
Senior Professional Services Engineer - EMEA - Gitlab
Professional Services Engineer
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Job Description
Senior Professional Services Engineer (EMEA only) An overview of this role As a Senior Professional Services Engineer, you'll help customers install, migrate to, configure, and adopt GitLab through technical delivery, training, and advisory services. Your work may range from single-node Linux package installations to large reference architectures using infrastructure as code and configuration as code, as well as migrations from multiple version control systems to GitLab software as a service or self-managed environments. You'll use a consultative approach, working with customers and GitLab Product and Engineering teams to identify the best path to customer success and improve GitLab features and processes. What you’ll do - Use a consultative approach to assess each customer's goals and identify ways to achieve their vision more effectively and efficiently. - Deliver statements of work with guidance from Technical Architects, including installing and configuring GitLab solutions in customer environments. - Develop and implement migration plans for customer version control systems and data. - Provide technical training remotely or on-site, and create implementation, maintenance, and customer-specific guidance. - Create and maintain artifacts, templates, documentation, and scripts for service delivery, training, implementation, and customer workflows. - Document and communicate customer opportunities, risks, and status updates to project and account teams. - Collaborate with GitLab Product and Engineering teams to support customer success and contribute improvements to GitLab features and processes. - Support Engagement Managers with quoting and scoping statements of work, and document improvements to Professional Services engagement processes. What you’ll bring - Professional experience with one or more infrastructure as code or configuration as code technologies, such as Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Puppet, or Chef. - Professional experience with one or more cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure. - Experience using, deploying, or configuring GitLab. - Proficiency in written and spoken English sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment. - Effective communication skills, including the ability to build consensus with peers and provide clear status updates. - A solution-oriented, consultative approach and comfort managing multiple customer engagements in a fast-paced environment. - Strong organizational skills and the ability to work in a self-motivated, self-managing way within a fully remote organization. - Willingness to travel approximately 20% of the time.
Company Information
| Location | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Remote - Global | 306 |
| Remote - North America | 14 |
| Remote | 9 |
| Remote - EMEA | 5 |
| Remote - United States | 3 |
| Remote - Canada | 3 |
| Remote - Europe | 1 |
| Role type | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Backend Engineer | 26 |
| Solutions Architect | 21 |
| Commercial Account Executive | 15 |
| Product Manager | 14 |
| Customer Success Manager | 13 |
| Strategic Account Executive | 10 |
| Business Development Representative | 9 |
| Engineering Manager | 9 |
| Software Engineer | 8 |
| Customer Success Engineer | 7 |
| New Business Account Executive | 5 |
| Human Resources Specialist | 5 |
| Account Executive | 5 |
| Program Manager | 5 |
| Sales Representative | 5 |
| Public Sector Strategic Account Executive | 4 |
| Forward Deployed Engineer | 4 |
| Manager | 4 |
| Customer Success Architect | 4 |
| Senior Manager | 3 |
| Security Engineer | 3 |
| AI Engineer | 3 |
| Data Analyst | 3 |
| Regional Sales Director | 3 |
| Regional Marketing Manager | 3 |
| Commercial Legal Counsel | 2 |
| Data Scientist | 2 |
| Renewals Manager | 2 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 2 |
| Senior Commercial Account Executive | 2 |
| Customer Experience Services Manager | 2 |
| Field CTO | 2 |
| Engineer | 2 |
| Professional Services Engineer | 2 |
| People Business Partner | 2 |
| Engagement Manager | 2 |
| Business Development Manager | 2 |
| Senior Engineering Manager | 2 |
| Enterprise Account Executive | 2 |
| Senior FP&A Analyst | 2 |
| HRIS Analyst | 2 |
| Candidate Experience Specialist | 2 |
| Public Sector Solutions Architect | 2 |
| Enablement Lead | 2 |
| Technical Architect | 2 |
| Revenue Analytics Analyst | 1 |
| Pipeline Excellence | 1 |
| Director | 1 |
| Senior Business Partner | 1 |
| Renewals Director | 1 |
| Social Media Manager | 1 |
| People Operations Partner | 1 |
| Backend Developer | 1 |
| Principal Engineer | 1 |
| Regional Director | 1 |
| Field Strategist | 1 |
| Procurement Analyst | 1 |
| Pricing Director | 1 |
| Lifecycle Marketing Manager | 1 |
| End User Services Manager | 1 |
| Legal | 1 |
| Business Account Executive | 1 |
| Manager of Professional Services Engineers | 1 |
| Talent Acquisition Operations Specialist | 1 |
| Product Security | 1 |
| Senior Deal Desk Director | 1 |
| Customer Success Operations Manager | 1 |
| Revenue Technology Analyst | 1 |
| Data System Architect | 1 |
| Software Security Engineer | 1 |
| Database Engineer | 1 |
| Customer Relationship Manager | 1 |
| Professional Services Engagement Manager | 1 |
| Corporate Development Analyst | 1 |
| Sales Development Operations | 1 |
| Hyperscaler Operations Manager | 1 |
| Leadership Development | 1 |
| Product Security Architecture Director | 1 |
| Technical Program Manager | 1 |
| Stock Administrator | 1 |
| Revenue Analytics | 1 |
| Executive Assistant | 1 |
| Senior Named Account Executive | 1 |
| Solution Architecture | 1 |
| Senior UX Researcher | 1 |
| Application Security Manager | 1 |
| Sales Development Representative | 1 |
| CPQ Developer | 1 |
| Sales Manager | 1 |
| Contracts Manager | 1 |
| Customer Experience Resource & Staffing Manager | 1 |
| QA Manager | 1 |
| Software Engineering Manager | 1 |
| Financial Planning & Analysis Manager | 1 |
| Fullstack Engineer | 1 |
| Business Development Executive | 1 |
| Contract Manager | 1 |
| Strategic Partnerships | 1 |
| Senior Program Manager | 1 |
| Security Architect | 1 |
| Role level | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Mid-Level | 286 |
| Manager | 8 |
| Senior | 8 |
Gitlab appears in 341 indexed job postings in JobCrawls' Finland dataset since October 2023. In that historical index, the strongest location signals for this employer are Remote - Global, Remote - North America, and Remote.
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Job Details
Responsibilities
- Assess customer goals and identify efficient ways to achieve their vision
- Install and configure GitLab solutions in customer environments
- Develop and implement migration plans for version control systems and data
- Provide remote or on-site technical training and guidance
- Create and maintain scripts, templates, and documentation for service delivery
- Communicate customer opportunities, risks, and status updates to internal teams
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to improve GitLab features
- Support Engagement Managers with quoting and scoping statements of work
Requirements
- Professional experience with infrastructure as code or configuration as code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Puppet, or Chef)
- Professional experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience using, deploying, or configuring GitLab
- Proficiency in written and spoken English
- Effective communication and consensus-building skills
- Solution-oriented, consultative approach
- Strong organizational and self-management skills
- Willingness to travel approximately 20% of the time
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