support

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

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