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
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
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