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Senior Identity Security Engineer

Palantir Technologies

Job Location:

Palo Alto, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 135000 - 200000

Posted: 30 May 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 13 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

A World-Changing Company

Palantir builds the worlds 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 Palantirs 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 Palantirs best-in-class Information Security organization you will research architect and scale solutions that help Palantir stay ahead of a dynamic identity threat landscape.

Core Responsibilities

Own the day-to-day identity security posture across corporate production customer and US Government identity planes
Drive the rollout of agent identity infrastructure - short-lived credentials lifecycle bound to a human principal controlled workload onboarding
Architect authentication federation and authorization systems - including SAML OIDC and policy-driven access control models (RBAC ABAC policy-as-code) - across workforce and workload identity
Scale non-human identity patterns across service workload and agent populations - short-lived credentials mTLS identity-based networking
Drive adoption of just-in-time access patterns across the identity program partnering with platform and engineering teams on governance rollout and policy enforcement
Lead identity threat modeling on a regular cadence; publish findings and track remediation
Serve as a primary security reviewer on identity architecture decisions and cross-team RFCs
Research and drive adoption of emerging identity security primitives and standards in partnership with Security Engineers across InfoSec
Partner with engineering teams across Palantir to reduce the attack surface of identity integrations at scale

What We Value

Experience with cloud IAM and workload identity patterns - service accounts and identity-based access in distributed environments
Experience designing or evaluating non-human identity (NHI) architectures - service workload and agent - and a strong point of view on where the industry is headed
Familiarity with privileged access management and secrets management patterns at scale
A track record of reducing standing access and shifting organizations toward just-in-time access postures in production environments
Experience with identity governance platforms and a clear-eyed view of their security implications
Identity threat detection and response experience including detection engineering against identity telemetry
Red team offensive security or incident response background - especially with an identity focus
Exposure to regulated environments (FedRAMP SOX IL-levels)
Desire to further the identity security community through substantive contributions (e.g. conference talks blog posts public tool development RFCs)
Current US security clearance or eligibility to obtain clearance

What We Require

5 years of experience in Information Security Identity and Access Management or an equivalent discipline with demonstrated depth in identity-specific security
Hands-on production experience with at least one enterprise identity provider (Entra ID Okta or equivalent) including its governance and security surface
Deep technical proficiency in identity protocols (SAML OIDC OAuth 2.0 SCIM FIDO2 WebAuthn) and their attack surface
Working proficiency in Go Python PowerShell or TypeScript - enough to prototype tooling analyze identity-handling code for security defects scale automation across the environment and engage in code review
Strong communication skills and ability to communicate to a wide-ranging audience - from engineer-facing design reviews to leadership-facing risk calls

Salary

The salary range for this position is estimated to be $135000 - $200000/year. Total compensation for this position may also include Restricted Stock units sign-on bonus and other potential future incentives. Further note that total compensation for this position will be determined by each individuals relevant qualifications work experience skills and other factors. This estimate excludes the value of any potential sign-on bonus; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives.

Our benefits aim to promote health and wellbeing across all areas of Palantirians lives. We work to continuously improve our offerings and listen to our community as we design and update them. The list below details our available benefits and some of the perks that can be enjoyed as an employee of Palantir Technologies.

Benefits

Employees (and their eligible dependents) can enroll in medical dental and vision insurance as well as voluntary life insurance

Employees are automatically covered by Palantirs basic life AD&D and disability insurance

Commuter benefits

Take what you need paid time off not accrual based

2 weeks paid time off built into the end of each year (subject to team and business needs)

10 paid holidays throughout the calendar year

Supportive leave of absence program including time off for military service and medical events

Paid leave for new parents and subsidized back-up care for all parents

Fertility and family building benefits including but not limited to adoption surrogacy and preservation

Stipend to help with expenses that come with a new child

Employees can enroll in Palantirs 401k plan

Life at Palantir

We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes thats why we celebrate individuals strengths skills and interests from your first interview to your longterm growth rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians lives is just one of the ways were investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.

In keeping consistent with Palantirs values and culture we believe employees are better together and in-person work affords the opportunity for more creative outcomes. Therefore we encourage employees to work from our offices to foster connectivity and innovation. Many teams do offer hybrid options (WFH a day or two a week) allowing our employees to strike the right trade-off for their personal productivity. Based on business need there are a few roles that allow for Remote work on an exceptional basis. If you are applying for one of these roles you must work from the state in which you are employed. If the posting is specified as Onsite you are required to work from an office.

If you want to empower the worlds most important institutions you belong here. Palantir values excellence regardless of background. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer for all including but not limited to Veterans and those with disabilities. Palantir is committed to making the application and hiring process accessible to everyone and will provide a reasonable accommodation for those living with a disability. If you need an accommodation for the application or hiring process please reach out and let us know how we can help.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC

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