Palantir
Information Security Engineer - Insider Risk
$145K–$200K
Washington, D.C. · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Apr 14, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of security experience in at least one major platform.
About the job
Protect Palantir’s environment by engineering detection and response workflows and investigating security events, with an emphasis on insider risks.
What you'll do
- Automate and improve detection and investigation workflows and develop strategies to identify malicious or anomalous behavior.
- Analyze network, host, memory, and other artifacts across operating systems and applications; investigate threats and insider-risk indicators.
- Inform security controls and partner with the Information Security team on network defense changes.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of security experience in at least one major platform.
- Proficiency in Python (preferred), PowerShell, or similar.
- Familiarity with endpoint telemetry and log sources from at least one major operating system; experience with common SIEM/SOAR platforms and writing queries against security event data.
- Active TS/SCI security clearance or eligibility to obtain a security clearance.
Nice to have
- Broad exposure to security subject areas, including a strong background in forensics or threat intelligence.
- Deep exposure in Incident Response or Detection Engineering; substantive contributions to the information security community.
Pay
$145,000 - $200,000/year (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Azure, Windows, OS X, Linux, Python, PowerShell, SIEM/SOAR
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