Palantir

software

SeniorIdentitySecurityEngineer

$95–142k Washington, District of Columbia, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Identity Security Engineer at Palantir. Skills: Identity Security, Identity Protocols, Enterprise Identity Provider, Threat Modeling. Own identity security posture. Drive rollout of agent identity infrastructure”

What You'll Achieve.

reduce standing access; drive security outcomes; reduce the attack surface of identity integrations at scale

Industry & Context.

software
Eligibility Requirements

Current US security clearance, or eligibility to obtain clearance

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience in Information Security, Identity and Access Management, or an equivalent discipline, demonstrated depth in identity-specific security, Hands-on production experience with at least one enterprise identity provider (Entra ID, Okta, or equivalent), Deep technical proficiency in identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM, FIDO2, WebAuthn), Working proficiency in Go, Python, PowerShell, or TypeScript, communication skills, ability to communicate to a wide-ranging audience

Nice to Have

Experience with cloud IAM and workload identity patterns, Experience designing or evaluating non-human identity (NHI) architectures, Familiarity with privileged access management and secrets management patterns at scale, A track record of reducing standing access and shifting organizations toward just-in-time access postures, Experience with identity governance platforms, Identity threat detection and response experience, Red team, offensive security, or incident response background, Exposure to regulated environments (FedRAMP, SOX, IL-levels), Desire to further the identity security community through substantive contributions, Current US security clearance, or eligibility to obtain clearance

What You'll Do.

Own identity security posture

Drive rollout of agent identity infrastructure

Architect authentication

authorization systems

Scale non-human identity patterns

Drive adoption of just-in-time access patterns

Lead identity threat modeling

Serve as security reviewer

Research and drive adoption of emerging identity security primitives

Partner with engineering teams

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

partnering with platform and engineering teams; Serve as a primary security reviewer on identity architecture decisions and cross-team RFCs; Partner with engineering teams across Palantir

Communication Scope

communicate to a wide-ranging audience; engineer-facing design reviews; leadership-facing risk calls

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 As a Senior Identity Security Engineer on Palantir's Identity Security team, you will own the security posture of the identity infrastructure that Palantirians, customers, and services rely on every day. The Identity Security team is responsible for all identity types at Palantir - workforce, customer, workload, and agentic - giving you the rare ability to architect, threat model, and drive security outcomes across the full identity surface. You will help shape the technical direction for identity security at Palantir, reduce standing access, lead identity threat modeling, and contribute to the next generation of identity primitives including agent identity, JIT-native governance, and unified policy enforcement across workforce and customer IAM. As part of Palantir's best-in-class Information Security organization, you will research, architect, and scale solutions that help Palantir stay ahead of a dynamic identity threat landscape. ## Core Responsibilities Own the day-to-day identity security posture across corporate, production, customer, and US Government identity planes Drive the rollout of agent identity infrastructure - short-lived credentials, lifecycle bound to a human principal, controlled workload onboarding Architect authentication, federation, and authorization systems - including SAML, OIDC, and policy-driven access control models (RBAC, ABAC, policy-as-code) - across workforce and workload identity Scale non-human identity patterns across service, workload, and agent populations - short-lived credentials, mTLS, identity-based networking Drive adoption of just-in-time access patterns across the identity program, partnering with platf

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