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As a Support Engineer on our U.S. Government Support Engineering team, you sit at the point where Support and Engineering meet. You’ll help public sector organizations and United States government agencies run GitLab in complex, highly constrained environments, often with limited logs, sanitized data, or an inability to screenshare. In a single day, you might act as a Linux administrator using tools like strace to troubleshoot performance issues, a partner to Product and Engineering to reproduce and document edge-case bugs, and a contributor to our codebase by opening a merge request to fix a customer-impacting problem. You’ll also improve our documentation and support processes so that every interaction helps make GitLab better for all users, working in an all-remote, highly collaborative environment where everyone can contribute.
Some examples of our projects:
- A tool to quickly analyze strace output
- A solution to capture the state of a customer’s server for easier troubleshooting
- A functionality to ChatOps to make it easier to identify user accounts on GitLab.com
- Collaborate with public sector organizations and United States government agencies to support, maintain, and resolve complex issues in their GitLab environments using tools like Zendesk, email, merge requests, and video conferencing.
- Troubleshoot customer environments as a hands-on Linux administrator, digging into logs, system performance, and the GitLab codebase to identify and remediate root causes.
- Partner with Product, Development, Infrastructure, Customer Success, and Sales teams to clarify bug reports, shape product improvements, and contribute merge requests that address customer-impacting issues.
- Create and update clear, reusable documentation and support content based on real customer interactions to improve self-service and reduce repeated issues.
- Participate in regular pairing sessions with other Support Engineers and act as a stable counterpart to cross-functional teams to share knowledge and improve support processes.
- Contribute to building and refining internal support tools and workflows, including automation and troubleshooting utilities, to make diagnosing and resolving issues more efficient.
- Participate in weekday and weekend on-call rotations, providing timely emergency support for self-managed customers operating in restricted and compliance-focused environments.
- Support the growth of the team by reviewing applications and assessments, and participating in interviews and hiring decision discussions.
- Due to government security requirements, you must be a United States Citizen (defined as any individual who is a citizen of the United States by law, birth, or naturalization) to be eligible for this position
- Experience managing customer-facing cases across the full support lifecycle, from initial inquiry and triage through reproduction, escalation, and resolution
- Strong Linux systems administration knowledge, with the ability to troubleshoot performance and configuration issues in complex environments
- Ability to use scripting languages (preferably Ruby or Bash) and work within model-view-controller frameworks (preferably Ruby on Rails) to investigate and resolve issues
- Practical experience with Git and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) workflows
- Skill in creating and maintaining clear, accurate support content and technical documentation
- Ability to explain complex technical topics in a clear, empathetic way to customers and coworkers with varying technical backgrounds
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and container-orchestration technologies such as OpenShift and Kubernetes
- Understanding of common information security and compliance concepts and controls (for example DISA STIG and SELinux), and eligibility to work on United States federal customer environments as required for this role
At GitLab Federal, LLC, we in the U.S. Government Support Engineering team, partner with public sector organizations and United States government agencies through the US Federal Support portal to support, maintain, and resolve issues in their GitLab environments. We sit within Support Engineering and work closely with Product, Development, Infrastructure, Customer Success, and Sales, often digging into code and logs to understand why something is not working as expected. We collaborate asynchronously across time zones and also connect through regular pairing sessions, 1:1s, coffee chats, and Slack conversations to solve complex problems together. We focus on the unique challenges of highly regulated and restricted environments, such as working with sanitized or redacted troubleshooting details, limited access to screenshots or screensharing, and strict compliance requirements, while maintaining GitLab’s standards for transparency and thorough, high-quality support. For more on how we work, see Support Team Handbook.
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.
- 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
- 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.
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.
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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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