Key Responsibilities
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Migrate a defined portfolio of existing service accounts to GitLab native service accounts, one account at a time.
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Rotate or replace credentials and tokens as each automation identity is cut over.
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Securely decommission old credentials and access after successful validation.
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Update permissions and group/project access for migrated automation identities.
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Diagnose and resolve CI/CD or automation failures caused by credential, token, permission, or identity changes.
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Coordinate migration timing, validation, and follow-up with the teams that own the affected automation.
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Support secure, reliable completion of a time-bounded access-remediation initiative.
Must-Have Skills
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Hands-on GitLab administration or platform engineering experience.
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Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated tooling.
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Experience rotating or replacing credentials and tokens in automation workflows.
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Experience securely decommissioning old access after a credential or identity cutover.
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Experience debugging CI/CD or automation integrations that depend on service credentials.
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Prior experience migrating service accounts or other non-human identities.
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Experience updating permissions and group/project access for automation identities.
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Mid-to-senior-level experience.
Nice-to-Have Skills
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Experience with identity and access migrations.
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Experience with secrets hygiene or credential-exposure remediation.
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Experience executing repetitive operational work accurately across many similar accounts or tickets.
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Prior service-account migrations, permission replication, or token cutovers in GitLab or a similar source-control platform.
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Ability to untangle unclear ownership and drive follow-up across multiple teams.
Required Tools & Platforms
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GitLab
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GitLab native service accounts or comparable non-human identity models
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CI/CD pipelines and automated tooling
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Credential and token management workflows
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Group/project permissions and access controls
Location, Time & Engagement
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Candidates must be based in an eligible LATAM location .
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Availability for 40 hours per week is required.
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Working-hour alignment with U.S. time zones from Eastern through Pacific is required.
Overview
We are seeking two hands-on GitLab Administrators / Platform Engineers for a temporary, bounded migration initiative. The work centers on converting existing automation identities into GitLab native service accounts while preserving dependent CI/CD workflows, permissions, and operational continuity.
Enterprise experience strongly preferred.