Palantir
Defensive Security Analyst
$145K–$200K
Washington, D.C. · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jan 8, 2026
- Experience
- Established SOC operating experience; no number of years stated.
About the job
Own and operate security operations systems and defenses to detect, investigate, and respond to threats across Palantir’s people and infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain detection and response infrastructure, automation, alerting, and defensive techniques.
- Analyze network, host, memory, log, and malware artifacts; conduct enterprise threat hunts and support incident response and digital forensics.
- Report findings to technical and executive audiences and work with Information Security colleagues to improve network defense.
What they ask for
- TS/SCI Clearance.
- Established experience operating in a SOC environment, through relevant experience or qualifications.
- Experience with programming or scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Bash.
- Ability and willingness to commute to the Georgetown office within one hour when on-call.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of operating and maintaining a SIEM and of cloud architectures, particularly AWS.
- Experience in penetration testing; ability to train others in forensic and incident response techniques and tools.
Pay
$145,000 - $200,000/year (base salary)
Tools
PowerShell, Python, Bash, AWS
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