Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - US Government

The role

You will build, operate and maintain reliable services on production infrastructure, mainly on-prem environments for the US Government. You will travel to partner locations as the expert on Palantir's infrastructure and help teams set up hardware and networks.

What you will do

• Maintain availability of physical Linux servers that power the Palantir platform in air-gapped production environments
• Design, deploy and operate infrastructure using modern orchestration and monitoring platforms
• Collaborate with product teams on requirements and SLOs for deploying software into air-gapped environments
• Identify, troubleshoot and solve network and systems issues
• Write scripts to automate routine operational tasks
• Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues and participate in a support on-call schedule
• Share responsibility with engineers for diagnosing, resolving and preventing production issues

Required qualifications

• 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 such as Prometheus and writing health checks
• Proficiency with at least one programming or scripting language, such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, Bash or similar
• Strong engineering background, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics or Data Science
• Active US Security Clearance at or above Top Secret

Nice to have

• Experience with containers (Docker/Podman) and orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes) at scale
• DOD 8570 IAT Level II or greater certification (CISSP, Sec+)
• Unix/Linux certification (e.g. Linux+, RHCE)

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus voluntary life insurance
• Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance covered automatically
• Commuter benefits
• Relocation assistance
• Paid time off taken as needed, 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 that come with a new child
• 401k plan

Before you apply

• An active US Security Clearance at or above Top Secret is required
• Required travel is 50%, domestic and international
• You will never be asked to pay or share financial information during the interview process

About the company

Palantir builds software for data-driven decisions and operations, used by partners to develop drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions and locate missing children. The company describes itself as a world-changing company that values excellence regardless of background.