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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 30 days GitLab's roles stay open a median of 41 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of GitLab's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at GitLab
- low 0 stale, 9 reposted of 238 open
- Hiring momentum
- 338 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from GitLab's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for GitLab.
About this role
As a Staff Systems Engineer in IT at GitLab, you will be responsible for designing and automating systems related to the employee lifecycle, including onboarding and offboarding processes. You will serve as the technical owner of the ITSM platform, implementing AI capabilities to enhance efficiency and reduce manual tasks. Your role will involve collaborating with various teams to ensure the reliability and automation of IT services, while applying infrastructure-as-code and SRE principles to maintain high standards in system performance.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of GitLab as an employer.
What you need
- Experience as a generalist systems engineer with ownership of a wide range of platforms
- Solid infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform or similar)
- Working command of SRE principles including observability and monitoring
- Experience running workloads in a major public cloud
- Experience designing or operating virtual desktop infrastructure
- Track record automating employee lifecycle processes
Nice to have
- Working knowledge across all three major public clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Experience with a major ITSM platform
- Interest in using AI to resolve requests without human intervention
What you get
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental Leave
Worth weighing
- No specific salary details for the role beyond the range provided
- The role requires a broad skill set and may be challenging for those without diverse experience
- Emphasis on AI and automation may require continuous learning and adaptation
Summarised from GitLab's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by GitLab on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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