Description
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.
We're looking for Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineers who can help us build, operate, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable services for our production infrastructure, primarily across on-prem environments for the US Government. As a Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer, you will combine engineering experience and an innate drive to improve existing systems and processes, with the creativity to develop novel solutions to evolving challenges.
Core Responsibilities
- Maintain the availability of physical Linux servers that power the Palantir platform in air-gapped production environments.
- Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure to support customer and product requirements via modern orchestration and monitoring platforms.
- Collaborate closely with product teams on requirements and SLOs for deploying software into air-gapped environments.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and solve network and systems issues.
- Script to automate away routine operational tasks.
- Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations. Participate in a support on-call schedule.
What We Value
- Confidence in troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using stack traces and observability and systems tools.
- Comfort with configuration management, load balancing, monitoring and alerting infrastructure, and container orchestration on small hardware form factors.
- 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).
What We Require
- Available for 50% travel (domestic and international).
- 4+ years of experience with Linux system administration (RHEL or equivalent preferred).
- Experience with hardware environments, including setup, configuration, and management of physical servers and networking equipment.
- Familiarity with monitoring systems using tools like Prometheus and writing health checks.
- Proficiency with at least one programming or scripting language, such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, Bash, or similar languages.
- Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science.
- Active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level.
Additional Information
Salary
The estimated salary range for this position is estimated to be $125,000 - $185,000/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.
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.