Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government
Washington, D.C.Full-TimeMid-levelSoftware Engineering
Core Responsibilities
- 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 with a focus on long-term reliability and scalability
- Reduce manual operations and automate workflows, processes, and/or runbooks where possible
- Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations. Participate in a support on-call schedule.
- Develop novel solutions in Palantir’s Foundry and Apollo platforms to solve infrastructure challenges.
What We Value
- Confidence in troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using observability tools and service logs.
- Ability to identify and automate highly manual tasks, driving ongoing improvements within and across teams.
- Comfort with large scale production systems and technologies - for example, load balancing, monitoring, distributed systems, or configuration management.
- Proficiency with programming languages such as Java, Python, Bash, JavaScript, Go or similar languages and be comfortable coding and/or utilizing tooling built in these languages
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and responsibility in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with users.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in multi-functional teams.
What We Require
- Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science.
- Strong coder with shown proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
- Active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level
