Tooling Engineer
Join a small team to architect and deliver impactful cybersecurity products with a focus on GitLab and CI/CD tooling.
Posted by employer 2 days ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
- Deploy core engineering project management platforms
- Maintain tooling platforms centered around GitLab
- Architect CI/CD pipelines
- Manage artifact registries
- Deploy SAST and code quality tooling
Must have
- 5+ years of experience deploying GitLab
- Strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines
- Experience deploying SAST tools
- Proficiency in managing artifact registries
- Experience establishing development environment standards
Nice to have
- Experience with build signing
- Experience building ML specialization pipelines
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Tooling Engineer at Cylake focuses on deploying and maintaining engineering project management and tooling platforms, primarily using GitLab. Key responsibilities include architecting CI/CD pipelines, managing artifact registries, and integrating security tools into automated workflows. This role is suited for experienced professionals with over five years in similar environments, particularly those skilled in CI/CD processes and security tooling. The position is part of a small team led by industry veterans, offering a chance to influence foundational development standards.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze October 1, 2026. Last confirmed on Cylake's careers page October 1, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for DevOps/SRE roles (median ~$165,000).
- Starts above 23% of 13 comparable senior devops/sre roles in United States that list CI/CD we track (median $155,000 across 12 companies). See CI/CD salary trends
- CI/CD appears in 12.4% of 186 comparable senior devops/sre roles in United States; KVM appears in 1.1% of 186 comparable senior devops/sre roles in United States.
Quick facts
- What's the salary range?
- Cylake lists $150,000–$250,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Tooling Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: CI/CD, Coverity, GitLab, Helm, KVM, QEMU.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Cylake targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Tooling Engineer role at Cylake.
From the original posting
Your Impact
Join a small team building the next generation of cybersecurity products from the ground up. Led by industry veterans with a proven track record of success - you will get to architect, build, and deliver hugely impactful products with this world class team. You will have the opportunity to grow your career and skills along with the company from the very start.
Role Overview
You will be responsible for deploying, maintaining, and scaling the core engineering project management and tooling platforms, primarily centered around GitLab. This includes architecting comprehensive CI/CD pipelines, managing centralized artifact registries, and deploying critical SAST and code quality tooling. You will have the opportunity to establish the foundational development standards and automation frameworks from the ground up to support the rapid delivery of secure products.
Required Experience
5+ years of experience deploying, configuring, and managing GitLab (or similar) in production environments, including stress testing and validating backup and restore procedures
Strong expertise in designing and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines, including umbrella pipelines that trigger container builds, Helm packaging, and RPM builds
Experience deploying and integrating SAST tools (such as Coverity or Semgrep) and image vulnerability scanning directly into automated pipelines
Proficiency in setting up and managing artifact registries, including container registries, Helm chart repositories, and RPM repositories
Experience establishing development environment standards, including branch strategies, conventional commits, code review standards, and pre-commit hooks
Experience configuring CI/CD pipelines for cross-compilation (Windows, Linux, macOS) and project scaffolding, such as Rust workspaces
Familiarity with integrating test automation, such as configuring QEMU/KVM boot testing within CI pipelines
Experience with build signing and secret management (e.g., Vault integration, Microsoft ELAM/PPL registration) is a plus
Experience building ML specialization pipelines (model distillation, pruning, or quantization) is a plus
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