GitLab
Migration Engineer - GitLab Dedicated
$126K–$214K
Remote, United States +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Location
- Remote, United States
United States of America
About the job
Plan and deliver customer migrations from self-managed GitLab to GitLab Dedicated, using GitLab Geo and automation to replicate data, cut over, and validate environments.
What you'll do
- Lead migrations from assessment and planning through replication, cutover, and post-migration validation.
- Troubleshoot GitLab Geo synchronization and design customer network connectivity within GitLab Dedicated constraints.
- Improve migration tooling, scripts, and runbooks; coordinate with customers and internal teams to resolve blockers.
What they ask for
- Experience delivering customer-facing migration, installation, training, or technical advisory engagements.
- Experience using, deploying, or configuring GitLab, with solid understanding of Git and source control workflows.
- Experience with infrastructure as code or configuration as code tools; production Kubernetes experience; and experience with a major cloud provider and network connectivity.
- Ability to read and modify infrastructure tooling, lead multiple customer projects independently, and communicate clearly in written and spoken English.
Nice to have
- PubSec/Federal experience.
- Experience with GitLab Geo and replication.
Pay
$126,400 — $213,600 USD (base salary)
Tools
GitLab Geo, Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Microsoft Azure, Go
AI focus
GitLab expects all team members to incorporate AI into daily workflows as a productivity multiplier; no specific AI development work is stated for this role.
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