Staff Platform Engineer, Palantir

Identity and Access Management

Salary not provided

AWS

GCP

Python

Bash

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Azure

Puppet

Windows

Powershell

Active Directory

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

Data analytics software

Job no longer available

Data analytics software

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseBig dataAnalyticsData Analysis

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

AWS

GCP

Python

Bash

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Azure

Puppet

Windows

Powershell

Active Directory

Senior and Expert level

Remote from US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseBig dataAnalyticsData Analysis

Company mission

Palantir believes in augmenting human intelligence, not replacing it. They believe with good data and the right technology, people and institutions today can still solve hard problems and change the world for the better.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Proficiency with a scripting language such as PowerShell, Python, Bash, or Go
Exposure to infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Puppet, or PowerShell DSC
Familiarity with risk management and understanding of regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g., ISO/SOC/NIST) is a plus
Minimum 5 years experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps or equivalentfield with a passion for security
Technical proficiency in identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, LDAP, Kerberos, FIDO2, WebAuthN)
Experience deploying and running Linux or Windows based infrastructure in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

What the job involves

As an Engineer on Palantir’s Identity team, you will design, build and run identity infrastructure and tooling
You will make it easier and more secure to implement identity governance and access management for Palantirians and our customers all over the world
As part of Palantir’s best-in-class Information Security organization, you will research, implement and scale innovative solutions to help Palantir stay ahead of a dynamic threat landscape
The Identity team consists of Engineers who are passionate about reducing risk, friction and eliminating toil
The team’s primary focus is the management of identity platforms for both corporate and production (customer-facing) infrastructure
As part of the team, you will build novel web services that help Palantirians stay compliant while minimizing impact on their productivity flows
Your work will directly impact and improve the resilience of critical Palantir infrastructure that enables and empowers a globally distributed workforce
Develop automation to manage corporate and customer-facing identity platforms
Build, secure and lead geo-redundant systems and services in AWS and Azure
Lead Single Sign-On (SSO) integrations across multiple Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenants using infrastructure-as-code frameworks
Build tooling to standardize and scale operational workflows in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Research and drive the implementation of innovative authentication protocols (like passwordless auth) by collaborating with Security Engineers
Partner with Compliance Engineers to help build novel services that reduce the cost of compliance enforcement across multiple compliance regimes (FedRAMP, IL5, IL6, etc.)

Our take

Palantir have a huge mission to transform the world using data and technology. Its technology has been used to stop terrorist attacks, discover medicines and gain an edge in the financial markets. These are big and exciting problems to work on.

Palantir is a big and established company, having been founded in 2004, but is still struggling to turn a profit thanks to aggressive expansion and a general downturn in the global economy particularly affecting tech. It has large customers (including the US military and in 2024, the Israeli Defence Ministry) and a strong demand for its product, but delivery is a long-term and complex proposition that can take some time to yield returns.

There has been some controversy around the company due to the work it does for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, an organisation that Google refused to support. Palantir has stated that its technology is only used for criminal investigation and not enforcement.

Palantir has recently expanded its ongoing role with the British Ministry of Defence which will offer support for the UK's military operations and intelligence gathering by simulating operational planning. This is in addition to Palantir's partnership with the UK's NHS to help reduce the backlog of patients waiting for elective care.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

12% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 14 rounds)

Jun 2020

$550m

LATE VC

Nov 2016

$20m

LATE VC

Total funding: $2.6bn

Company benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Life and disability coverage
Paid leave for new parents and emergency back-up care for all parents
Family planning support, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy assistance
Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
Commuter benefits
Relocation assistance
Unlimited paid time off
2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year

Company HQ

LoDo, Denver, CO

Leadership

Alexander Karp

(CEO)

Previously founded Caedmon Group. Received Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Stanford University and holds a Ph.D. in neoclassical social theory from the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.

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