Site Reliability Engineer, Palantir

US Government

$120-200k

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Linux

Azure

Prometheus

Unix

Senior level

New York

5+ days a week in office

Data analytics software

Job no longer available

Data analytics software

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceEnterpriseBig dataAnalyticsData Analysis

Job no longer available

$120-200k

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

GCP

Python

Linux

Azure

Prometheus

Unix

Senior level

New York

5+ days a week in office

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

Confidence in troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using stack traces and observability & systems tools
Comfort with managing large scale production systems and technologies with configuration management, load balancing, monitoring & alerting infrastructure, and container orchestration
Demonstrated ability to continuously learn and work independently, making decisions with minimal supervision while working in secure facilities
Experience with containers (Docker/Podman) and orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes) at scale is a plus
Preferred Certifications: DOD 8570 IAT Level II or greater (CISSP, Sec+), Unix/Linux Computing Environment (e.g Linux+, RHCE)
Proficiency with scripting in Python or Go is a plus
Active security clearance or the ability to obtain a clearance
5+ years of experience with Linux system administration (RHEL or equivalent preferred)
Experience with cloud-based hosting platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP and/or experience with hardware-based environments
Familiarity with monitoring systems using tools like Prometheus and writing health checks

What the job involves

Maintaining availability of cloud & physical Linux servers that power the Palantir platform in air-gapped production environments
Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure to support customer & product requirements via modern orchestration & monitoring platforms
Collaborate closely with product teams on requirements & SLOs for deploying software into air-gapped environments
Identifying, troubleshooting, and solving network & systems issues
Scripting to automate away routine operational tasks

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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