Palantir Administrator (Foundry/Gotham)

The Palantir Administrator is responsible for managing, configuring, and optimizing the Palantir Foundry and/or Palantir Gotham environments. This role ensures platform stability, security, user access governance, and supports data-driven operations across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Administration

• Administer and maintain Palantir environments (Foundry/Gotham)
• Manage workspaces, projects, ontologies, and pipelines
• Monitor system health, performance, and usage

User & Access Management

• Configure role-based access control (RBAC)
• Manage users, groups, and permissions
• Ensure compliance with security and governance policies

Data & Pipeline Management

• Oversee data ingestion, transformation, and pipeline orchestration
• Troubleshoot pipeline failures and data quality issues
• Optimize data workflows for performance and cost

Security & Compliance

• Implement data security policies (PII, PHI handling if applicable)
• Conduct audits and ensure compliance (SOC2, HIPAA, etc.)
• Integrate with enterprise identity providers (SSO, LDAP)

Integration & Automation

• Integrate Palantir with external systems (APIs, data lakes, warehouses)
• Automate administrative tasks using scripts and APIs
• Support CI/CD practices for data pipelines

Support & Collaboration

• Provide L2/L3 support to data engineers, analysts, and business users
• Conduct user onboarding and training sessions
• Collaborate with platform engineering and DevOps teams

Technical Skills

• Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry or Gotham administration
• Strong SQL and data engineering fundamentals
• Familiarity with Python (for automation and debugging)
• Understanding of distributed systems and data pipelines
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Security & Governance

• Knowledge of IAM, RBAC, and data governance frameworks
• Experience with SSO tools (Okta, Azure AD)

DevOps & Tools

• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines
• Monitoring/logging tools experience, * Experience with ontology modeling in Foundry
• Exposure to big data tools (Spark, Hadoop)
• Certifications in cloud platforms
• Prior experience in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, govt)

$60 - $70 an hour - Full-time, Contract