Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - US Government

Palantir Technologies
Washington
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 125,000 - 185,000 annuallyFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureExperience: 4+ yearsSkills: ["Troubleshooting","Independent problem-solving","Systems thinking","Configuration management"]

Build, operate, and maintain reliable on-prem infrastructure for US Government environments. Maintain availability of physical Linux servers in air-gapped production, design and deploy monitored orchestration, and collaborate with engineering teams on SLOs and troubleshooting. Automate routine operations with scripting, resolve network and systems issues, and participate in an on-call support schedule while traveling to customer locations as the infrastructure expert.

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Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies
1 year ago

Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - US Government

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Job Summary

Build, operate, and maintain reliable on-prem infrastructure for US Government environments. Maintain availability of physical Linux servers in air-gapped production, design and deploy monitored orchestration, and collaborate with engineering teams on SLOs and troubleshooting. Automate routine operations with scripting, resolve network and systems issues, and participate in an on-call support schedule while traveling to customer locations as the infrastructure expert.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Maintain availability of physical Linux servers powering the Palantir platform in air-gapped production environments.
  • •Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure using modern orchestration and monitoring platforms to support customer and product requirements.
  • •Collaborate with product teams on requirements and SLOs for deploying software into air-gapped environments.
  • •Identify, troubleshoot, and solve network and systems issues, providing technical production troubleshooting with minimal impact.
  • •Script to automate routine operational tasks and participate in an on-call schedule for production support.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 125,000 - 185,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kRelocation

Key Requirements

  • •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 (e.g., Prometheus) and writing health checks.
  • •Proficiency with at least one programming or scripting language such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or Bash.
  • •Active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level.
Experience:4+ years
Skills:TroubleshootingIndependent problem-solvingSystems thinkingConfiguration management
Certifications:DOD 8570 IAT Level IICISSPSecurity+Linux+RHCE
Tech Stack:LinuxRHELPrometheusDockerPodmanOpenShiftKubernetesUnix/LinuxJavaGoPythonJavaScriptBashAir-gappedContainersOrchestrationMonitoring

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Top Secret

Company Brief

Palantir Technologies
Builds enterprise-scale data integration and analytics platforms (including Gotham and Foundry) that help government agencies and commercial organizations integrate, analyze, and operationalize large-scale data for intelligence, defense, healthcare, finance, and industrial use cases.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Denver, United States
Founded: 2003
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