Platform Engineer (Palantir Foundry) (a*)

to join Ringier's Infrastructure Team. This role is central to the stability, security, and evolution of our enterprise Palantir Foundry & AIP platform. It's a hands-on position for a technical expert who combines deep platform administration knowledge with robust coding skills to ensure our platform is reliable, secure, and easy to use. As a Platform Engineer, you will be developing solutions for monitoring, automating governance, and providing crucial support to our users.

Your tasks

• Administer the Palantir Foundry platform, managing the security model including Spaces, Organizations, User Groups, and Markings
• Implement and oversee data governance practices and ensure compliance
• Develop and maintain automated monitoring and alerting solutions using Python and Foundry APIs to ensure platform reliability and performance
• Proactively identify and resolve platform issues, managing incidents from detection to resolution
• Serve as the first level of support for platform users, managing and resolving issues through a ticketing system and providing clear communication
• Liaise with Palantir support and engineering teams to resolve complex issues and manage platform updates
• Monitor platform usage and costs, identifying and implementing opportunities for FinOps and cost optimization

Your profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience: 3-5+ years of professional experience in platform administration, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or a similar technical role
• Palantir Foundry Expertise: Strong hands-on experience administering Palantir Foundry, with a deep understanding of its security model (Organizations, Spaces, Markings, User Groups) is highly appreciated
• Familiarity with platform governance, resource management, and monitoring tools within Foundry
• Experience working with Palantir Foundry APIs for automation, monitoring, or integration purposes

- Core Technical Skills:

• Solid programming proficiency, particularly in Python, for scripting and automation
• Good understanding of REST APIs and how to interact with them
• Experience with cloud platforms (Palantir, AWS are a plus) is beneficial
• Familiarity with CI/CD principles and tools.

- Mindset:

• A strong DevOps and SRE mindset, focused on automation, reliability, and continuous improvement
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a customer-centric approach to providing effective user support
• Strong communication skills to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Our offer:

• We value work-life balance and have flexible working hours
• A chance to work with a team of experienced engineers committed to continuous learning, with opportunities for growth through knowledge-sharing sessions and webinars
• Work with an international team of world-class engineers
• A modern, sunny, open working place with a positive and fun atmosphere
• A stimulating work experience that will allow you to grow both professionally and personally

Would you like to work in this diverse environment and join our fantastic team? Then we look forward to receiving your application.

We are committed to diversity and believe that it is an opportunity. *Everyone should be able to be themselves. We create a working environment where this is possible.

Artificial intelligence is shaping the future. That is why we are looking for people who want to drive digital innovation forward with us.

We only consider direct applications for this position.

Fabian Krebs
Recruiting Specialist

+41 58 269 34 38