Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - UK Government

Core Responsibilities

Handle support and operations of Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management, and upgrades

Deploy new Palantir products across many production environments and perform migrations to the latest infrastructure types

Debug, improve, and optimise Palantir’s services and infrastructure with a focus on long-term reliability and scalability

Reduce manual operations and automate workflows, processes, and/or runbooks where possible

Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations. Participate in a support on-call schedule.

Develop novel solutions in Palantir’s Foundry and Apollo platforms to solve infrastructure challenges

What We Value

Confidence in troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using observability tools and service logs

Ability to identify and automate highly manual tasks, driving ongoing improvements within and across teams

Comfort with large scale production systems and technologies - for example, load balancing, monitoring, distributed systems, or configuration management

Proficiency with programming languages such as Java, Python, Bash, JavaScript, Go or similar languages and be comfortable coding and/or utilising tooling built in these languages

Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and responsibility in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives and iteration with stakeholders

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in multi-functional teams

What We Require

Strong engineering background, preferred in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science

Strong coder with shown proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages

Security clearance or the ability to obtain a clearance