Information Security Engineer, Palantir
Data analytics software
Job no longer available
Data analytics software
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
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.
Role
Who you are
- Your technical expertise is second only to your integrity and passion for security and technology
- The ideal candidate works well on a team, is highly motivated, and enjoys solving problems and taking on new challenges
- Broad exposure to multiple security disciplines, including a strong background in forensics or threat intelligence
- Deep exposure in Incident Response or Detection Engineering
- Desire to further the information security community through substantive contributions (e.g. conference talks, blog posts, public tool development, etc.)
- Extensive security experience (1+ years) in at least one major platform (e.g. AWS, Azure, Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.)
- Proficiency in Python (preferred), PowerShell, or similar
- Strong working knowledge of TCP/IP networking and common protocols
What the job involves
- As an Information Security Engineer, you are responsible for the security of Palantir’s people and infrastructure around the globe
- In this role, you’ll be the first line of defense in protecting Palantir
- You’ll be part of a team responsible for the 24/7 prevention, detection, and investigation of security events and active attacks across our entire infrastructure
- Your work will directly impact the success of Palantir's mission as you seek to challenge and block our adversaries, as well as protect our global network
- Build, run, and own infrastructure and automation to detect, contain, and eradicate security threats
- Develop alerting and detection strategies to identify malicious or anomalous behavior
- Develop new and novel defensive techniques to identify or counteract changes in adversary techniques and tactics
- Dissect network, host, memory, and other artifacts originating from multiple operating systems and applications
- Perform enterprise-wide operations to uncover sophisticated and undetected threats
- Partner closely with other members of the Information Security team to lead changes in the company's network defense posture
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
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.
Insights
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
Company values
- We make products for human-driven analysis of real-world data
- We build our company around mission-driven engineering
- We meet the problems where they live
- We design technology to help institutions protect liberty
- We go where we're needed most
Company HQ
LoDo, Denver, CO
Founders
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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