Information Security Engineer

Palantir
Full-time
Washington, D.C.
$135,000 - $200,000
Posted on 5 months ago

Job Description

As an Information Security Engineer, you are responsible for the security of Palantir’s people and infrastructure around the globe. Your team is responsible for the 24/7 prevention, detection, and investigation of security events and active attacks across our entire infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • Investigate 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

Requirements

  • Extensive security experience (3+ years) in at least one major platform (e.g. AWS, Azure, Windows, OS X, Linux, etc.)
  • Proficiency in Python (preferred), PowerShell, or similar
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance or eligibility to obtain a security clearance
  • Broad exposure to multiple security subject areas, 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.)
  • Strong working knowledge of TCP/IP networking and common protocols

Benefits

  • No benefits