Senior Identity Security Engineer

Palantir
Palo Alto, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior security engineers who architect solutions across multiple identity types in a high-stakes environment.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers who thrive on reducing standing access across complex systems
    — “reduce standing access, lead identity threat modeling”
  • Architects comfortable defining technical direction for identity security at scale
    — “help shape the technical direction for identity security”
  • Researchers who stay ahead of evolving identity threats
    — “stay ahead of a dynamic identity threat landscape”

Things to consider

  • Responsibility spans workforce, customer, and workload identity systems
    — “responsible for all identity types at Palantir”
  • Must contribute to next-generation identity primitives development
    — “contribute to the next generation of identity primitives”

How to stand out

  • Demonstrate experience unifying policy enforcement across different identity types
    — “unified policy enforcement across workforce and customer IAM”
  • Highlight research on agent identity or JIT-native governance systems
    — “agent identity, JIT-native governance”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • Own the security posture of the identity infrastructure
  • Contribute to the next generation of identity primitives
Typical background
Experience in information security and identity management

Skills & requirements

Required

Identity SecurityThreat ModelingAccess ManagementSecurity Architecture

Preferred

Agent IdentityJit-native GovernanceUnified Policy Enforcement

About the role

Original posting from Palantir via Lever

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.

Source: Palantir careers (Lever)

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