Information Security Engineer - Infrastructure Security
Palantir· Information Security
Hybrid (Washington, D.C.)$145k - $200kFull-timePosted 6mo ago
About the role
Palantir seeks an Information Security Engineer focused on infrastructure security to protect endpoints, servers, identity systems, applications, networks, and data flows across the global environment. The role emphasizes broad security thinking, cross-team collaboration, and durable architectural improvements in a high-assurance setting.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and improve defensive security controls across endpoints, servers, identity systems, cloud services, SaaS applications, networks, and data flows
- Own or contribute to security posture improvements, including hardening standards, configuration management, vulnerability remediation, access controls, monitoring, and ongoing validation
- Evaluate security risks in new platforms, products, architectures, vendors, and services, and translate findings into practical recommendations and engineering work
- Build and maintain automation for security operations, such as configuration validation, drift monitoring, patching, access reviews, policy enforcement, alert triage, and security hygiene
- Partner closely with Identity, Infrastructure, Engineering, Legal, and other Information Security teams to improve security architecture and reduce recurring risk
- Translate findings from assessments, red team exercises, incident investigations, and operational reviews into durable fixes—including configuration changes, architectural improvements, policy updates, and automation
- Develop expertise in one or more security domains while remaining effective across the broader infrastructure security lifecycle
Qualifications
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in information security, infrastructure security, security engineering, security operations, or a closely related field
- Demonstrated experience securing at least one major infrastructure or security domain, with the ability and interest to work across multiple domains
- Active TS/SCI security clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain one
- A strong sense of ownership, sound judgment, and integrity
Skills
Required:Infrastructure security
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
- 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
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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