Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - US Government

Maintaining availability of physical Linux servers that power the Palantir platform in air-gapped production environments

Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure to support customer & product requirements via modern orchestration & monitoring platforms

Collaborate closely with product teams on requirements & SLOs for deploying software into air-gapped environments

Identifying, troubleshooting, and solving network & systems issues

Scripting to automate away routine operational tasks

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

Confidence in troubleshooting complex systems issues independently using stack traces and observability & systems tools

Comfort with configuration management, load balancing, monitoring & alerting infrastructure, and container orchestration on small hardware form factors.

Demonstrated ability to continuously learn and work independently, making decisions with minimal supervision while working in secure facilities

Experience with containers (Docker/Podman) and orchestration (OpenShift/Kubernetes) at scale is a plus

Preferred Certifications: DOD 8570 IAT Level II or greater (CISSP, Sec+), Unix/Linux Computing Environment (e.g Linux+, RHCE)

Available for 50% travel (domestic and international)

4+ years of experience with Linux system administration (RHEL or equivalent preferred)

Experience with hardware environments, including setup, configuration, and management of physical servers and networking equipment

Familiarity with monitoring systems using tools like Prometheus and writing health checks

Proficiency with at least one programming or scripting language, such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript, Bash, or similar languages.

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

Active US Security Clearance at or above the Top Secret level