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Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - US Government

Palantir· Business Development
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Hybrid (Washington, DC)$125k - $185kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Palantir role focusing on building, operating, and maintaining high-performance, scalable, and reliable production services for US Government environments, primarily on-prem and air-gapped. Hybrid work arrangement with travel.

Responsibilities

  • Maintaining availability of physical Linux servers that power the Palantir platform in air-gapped production environments
  • Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure to support customer & product requirements via modern orchestration & monitoring platforms
  • Collaborate closely with product teams on requirements & SLOs for deploying software into air-gapped environments
  • Identifying, troubleshooting, and solving network & systems issues
  • Scripting to automate away routine operational tasks
  • Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations. Participate in a support on-call schedule

Qualifications

  • 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 using tools like Prometheus and writing health checks
  • Proficiency with at least one programming or scripting language, such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, Bash, or similar languages
  • Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science
  • Active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level
  • Available for 50% travel (domestic and international)

Skills

Required:Linux system administrationHardware and networking equipment managementMonitoring and health checksProgramming/scriptingSecurity clearance

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
  • Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
  • Commuter benefits
  • Relocation assistance
  • Take what you need paid time off (non-accrual)
  • 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)
  • 10 paid holidays per year
  • 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 adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
  • Child-related expense stipend
  • Enrollment in Palantir’s 401k plan
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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