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Defensive Security Analyst - Palantir

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Job Title
Defensive Security Analyst
Job Location
Washington, D.C.
Job Description
A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.

The Role
As a Defensive Security Analyst, you are responsible for the security of Palantir’s people and infrastructure around the globe. Your technical expertise is second only to your integrity and real passion for security and technology in general. Our ideal candidate works well on a team, is highly motivated, and enjoys solving problems and taking on new challenges.
In this role, you'll independently manage SOC systems that are essential to our security posture, ensuring they are properly engineered, maintained, and monitored.
Core Responsibilities
  • Build, run, and own infrastructure and automation to detect, contain, and eradicate security threats
  • Develop alerting and detection strategies to identify malicious or anomalous behavior
  • Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences
  • Develop new and novel defensive techniques to identify or counteract changes in adversary techniques and tactics
  • Dissect network, host, memory, and other artifacts originating from multiple operating systems and applications
  • Perform enterprise-wide operations to uncover sophisticated and undetected threats
  • Partner closely with other members of the Information Security team to lead changes in the company's network defense posture
  • Provide expertise in a supporting capacity for incident response activities and digital forensics state preservation, including the capture and preservation of system logs, volatile memory captures, and hard drive (physical or virtual) image captures
  • Conduct host forensics, network, forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of hunt operations
  • Interface with client contact(s) and staff in a constructive and professional manner
  • Utilize common forensic and incident response tools
  • What We Value
  • Knowledge of operating and maintaining a SIEM
  • Knowledge of cloud architectures, particularly AWS
  • Experience in penetration testing
  • Ability to quickly learn new technologies and have an ongoing desire to stay current with the latest technologies
  • Ability to train others on the use of forensic and incident response techniques and tools
  • What We Require
  • TS/SCI Clearance
  • Established experience in operating in SOC environment, either through relevant experience or qualifications
  • Experience with programming or scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python, and Bash
  • Willingness and ability to commute to our Georgetown office within one hour when on-call
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    Palantir Headquarters Location

    Palo Alto, CA

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    Palantir Company Size

    Between 4,001 - 4,001 employees

    Palantir Founded Year

    2003

    Palantir Total Amount Raised

    $3,027,970,048

    Palantir Funding Rounds

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    • Post Ipo Equity

      $10,080,000 USD

    • Post Ipo Equity

      $28,780,000 USD

    • IPO

      $0

    • Corporate Round

      $960,200,000 USD

    • Series Unknown

      $19,999,995 USD

    • Series Unknown

      $879,829,998 USD

    • Series J

      $50,000,000 USD

    • Series I

      $444,184,042 USD

    • Series Unknown

      $111,306,601 USD

    • Series H

      $196,500,000 USD

    • Series G

      $56,000,000 USD

    • Series F

      $68,000,000 USD

    • Series E

      $50,000,000 USD

    • Series D

      $90,000,000 USD

    • Debt Financing

      $8,291,250 USD

    • Series C

      $36,752,410 USD

    • Series B

      $10,522,859 USD

    • Series A

      $7,522,860 USD