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Defensive Security Analyst

Palantir

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  3. Tell me about an analysis that changed a decision. What did you find?
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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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