Senior Identity Security Engineer
Core
Architect, threat model, and drive security outcomes for the full identity surface (workforce, customer, workload, and agentic) at Palantir, including agent identity and JIT-native governance.
Role type
Senior Identity Security Engineer (IC)
Builds
Identity infrastructure, authentication/federation/authorization systems, and non-human identity patterns for workforce and workload identity.
Domain
Cybersecurity, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Security
Required skills
Identity protocols (SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM, FIDO2, WebAuthn), Cloud IAM, Non-human identity (NHI) architecture, Privileged access management, Identity threat modeling, Policy-as-code (RBAC, ABAC), Go/Python/PowerShell/TypeScript
Preferred skills
Red teaming, Incident response, Detection engineering, Regulated environment experience (FedRAMP, SOX, IL-levels), Community contributions (talks, RFCs)
Technologies
Entra ID, Okta, SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM, FIDO2, WebAuthn, mTLS
Responsibilities
Own day-to-day identity security posture across corporate, production, customer, and US Government planes; Architect authentication, federation, and authorization systems; Scale non-human identity patterns; Drive adoption of just-in-time access patterns; Lead identity threat modeling; Serve as primary security reviewer on identity architecture decisions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC