Platform Engineer - Identity and Access Management (IAM)

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 Platform Engineer on Palantir's Identity Security team, you will design, build, and operate secure-by-design identity infrastructure and tooling. You will make it easier — and more secure — to implement identity governance and access management for Palantirians and customers worldwide. As part of Palantir's best-in-class Information Security organisation, you will research, implement, and scale innovative solutions that help Palantir stay ahead of a dynamic threat landscape. The Identity team is made up of engineers who are passionate about reducing risk and friction, and eliminating toil. The team’s primary focus is the development and management of identity platforms across both corporate and production (customer-facing) infrastructure. You will build purpose-built web services that help Palantirians stay compliant while minimising impact on their day-to-day productivity. Your work will directly strengthen the resilience of critical Palantir infrastructure that enables a globally distributed workforce.

Core Responsibilities

• Develop automation and tooling for corporate and customer-facing identity platforms
• Build, secure, and manage geo-redundant systems and services in AWS and Azure
• Scale the implementation of Single Sign-On (SSO) integrations across multiple Entra ID tenants using infrastructure-as-code frameworks
• Build tooling to standardise and scale operational workflows across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Research and drive adoption of emerging authentication protocols (such as passwordless auth) in collaboration with Security Engineers
• Partner with Security Compliance Engineers to build services that reduce the cost and complexity of compliance enforcement

What We Value

• Minimum 3 years' experience in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps, or an equivalent discipline, with a strong passion for security
• Experience deploying and operating Linux- or Windows-based infrastructure in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Expert-level proficiency in a language such as Go (preferred), Python, PowerShell, or TypeScript
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code frameworks such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Puppet, or PowerShell DSC

What We Require

• Technical proficiency in identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, LDAP, Kerberos, FIDO2, WebAuthn)
• Experience managing identities and governance workflows on platforms such as Entra ID, AWS Cognito, or Okta
• Current UK security clearance (SC or DV level), or eligibility to obtain clearance

Life at Palantir

We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your long-term growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimise our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

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 city and or country in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite, you are required to work from an office.

If you want to empower the world’s most important institutions, you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process, please reach out and let us know how we can help.