Senior Identity Security Engineer

Palantir

New York, US

On-site

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior security engineers who architect identity solutions across workforce, customer, and workload contexts.

Best fit for

Security architects with deep expertise in identity threat modeling and infrastructure.
— “architect, threat model, and drive security outcomes across the full identity surface”
Engineers who thrive in dynamic threat landscapes requiring continuous innovation.
— “stay ahead of a dynamic identity threat landscape”
Technical leaders shaping next-generation identity primitives and governance models.
— “contribute to the next generation of identity primitives”

Things to consider

Role requires ownership of identity security for both internal and external stakeholders.
— “identity infrastructure that Palantirians, customers, and services rely on”
Expect to work across multiple identity types with unified policy enforcement.
— “unified policy enforcement across workforce and customer IAM”

How to stand out

Demonstrate experience reducing standing access in large-scale identity systems.
— “reduce standing access”
Highlight projects where you implemented JIT-native governance frameworks.
— “JIT-native governance”
Showcase cross-domain identity security work bridging workforce and customer contexts.
— “across workforce and customer IAM”

Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

shaping technical direction for identity security
reducing standing access
leading identity threat modeling

Typical background

security engineeringidentity management

Skills & requirements

Required

Identity SecurityThreat ModelingSecurity ArchitectureIdentity InfrastructureAccess Management

Preferred

Agent IdentityJit-native GovernanceUnified Policy Enforcement

Stack & domain

Identity SecurityWorkforce IdentityCustomer IdentityWorkload IdentityAgentic IdentitySecurity PostureIdentity InfrastructureThreat ModelingIdentity PrimitivesAgent IdentityJit-native GovernanceUnified Policy EnforcementInformation SecurityIdentity Threat LandscapeResearchArchitectureScaling SolutionsSecurity OutcomesCollaborationProblem-solvingCommunicationSecurityIdentity Management

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)