Offensive Security Engineer

Palantir Technologies
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 145,000 - 200,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecuritySkills: ["Organizational skills","Clear communication","Automation mindset","Cross-functional collaboration","Attention to detail"]

Probe internal applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments like a real attacker. Conduct hybrid web and network penetration tests, assess Active Directory and privilege-escalation paths, and evaluate cloud/container attack surfaces. Partner with engineers to reproduce, prioritize, verify, and remediate findings, while collaborating with detection engineering to validate telemetry coverage. Help design agentic, LLM-driven offensive security tooling and coordinate third-party pentests.

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Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies
1 year ago

Offensive Security Engineer

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Job Summary

Probe internal applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments like a real attacker. Conduct hybrid web and network penetration tests, assess Active Directory and privilege-escalation paths, and evaluate cloud/container attack surfaces. Partner with engineers to reproduce, prioritize, verify, and remediate findings, while collaborating with detection engineering to validate telemetry coverage. Help design agentic, LLM-driven offensive security tooling and coordinate third-party pentests.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Conduct hybrid web application penetration tests combining source code review with runtime exploitation across Palantir products and internal tooling.
  • •Perform external and internal network penetration tests, including Active Directory security assessments to identify privilege escalation and lateral movement opportunities.
  • •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.
  • •Design and build offensive security tooling and automation; scope and manage third-party pentest engagements and partner with engineering to reproduce, prioritize, verify, and remediate fixes.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 145,000 - 200,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife Insurance401kRelocationPaid HolidaysPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •4+ years of professional experience in offensive security, penetration testing, red teaming, or a closely related field.
  • •Eligibility and willingness to obtain a U.S. security clearance (preferred).
  • •Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g. Python, Go) to build and adapt testing tooling.
  • •Experience assessing the security of cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerized (Docker, Kubernetes) environments.
  • •Experience assessing chaining identity and cloud attack paths end to end (e.g., Kerberos/Active Directory misconfigurations through to IAM and SSRF-driven pivots).
Experience:Offensive securityPenetration testingRed teamingCloud securityActive Directory
Skills:Organizational skillsClear communicationAutomation mindsetCross-functional collaborationAttention to detail
Certifications:OSCPOSWE
Tech Stack:PythonGoAWSAzureGCPDockerKubernetesBurp SuiteBloodHoundSharpHoundCertipyImpacketResponderPacuScoutSuiteNucleiCI/CDInfrastructure-as-codeKerberosADCS

Eligibility

Security Clearance:U.S. security clearance

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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