Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, New Grad - UK Government
Forward-deployed infrastructure engineer supporting, deploying, and improving scalable Palantir services for UK government customers. The role requires strong coding, production troubleshooting, automation, and eligibility for UK Security Clearance.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Support and operate Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management, and upgrades.
- Deploy Palantir products at customer sites and migrate them to newer infrastructure types.
- Debug, improve, and optimize services and infrastructure for long-term reliability and scalability.
- Automate workflows, processes, and runbooks to reduce manual operations.
- Troubleshoot production issues and participate in an on-call schedule.
- Develop solutions in Palantir Foundry and Apollo to address infrastructure challenges.
Requirements
- Strong engineering background; preferred fields include Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science.
- Strong coding proficiency in Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
- Confidence troubleshooting complex systems using observability tools and service logs.
- Familiarity with large-scale production systems and technologies such as load balancing, monitoring, distributed systems, and configuration management.
- Ability to work autonomously in a rapidly changing environment and collaborate effectively across functions.
- Active UK Security Clearance, or eligibility and willingness to obtain it.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience identifying and automating highly manual tasks.
- Experience supporting critical production systems and working with forward-deployed or product teams.
Compensation
- Compensation details were not provided.
Skills
Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, Bash, Monitoring, Alerting, Configuration Management, Distributed Systems, Load Balancing, Observability, Palantir Foundry, Palantir Apollo
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