Palantir Technologies - Ceph Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities

• Manage Ceph at Scale: Design, deploy, and maintain Ceph storage solutions across diverse hardware environments, ensuring high availability and performance under challenging constraints.
• Automate Deployments: Develop and implement automation strategies for managing multiple Ceph deployments, reducing manual intervention and enhancing operational efficiency using world-class tooling.
• Innovate and Contribute: Drive the adoption of novel features and tools within the Ceph and CNCF ecosystems, contributing upstream as necessary to improve the broader community.
• Engage with Communities: Actively participate in the Ceph developer community and the CNCF, sharing insights and collaborating on open-source projects.
• Infrastructure Excellence: Collaborate with the team to design and build the next generation of Palantir’s infrastructure, focusing on systems that are scalable, stable, and secure.
• Ceph & Rook Expertise: Practical, hands-on experience managing Ceph storage solutions, with a deep understanding of its architecture and operational nuances, ideally using Rook.
• Automation Proficiency: Strong skills in infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes Operators, and with coding proficiency in Go, Java, or equivalent.
• Systems Programming: Experience in systems programming with proficiency in Go, Rust, C/C++, or equivalent languages.
• Hardware and OS Knowledge: Deep familiarity with hardware configurations, operating systems, and diagnostic tools.
• Networking Fundamentals: Solid understanding of networking principles, with experience in CNIs or cloud networking infrastructure preferred.
• On-premises Data Centre Experience: Experience working with on-premises hardware, or as sysadmin/SRE in data centres.
• What We Require
• Professional Experience: 4+ years of software development experience focused on core infrastructure with an emphasis on operational excellence.
• System Design Expertise: 2+ years of experience in system design or architecture, including reliability and scaling of new and existing systems.
• SRE / Operational Experience: 1+ year of being operationally responsible for production-grade Ceph clusters.
• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Life at Palantir
• We want every Palantirian to achieve their best outcomes, that’s why we celebrate individuals’ strengths, skills, and interests, from your first interview to your longterm growth, rather than rely on traditional career ladders. Paying attention to the needs of our community enables us to optimize our opportunities to grow and helps ensure many pathways to success at Palantir. Promoting health and well-being across all areas of Palantirians’ lives is just one of the ways we’re investing in our community. Learn more at Life at Palantir and note that our offerings may vary by region.