Offensive Security Engineer
Palantir· Information Security
Washington, DC$145k - $200kFull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Offensive Security Engineer role evaluating Palantir products, infrastructure, and cloud environments from an attacker’s perspective; includes developing offensive tooling, coordinating third-party engagements, and working with engineering to remediate findings.
Responsibilities
- Conduct hybrid web application penetration tests that combine source code review with runtime exploitation across our products and internal tooling.
- Perform external network penetration tests against internet-facing infrastructure, identifying exposed services, misconfigurations, and paths to obtain an initial foothold.
- Perform internal network and Active Directory security assessments, identifying privilege escalation paths, lateral movement opportunities, and misconfigurations.
- Assess the security of cloud and containerized infrastructure, including identity, network, and workload configurations.
- Collaborate with detection engineering to validate telemetry and detection coverage against real-world attack techniques uncovered during engagements.
- Scope and manage third-party pentest engagements end-to-end, critically review results, and work cross-functionally to convert findings into prioritized, actionable remediation.
- Partner with engineering to reproduce, prioritize, and verify fixes for the issues that are surfaced.
- Design and build offensive security tooling and automation tailored to Palantir's stack.
- Author clear, actionable write-ups and readouts for technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating findings into business risk and prioritized action.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of professional experience in offensive security, penetration testing, red teaming, or a closely related field.
Skills
Required:Web application penetration testingExternal and internal network penetration testingOffensive security toolingAutomation / scriptingCI/CD / IaC familiarityCloud and container security
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents
- Voluntary life insurance
- Basic life, AD&D and disability insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Relocation assistance
- Take what you need paid time off, not accrual based
- 2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year
- 10 paid holidays
- Leave of absence program including military service and medical events
- Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care
- Fertility and family building benefits including adoption, surrogacy, and preservation
- Child-related support stipend
- 401k plan enrollment
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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