Washington, D.C. On-site Full-time USD 135,000 – 200,000 / year

Palantir Technologies is hiring a Senior Identity Security Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Manage ongoing identity security across corporate, production, customer, and US government identity domains.
  • Lead the deployment of agent identity systems featuring short-lived credentials, lifecycle management tied to human users, and controlled workload integration.
  • Design and implement authentication, federation, and authorization frameworks using standards like SAML and OIDC, along with policy-driven access models such as RBAC, ABAC, and policy-as-code for both human and non-human identities.
  • Expand the use of non-human identity patterns across services, workloads, and agents, including short-lived credentials, mTLS, and identity-based networking.
  • Advance just-in-time access adoption by collaborating with platform and engineering teams on governance and policy enforcement.
  • Conduct regular identity threat modeling exercises, document findings, and oversee remediation efforts.
  • Act as the primary security reviewer for identity-related architecture proposals and cross-team technical specifications.
  • Investigate and promote the use of emerging identity security technologies and standards in coordination with security engineering teams.
  • Collaborate with engineering groups to minimize risks in identity integrations at scale.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance available for employees and eligible dependents.
  • Automatic coverage under basic life, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D), and disability insurance.
  • Commuter benefits provided.
  • Unlimited paid time off with no accrual system.
  • Two weeks of paid time off scheduled at year-end, subject to team and business requirements.
  • Ten paid holidays annually.
  • Supportive leave of absence options, including for military service and medical needs.
  • Paid parental leave and subsidized backup childcare for all parents.
  • Benefits for fertility and family building, including adoption, surrogacy, and preservation services.
  • Financial stipend to support expenses related to new children.
  • Eligibility to enroll in a 401k retirement savings plan.

Compensation

Total compensation may include base salary, restricted stock units, sign-on bonus, and potential future incentives, with actual pay based on qualifications, experience, skills, and other factors. The estimate does not include sign-on bonuses, benefits value, or long-term incentives.

Work Arrangement

On-site

Other

  • Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units, sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives.
  • Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individual's relevant qualifications, work experience, skills, and other factors.
  • This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.
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  • In keeping consistent with Palantir’s values and culture, we believe employees are “better together” and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes.
  • Therefore, we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation.
  • Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week), allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity.
  • Based on business need, there are a few roles that allow for “Remote” work on an exceptional basis.
  • If you are applying for one of these roles, you must work from the state in which you are employed.
  • If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.
  • Palantir values excellence regardless of background.
  • We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities.
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Department Information Security
Category security
Posted 2 months ago