Manager, Security Compliance (Dedicated Markets)
The GitLab DevOps platform empowers 100,000+ organizations to deliver software faster and more efficiently. We are one of the world’s largest all-remote companies with 1,600+ team members and values that guide a culture where people embrace the belief that everyone can contribute.
For members of GitLab's Security Assurance sub department, it is the goal of Security Compliance to:
- Enable security to scale through the definition of security controls and document the boundaries and applicability of the information security management system to establish its scope.
- Work across industries to support GitLab customers in their own compliance journey.
- Identify and mitigate GitLab information security risk through continuous control monitoring and automation.
Security Compliance professionals at GitLab focus on operating our security compliance programs and are proficient in all things security compliance. They are comfortable operating within our transparent compliance programs and understand how compliance works with cloud-native technology stacks.
The dedicated markets specialty is for compliance professionals highly skilled in federal, financial, life sciences and other highly regulated markets. Areas of expertise include Federal, Financial and Quality domains.
It’s an exciting time to join our team.
GitLab's DevOps platform empowers 100,000+ organizations to deliver software faster and more efficiently. We are one of the world’s largest all-remote companies with 1,400+ team members and values that guide a culture where people embrace the belief that everyone can contribute.
The culture here at GitLab is something we’re incredibly proud of. Some of the benefits you’ll be entitled to vary by the region or country you’re in. However, all GitLab team members are fully remote and receive a "no ask, must tell" paid-time-off policy, where we don’t count the number of days you take off annually -- instead, we focus on your results. You can work the hours you choose, enabled by our asynchronous approach to communication. You can also expect stock options and a competitive salary. Our compensation calculator will be shared with selected candidates before any interview.
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What you’ll do in this role:
- Hire and oversee a world class team of security compliance engineers experienced in regulated markets
- Hold regular 1:1s with team members
- Work closely with the Manager, Security Compliance and provide requirements for the common control framework aligned with GitLab's dedicated markets certification roadmap
- Maintain a scoped continuous monitoring program aligned with GitLab's dedicated markets certification roadmap
- Execute quarterly POA&M activities, maintain SSP and manage significant change requests
- Proactively identify changing regulatory requirements and appropriately adjust the scope of the dedicated markets program to accommodate these changes
- Ensure execution of required testing and remediation activities leading to successful security certification(s) for dedicated markets
- Make broad recommendations on improving dedicated markets related processes and/or procedures across GitLab; partner with stakeholders to implement solutions
- Achieve and maintain Dedicated and dedicated markets security certifications, to include oversight of external audits
- Prepare and deliver meaningful metrics to Security Assurance leadership
- Identify and implement automation of manual processes to shorten processes and cycles
- Successfully execute on quarterly OKR(s)
You should apply if you bring:
- At least 3 years prior experience managing security compliance teams supporting regulated markets and FedRAMP ATO
- Experience leveraging OSCAL for SSP development and OSCAL validation tools for continuous control monitoring
- Detailed knowledge of regulated information security management frameworks, regulatory requirements and applicable standards such as: NIST 800-53/FedRAMP, NIST 800-171/CMMC, DoD IL, STIGs, FIPS 140-2, HITRUST, GxP, ISO 9001, SOC 1 and SOC 2
- Detailed knowledge of audit methodologies and standard deliverables
Also, we know it’s tough, but please try to avoid the confidence gap. You don’t have to match all the listed requirements exactly to be considered for this role.
Our hiring process for this Security Management position typically follows four stages. The details of this process and our leveling structure can be found on our job family page.
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