Forward Deployed SRE - On-Prem Gov IT (50% Travel)

Palantir Technologies

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

Confidential

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Commuter benefits

401k plan

Job summary

Palantir Technologies in the United States is seeking a Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer to build, operate, and maintain high‑performance, scalable services for production infrastructure, primarily across on‑prem environments for the US Government.

You will travel to various locations as the expert for Palantir's infrastructure, helping partner teams configure hardware and network for reliable software operation. Strong automation and on‑call participation are expected.

Qualifications

4+ years of Linux system administration experience (RHEL or equivalent).
Experience with hardware environments, including setup, configuration, and management of physical servers and networking equipment.
Familiarity with monitoring systems like Prometheus and health checks.
Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language (e.g., Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, Bash).
Strong engineering background in CS/Math/SE/Physics/Data Science.
Active US Security Clearance at or above Top Secret.

Responsibilities

Maintaining availability of physical Linux servers powering Palantir's platform in air-gapped production environments.
Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure to support customer and product requirements via modern orchestration and monitoring platforms.
Collaborate with product teams on requirements and SLOs for deploying software into air-gapped environments.
Identify, troubleshoot, and solve network and systems issues.
Create scripts to automate routine operational tasks.
Provide technical troubleshooting for production issues and participate in on-call rotation.