#108 - GitLab Administrator / Platform Engineer - Service Account Migration

Location: Bogotá, Bogota, co, Remote

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Migrate a defined portfolio of existing service accounts to GitLab native service accounts, one account at a time.

• Rotate or replace credentials and tokens as each automation identity is cut over.

• Securely decommission old credentials and access after successful validation.

• Update permissions and group/project access for migrated automation identities.

• Diagnose and resolve CI/CD or automation failures caused by credential, token, permission, or identity changes.

• Coordinate migration timing, validation, and follow-up with the teams that own the affected automation.

• Support secure, reliable completion of a time-bounded access-remediation initiative.

Qualifications

Must-Have Skills

• Hands-on GitLab administration or platform engineering experience.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated tooling.

• Experience rotating or replacing credentials and tokens in automation workflows.

• Experience securely decommissioning old access after a credential or identity cutover.

• Experience debugging CI/CD or automation integrations that depend on service credentials.

• Prior experience migrating service accounts or other non-human identities.

• Experience updating permissions and group/project access for automation identities.

• Mid-to-senior-level experience.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with identity and access migrations.

• Experience with secrets hygiene or credential-exposure remediation.

• Experience executing repetitive operational work accurately across many similar accounts or tickets.

• Prior service-account migrations, permission replication, or token cutovers in GitLab or a similar source-control platform.

• Ability to untangle unclear ownership and drive follow-up across multiple teams.

Required Tools & Platforms

• GitLab

• GitLab native service accounts or comparable non-human identity models

• CI/CD pipelines and automated tooling

• Credential and token management workflows

• Group/project permissions and access controls

Location, Time & Engagement

• Candidates must be based in an eligible LATAM location.

• Availability for 40 hours per week is required.

• Working-hour alignment with U.S. time zones from Eastern through Pacific is required.