Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - UK Government
Operates, deploys, and improves reliable Palantir infrastructure and services for government environments. The role emphasizes production troubleshooting, automation, scalable systems, cross-functional collaboration, and security clearance eligibility.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Support and operate Palantir software, including monitoring and alerting, configuration management, and upgrades.
- Deploy Palantir products across production environments and migrate to updated infrastructure types.
- Debug, improve, and optimize services and infrastructure for long-term reliability and scalability.
- Automate workflows, processes, and runbooks to reduce manual operations.
- Provide technical troubleshooting support for production issues and participate in an on-call schedule.
- Develop solutions in Palantir Foundry and Apollo to address infrastructure challenges.
Requirements
- Strong engineering background, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science.
- Strong coding proficiency in Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, or similar languages.
- Experience troubleshooting complex systems independently using observability tools and service logs.
- Ability to identify and automate manual tasks.
- 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 with multifunctional teams.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Security clearance or the ability to obtain security clearance.
Skills
Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, Bash, Monitoring, Alerting, Configuration Management, Distributed Systems, Load Balancing, Observability, Palantir Foundry, Palantir Apollo, Automation, Service Logs
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