Senior Threat Intelligence Engineer

About this role

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. Overview of the role We're looking for a seasoned Threat Intelligence Engineer to join us as a dedicated Senior Security Engineer, TI. You'll be joining a program established a couple of years ago, with a solid foundation already in place: reporting templates, tooling, feeds, and industry connections built out by the Security Operations team over that time. Your mission will be to provide actionable intelligence that empowers GitLab to make informed, proactive decisions about security. We want to get in front of threats before they materialize - using intelligence to see around corners and anticipate the next attack. We'll rely on your strong hands-on technical skills to monitor our unique threat landscape, focusing on credible threats to GitLab and the software supply chain. You'll leverage your Python expertise as a force multiplier, expanding our capabilities through automation and AI and maintaining our Threat Intelligence Platform. Additionally, you'll build meaningful relationships with industry peers, sharing intelligence and contributing to the industry as a whole. As the sole dedicated member of this team, you'll help us refine our processes and iterate towards a more mature threat intelligence program. We've laid the groundwork with reporting templates, metrics for success, tooling, feeds, and industry connections. Now we need you to put this framework into action - uncovering real-world attacks, making attributions, and building a thriving intel-sharing community. You'll be supported by Security Operations engineers who dedicate a portion of their time to threat intelligence. We'll encourage you to collaborate across security, infrastructure, and product teams to help keep our customers, platform, and organization secure. If you're excited about shaping the future of threat intelligence at GitLab, we want to hear from you! What you’ll do • Monitor the threat landscape, identifying and analyzing the risks most relevant to GitLab and raising awareness through ad-hoc Flash Reports. • Administer our Threat Intelligence Platform and continue building out our open source, proprietary and internal intelligence collection pipeline. • Support incident response through malware analysis and threat actor tracking helping us stay one step ahead of our top threats. • Collaborate on Purple Team Flash Operations, where emerging threats are turned into collaborative exercises to validate and improve our defensive capabilities. • Build meaningful relationships with industry peers, sharing intelligence and collaborating on emerging threats. • Write code, leverage AI, and build automation to improve process efficiencies on the team. What you’ll bring • Proven track record of delivering actionable intelligence that has had a meaningful impact on the security of an organization. • Experience working with a Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) and managing ingested and exported threat feeds. • Experience researching adversaries using OSINT and structured analytical techniques. • Ability to automate tasks by writing basic scripts/programs, preferably with Python. • Excellent and professional communication skills (written and verbal) with an ability to articulate complex topics in a clear and concise manner. • Optional but valuable: experience reverse engineering malware, particularly macOS and Linux malware and malware delivered via code repositories. • Optional but valuable: public examples of blogs or open-source work related to threat intelligence. About the team This role will be the sole dedicated member of a team within the Security Operations department. This role as a distinct function within the SecOps organization, serving as the primary lead for the threat intelligence program. While there is local team presence in Australia, the SIRT function itself operates as a globally distributed team. Security Operations includes SIRT, Trust & Safety, Signal Engineering, Red Team, and Security Logging. The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity . Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary. United States Salary Range $140,000 — $200,000 USD How GitLab Supports Full-Time Employees • Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being • Flexible Paid Time Off • Team Member Resource Groups • Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Growth and Development Fund • Parental Leave 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. Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. 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