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Remote security operations engineer jobs are actively open across the U.S. at remote-first companies and distributed security teams in industries like financial services, cloud technology, and healthcare. Employers hiring remote security operations engineers right now include Arganteal, CVS Health, and Motive. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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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.
An overview of this role
As a Security Analyst on GitLab’s Product Security Vulnerability Operations team, you will help protect GitLab customers by triaging security reports, supporting vulnerability management operations, and coordinating clear communications with security researchers, customers, and internal teams.
You will work closely with PSIRT engineers, Vulnerability Management, Security Engineering, Legal, Customer Success, Support, and Communications. This role is an excellent opportunity for an early-career security prfessional who is curious, organized, detail-oriented, and excited to build expertise in product security response.
This role is open to candidates across North America, though we encourage applications from those based on the West Coast US or West Coast Canada (British Columbia) as the team is looking to expand coverage in the Pacific Time Zone.
What you’ll do
- Triage incoming bug bounty reports, including reviewing report quality, validating findings, assessing potential impact, identifying duplicates, and routing reports to the appropriate teams.
- Triage vulnerabilities identified through vulnerability management activities and help track them through assessment, remediation, and closure.
- Work with PSIRT engineers and development teams to gather technical details, reproduce issues, and clarify affected products, versions, and configurations.
- Support severity assessment using frameworks and terminology such as CVE, CVSS, CWE, and OWASP.
- Communicate professionally and respectfully with security researchers participating in coordinated vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty programs.
- Support GitLab’s role as a CVE Numbering Authority by preparing information for CVE assignment, maintaining accurate records, and helping coordinate CVE-related activities.
- Represent GitLab as an acting CNA representative in CVE-related discussions and operations, escalating questions and coordinating with the appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
- Draft and coordinate customer-facing communications about security vulnerabilities, fixes, mitigations, and release information in partnership with PSIRT, Legal, Customer Success, Support, and Corporate Communications.
- Maintain accurate issue records, timelines, researcher communications, remediation status, and follow-up actions.
- Monitor queues and operational metrics to identify trends, aging items, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve response quality and consistency.
- Create and improve runbooks, procedures, templates, and other documentation that make vulnerability handling more efficient and transparent.
- Participate in incident handoffs, root cause analysis documentation, lessons-learned activities, and product security reviews.
- Build technical and operational expertise in PSIRT, bug bounty, vulnerability management, and coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
What you’ll bring
- Early-career experience or equivalent education in cybersecurity, software engineering, information technology, or a related field. Relevant internships, coursework, labs, research, customer support, or practical security projects are welcome.
- Foundational understanding of software vulnerabilities and security concepts, including web applications, APIs, CI/CD environments, authentication, and authorization.
- Familiarity with security terminology such as CVE, CVSS, CWE, OWASP Top 10, and coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to organize and prioritize multiple reports or work items.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience with a bug bounty or vulnerability disclosure platform such as HackerOne or Bugcrowd.
- Experience reviewing security reports, participating in capture-the-flag exercises, performing vulnerability research, or working with security tooling.
- Familiarity with CVE assignment, CNA processes, security advisories, or vulnerability databases.
- Nice to have: Basic scripting, log analysis, issue tracking, or data analysis experience; experience writing technical documentation, customer communications, support responses, or operational procedures.
About the team
The GitLab Product Security Vulnerability Operations is a globally distributed team that helps ensure GitLab delivers secure applications customers can trust. VulnOps serves as a central point of contact for external security researchers and helps govern the policies, processes, and guidelines used to address vulnerabilities in GitLab’s supported products.
Team members collaborate across regions using documented processes, automation, and structured handoffs to support vulnerability resolution and ongoing operational improvements.
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
$115,000 - $150,000 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. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.
Privacy Policy: Please review our Recruitment Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us.
GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also GitLab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.
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.
An overview of this role
As a Security Analyst on GitLab’s Product Security Vulnerability Operations team, you will help protect GitLab customers by triaging security reports, supporting vulnerability management operations, and coordinating clear communications with security researchers, customers, and internal teams.
You will work closely with PSIRT engineers, Vulnerability Management, Security Engineering, Legal, Customer Success, Support, and Communications. This role is an excellent opportunity for an early-career security prfessional who is curious, organized, detail-oriented, and excited to build expertise in product security response.
This role is open to candidates across North America, though we encourage applications from those based on the West Coast US or West Coast Canada (British Columbia) as the team is looking to expand coverage in the Pacific Time Zone.
What you’ll do
- Triage incoming bug bounty reports, including reviewing report quality, validating findings, assessing potential impact, identifying duplicates, and routing reports to the appropriate teams.
- Triage vulnerabilities identified through vulnerability management activities and help track them through assessment, remediation, and closure.
- Work with PSIRT engineers and development teams to gather technical details, reproduce issues, and clarify affected products, versions, and configurations.
- Support severity assessment using frameworks and terminology such as CVE, CVSS, CWE, and OWASP.
- Communicate professionally and respectfully with security researchers participating in coordinated vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty programs.
- Support GitLab’s role as a CVE Numbering Authority by preparing information for CVE assignment, maintaining accurate records, and helping coordinate CVE-related activities.
- Represent GitLab as an acting CNA representative in CVE-related discussions and operations, escalating questions and coordinating with the appropriate internal and external stakeholders.
- Draft and coordinate customer-facing communications about security vulnerabilities, fixes, mitigations, and release information in partnership with PSIRT, Legal, Customer Success, Support, and Corporate Communications.
- Maintain accurate issue records, timelines, researcher communications, remediation status, and follow-up actions.
- Monitor queues and operational metrics to identify trends, aging items, recurring issues, and opportunities to improve response quality and consistency.
- Create and improve runbooks, procedures, templates, and other documentation that make vulnerability handling more efficient and transparent.
- Participate in incident handoffs, root cause analysis documentation, lessons-learned activities, and product security reviews.
- Build technical and operational expertise in PSIRT, bug bounty, vulnerability management, and coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
What you’ll bring
- Early-career experience or equivalent education in cybersecurity, software engineering, information technology, or a related field. Relevant internships, coursework, labs, research, customer support, or practical security projects are welcome.
- Foundational understanding of software vulnerabilities and security concepts, including web applications, APIs, CI/CD environments, authentication, and authorization.
- Familiarity with security terminology such as CVE, CVSS, CWE, OWASP Top 10, and coordinated vulnerability disclosure.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to organize and prioritize multiple reports or work items.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience with a bug bounty or vulnerability disclosure platform such as HackerOne or Bugcrowd.
- Experience reviewing security reports, participating in capture-the-flag exercises, performing vulnerability research, or working with security tooling.
- Familiarity with CVE assignment, CNA processes, security advisories, or vulnerability databases.
- Nice to have: Basic scripting, log analysis, issue tracking, or data analysis experience; experience writing technical documentation, customer communications, support responses, or operational procedures.
About the team
The GitLab Product Security Vulnerability Operations is a globally distributed team that helps ensure GitLab delivers secure applications customers can trust. VulnOps serves as a central point of contact for external security researchers and helps govern the policies, processes, and guidelines used to address vulnerabilities in GitLab’s supported products.
Team members collaborate across regions using documented processes, automation, and structured handoffs to support vulnerability resolution and ongoing operational improvements.
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
$115,000 - $150,000 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. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.
Privacy Policy: Please review our Recruitment Privacy Policy. Your privacy is important to us.
GitLab is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. GitLab’s policies and practices relating to recruitment, employment, career development and advancement, promotion, and retirement are based solely on merit, regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression), national origin, age, citizenship, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information (including family medical history), discharge status from the military, protected veteran status (which includes disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, active duty wartime or campaign badge veterans, and Armed Forces service medal veterans), or any other basis protected by law. GitLab will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. See also GitLab’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know during the recruiting process.
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Who's Hiring
- Arganteal15
- CVS Health4
- Motive2
- Aledade2
- Maximus2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Insurance
- Investment & Asset Management
- Consulting & Professional Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote security operations engineer jobs.
- Three or more years of hands-on experience in a security operations center or equivalent environment
- Proficiency with at least one major SIEM platform such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar
- Experience with endpoint detection and response tools including CrowdStrike Falcon or Carbon Black
- Relevant certification such as CompTIA Security+, CEH, GCIA, GCIH, or CISSP
- Familiarity with cloud security monitoring across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Knowledge of incident response frameworks and threat intelligence integration practices
Tips for Your Remote Security Operations Engineer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote security operations engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place. Check it regularly and apply directly to roles that match your skills before postings fill, since competitive remote positions close faster than on-site ones.
Document your async incident workflow
Remote employers need to see how you communicate during an active investigation when you can't tap a colleague on the shoulder. Include a written incident timeline or a sanitized post-incident report in your portfolio to show your documentation habits under pressure.
Match your SIEM experience to the job posting
Remote security operations engineer roles are frequently built around a specific detection platform, whether Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar, or another tool. Calling out platform-specific experience early in your resume and cover letter tells a distributed team you'll contribute from day one without extended ramp-up.
Prepare for asynchronous technical screens
Many remote-first security teams use written take-home scenarios or recorded video responses instead of live coding calls. Practice walking through a detection engineering problem or a log analysis case in writing so your reasoning is clear without verbal back-and-forth.
Remote Security Operations Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote security operations engineer job?
Target companies that already run distributed security operations, such as remote-first SaaS firms, managed security service providers, and cloud-native enterprises with no central headquarters. Remote employers screen for SIEM platform fluency, incident response under asynchronous conditions, and written communication strong enough to replace a hallway conversation. Candidates who demonstrate self-directed investigation habits, clear async documentation practices, and hands-on experience with tools like Splunk, Sentinel, or CrowdStrike stand out before the first interview.
Which companies hire remote security operations engineers?
Employers currently hiring remote security operations engineers include Arganteal, CVS Health, and Motive, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Remote openings for this role concentrate at remote-first technology firms, managed detection and response providers, and financial services companies that run geographically distributed security operations centers.
Can you get a remote security operations engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level security operations engineer roles are harder to land because employers expect you to investigate alerts and escalate incidents independently from day one, with no in-person mentorship nearby. Remote-first companies and smaller managed security providers are the most likely to hire entry-level candidates. A home lab, a documented CTF history, or a completed blue-team certification gives hiring managers something concrete to evaluate when a resume lacks professional experience.
Do you need a degree for remote security operations engineer jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers weigh hands-on threat detection experience, SIEM certifications, and a demonstrable ability to work without supervision more heavily than a four-year degree. Certifications like CompTIA Security+, CySA+, or vendor-specific credentials from Microsoft or Splunk are widely accepted as proof of competency when no degree is present.
Which industries hire the most remote security operations engineers?
The sectors hiring the most remote security operations engineers are Technology & Software, Insurance, and Investment & Asset Management, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These industries maintain distributed security operations teams that monitor infrastructure around the clock across multiple time zones, making remote security operations engineers a practical staffing choice rather than an exception.
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