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Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer

Palantir
Palo Alto, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/4/2025

A World-Changing Company

Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

The Role

As a Principal Infrastructure Security Engineer, you are responsible for the security of Palantir’s infrastructure around the globe. Your technical expertise is second only to your integrity and real passion for security and technology in general. Our ideal candidate works well on a team, is highly motivated, and enjoys solving problems and taking on new challenges.

In this role, you’re building, breaking, and securing the global infrastructure that powers our world-changing products. You have a strong security mindset, care deeply about infrastructure, and are excited to protect our network and endpoints against all threats. You'll design, architect, and drive security posture changes for Palantir, and work to make life hard for our adversaries.

Core Responsibilities

  • Design, architect, and implement defensive security controls across Palantir’s multi-cloud multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure based on Kubernetes, OpenShift and several other popular open-source technologies.
  • Provide security domain expertise on protective controls, to include system, network, encryption, and authentication services throughout Palantir’s portfolio of products, services and infrastructure.
  • Design, architect and build automated systems to provide security uplift for the organization.
  • Perform security evaluations and research on new platforms, products, architectures, vendors, and services to protect Palantir data.
  • Partner closely with other members of the Technical Operations, Engineering, and Information Security teams to drive impactful changes to the company’s network defense posture.

What We Value

  • Experience with public cloud service providers (e.g. Amazon AWS, Google GCP, Microsoft Azure).
  • Experience with infrastructure automation platforms (e.g. Packer, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet etc.).
  • Proficiency with at least one scripting language (e.g. PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar). Experience in Golang is a plus.
  • Willingness and eligibility to obtain a U.S. security clearance, or active TS / / SCI.
  • What We Require

  • 5 years of direct information security experience with deep exposure in protecting one or more container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift).
  • Comprehensive knowledge of modern adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures.
  • Ability to independently own projects and balance competing priorities, while still effectively collaborating with colleagues.
  • Salary

    The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $135,000 - $200,000 / year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual’s relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.

    Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians’ lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.

    Benefits

  • Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical, dental, and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance
  • Employees are automatically covered by Palantir’s basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
  • Commuter benefits
  • Relocation assistance
  • Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
  • 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
  • 10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year
  • Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events
  • Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
  • Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
  • Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child
  • Employees can enroll in Palantir’s 401k plan
  • Salary : $135,000 - $200,000

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