# Information Security Engineer

**Company:** [Palantir](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/palantir)
**Location:** Seattle, WA, New York, NY
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Python, PowerShell, AWS, Azure, Linux, Windows, TCP/IP, Incident Response, Detection Engineering, Forensics
**Posted:** 2025-01-29

> Information Security Engineer detects, investigates, and responds to security threats across global infrastructure using automation and defensive techniques. Requires 3+ years security experience, proficiency in Python/PowerShell, and TS/SCI clearance eligibility.

## Job Description

## Core Responsibilities
- Build, run, and own infrastructure and automation to detect, contain, and eradicate security threats.
- Develop alerting and detection strategies to identify malicious or anomalous behavior.
- Develop new and novel defensive techniques to identify or counteract changes in adversary techniques and tactics.
- Dissect network, host, memory, and other artifacts originating from multiple operating systems and applications.
- Investigate enterprise-wide operations to uncover sophisticated and undetected threats.
- Partner closely with other members of the Information Security team to lead changes in the company's network defense posture.

## What We Value
- Broad exposure to multiple security subject areas, including a strong background in forensics or threat intelligence.
- Deep exposure in Incident Response or Detection Engineering.
- Desire to further the information security community through substantive contributions (e.g. conference talks, blog posts, public tool development, etc.).
- Strong working knowledge of **TCP/IP** networking and common protocols.

## What We Require
- Extensive security experience (**3+ years**) in at least one major platform (e.g. **AWS**, **Azure**, **Windows**, **OS X**, **Linux**, etc.).
- Proficiency in **Python** (preferred), **PowerShell**, or similar.
- Active **TS/SCI** security clearance or eligibility to obtain a security clearance.

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