Palantir
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ForwardDeployedInfrastructureEngineer-USGovernment
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“Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government at Palantir. Skills: Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineering, software development, systems operations, automation. Handle support and operations of Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management, and upgrades. Deploy new Palantir products at customer deployments and perform migrations to the latest infrastructure types”
What You'll Achieve.
develop lifesaving drugs; forecast supply chain disruptions; locate missing children; build, operate, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable services for Palantir platforms, products, and deployments; solving our government’s greatest challenges; long-term reliability and scalability; timely resolution and minimal impact on operations
Industry & Context.
troubleshooting complex systems issues independently; diagnosing, resolving, and preventing production issues
Participate in a support on-call schedule, Active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science, coder with shown proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages, Active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level
What You'll Do.
Handle support and operations of Palantir software
including monitoring and alerting
configuration management
Deploy new Palantir products at customer deployments and perform migrations to the latest infrastructure types
and optimize Palantir’s services and infrastructure with a focus on long-term reliability and scalability
Reduce manual operations and automate workflows
and/or runbooks where possible
Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues
ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations
Develop novel solutions in Palantir’s Foundry and Apollo platforms to solve infrastructure challenges
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work closely with forward deployed teams and product teams; share responsibility with them in diagnosing, resolving, and preventing production issues; work effectively in multi-functional teams
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Full Job Description
## Description A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role We’re looking for Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineers who can help us build, operate, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable services for Palantir platforms, products, and deployments. You'll get to use your creativity to develop novel solutions to evolving challenges and automate processes wherever possible, using whichever tools are best for the job including industry-leading LLM and AI technology! As a Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, every day is different! You will be developing software and providing high-quality support for software systems that are critical to solving our government’s greatest challenges. We strongly believe in engineering teams being responsible for the operations of their services in production. As such, you’ll work closely with forward deployed teams and product teams to participate in sensible, scalable, systems design and share responsibility with them in diagnosing, resolving, and preventing production issues. ## Core Responsibilities Handle support and operations of Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management, and upgrades Deploy new Palantir products at customer deployments and perform migrations to the latest infrastructure types Debug, improve, and optimize Palantir’s services and infrastructure with a focus on long-term reliability and scalability Reduce manual operations and automate workflows, processes, and/or runbooks where possible Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations. Participate in a support on-call schedule. Develop novel solutions in Palantir’s Fou
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