Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, New Grad - US Government

The role

You will build, operate and maintain high-performance, scalable services for Palantir platforms and deployments, including supporting production systems. You will deploy new products at customer deployments and work with forward deployed and product teams on systems design and production issues.

What you will do

• Handle support and operations of Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management, and upgrades
• Deploy new Palantir products at customer deployments and perform migrations to the latest infrastructure types
• Debug, improve, and optimize Palantir's services and infrastructure for long-term reliability and scalability
• Reduce manual operations and automate workflows, processes, and runbooks where possible
• Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues and participate in a support on-call schedule
• Develop novel solutions in Palantir's Foundry and Apollo platforms to solve infrastructure challenges

Required qualifications

• Strong engineering background in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science
• Strong coder with proven proficiency in Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages
• Active US Security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain a US Security clearance
• Confidence troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using observability tools and service logs
• Ability to identify and automate highly manual tasks
• Comfort with large scale production systems and technologies such as load balancing, monitoring, distributed systems, or configuration management
• Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and responsibility in a rapidly changing environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for multi-functional teams

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
• Voluntary life insurance
• Automatic 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 at the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
• 10 paid holidays per calendar year
• Leave of absence program including military service and medical events
• Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents
• Fertility and family building benefits including adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
• Stipend for expenses with a new child

Before you apply

• An active US Security clearance is required, or you must be eligible and willing to obtain one