Senior Security Risk Engineer

Remote · USD 139,200-189,000 · 5+ years experience · Remote · Posted Sep 29, 2026

At a glance

GitLab's Security Risk function is responsible for reducing risk across the security division, covering third-party risk, annual security risk assessments, quarterly risk reporting, and remediation of security findings.
As a Senior Security Risk Engineer, you will take ownership of risk identification, quantification, and remediation tracking across the business.
You will be a driving force behind automating and modernizing how the team does this work using AI and scripting.

Own risk identification, analysis, and prioritization across third-party risk (TPRM), security risk assessments, and security findings, using an established risk framework.
Translate technical vulnerabilities, control gaps, and risk findings into clear, quantified risk statements that non-security stakeholders and leadership can act on.
Drive remediation of findings and risk exceptions to closure, partnering with Engineering, IT, Product, and Legal, and escalating stalled or high-severity items.
Mature and maintain a risk register and quarterly reporting cadence that gives leadership clear visibility into open risk, remediation progress, and trends.
Own and mature AI risk management, including AI impact assessments, AI risk assessments, and risk treatments, to support ISO 42001 certification.
Design, develop, and implement key risk indicators and supporting metrics for top risks in the risk register.
Identify manual, repetitive steps in risk and TPRM workflows and personally build the automation, scripting, or AI-enabled tooling to remove them.
Contribute to the roadmap for the risk program, incorporating new frameworks, regulatory changes, and lessons learned from past assessments.
Monitor the internal and external risk landscape to identify and escalate emerging risks before they become findings.

5+ years of experience in security risk management, working with security-centric risk management or compliance frameworks.
Experience designing and executing qualitative and quantitative risk analyses that translate technical risks into measurable business impact.
A track record of driving risk assessments, risk registers, and remediation efforts to closure across IT, Procurement, Internal Audit, Legal, Product, and Engineering, in a heavily regulated or multi-entity environment.
Experience interpreting technical control requirements and translating them for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Demonstrated bias toward automation, having personally built scripts, workflows, or AI-enabled tooling that reduced manual risk or GRC work.
Comfort operating with ambiguity, managing multiple concurrent assessments, and reprioritizing under tight deadlines.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to translate security risks into business risks.
Strong understanding of cloud security, SaaS security models, and DevSecOps practices.

All roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements.