Site Reliability Engineer - UK Government

Palantir Technologies is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for their UK Government team in London. This role combines engineering expertise with a drive to improve systems and processes, focusing on building, operating, and maintaining high-performance, scalable, and reliable services for production infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will work closely with engineers to advocate for sensible, scalable systems design and share responsibility in diagnosing, resolving, and preventing production issues. They should have experience with monitoring systems, managing technologies like Spark, Hadoop, Elasticsearch, and Cassandra, and be familiar with deploying GPUs.

Key requirements include:

• BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Bash, Python, or Go
• 5+ years of experience with Linux system administration (RHEL or CentOS preferred)
• Experience with virtualization using AWS, VMWare ESX, KVM, Xen, and Kubernetes
• Experience with system management tools like Puppet or Ansible
• Eligibility and willingness to obtain a UK Security clearance

The role may require up to 25-75% travel to customer sites. Palantir offers a unique career growth approach, focusing on individual strengths and interests rather than traditional career ladders. They promote health and well-being across all areas of employees' lives and encourage in-person work to foster connectivity and innovation, with some hybrid options available.

Palantir is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, welcoming candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. They also provide accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process.