Data Solutions Architect

JANUS Research Group; Fort Bliss (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and welfare plans

Referral bonus program

Total rewards program

Job summary

JANUS Research Group seeks a Data Solutions Architect to design and deploy AI-enabled decision-support platforms for Army experimentation and modernization at Fort Bliss. You will architect ontology, write code, and integrate AI with Palantir Foundry across Azure and Power Platform, briefing leadership on architecture.

This hands-on role requires initiative and fast learning of complex processes. The ideal candidate has 3+ years building enterprise data platforms, 2+ years on Palantir Foundry,

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's in CS, Engineering, Data/Information Systems, Math, or related field; equivalent experience may substitute.
• Clearance: Active Secret clearance required (SIPR access for production deployment).
• Proven autonomy with ambiguous requirements and independent solution development.
• Vantage/Palantir: knowledge of Army Vantage data repository or Palantir Foundry, including ontology design and application build.
• LLM/AI Integration: experience integrating commercial LLM APIs into production workflows with human-in-the-loop controls.
• Experience: 3+ years engineering enterprise data/analytics platforms; 2+ years on Palantir-based platforms; 3+ years in ETL/data wrangling/pipeline development.
• Delivery: track record delivering against fixed, gated timelines with government capability acceptance (IOC/FOC).

Responsibilities

• Initiative and autonomy to drive tasks with minimal supervision.
• Design and implement ontology schemas, object types, and permissioning models on Army Vantage/Foundry.
• Design, build, and operate LLM-powered agents with human-in-the-loop controls.
• Build production data-capture, analytics, and review apps with multi-step forms and pipelines.
• Plan and execute E2E deployment and accreditation promotions across environments.
• Brief platform recommendations to senior leadership for formal acceptance.
• Develop Foundry dashboards and Power BI distributions; work with staff teams on predictive analytics in Python.

Skills

Data architecture

Palantir Foundry

LLM integration

ETL pipelines

Python

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Azure

Power BI

Job description

Career Opportunities withJANUS Research Group

Candidates must have an active Secret clearance and verify, before applying, that you meet the minimum requirements of the position.

Target salary range: $90k-$95k. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

Data Solutions Architect responsible for architecting, building, and deploying AI-enabled decision-support and assessment platforms on the Army Vantage (Palantir Foundry) data repository, SharePoint, the Azure (T2COM Cloud/C-Army/Advantage), and Microsoft Power Platform in support of Army experimentation and modernization events. This is a hands-on architect role requiring personal initiative and proactiveness in the: design of ontology, writing code, development, training, and integration of AI, and briefing of the architecture to senior leadership when directed. The ideal candidate is a proactive, self-starting learner who can rapidly get up to speed on complex customer processes and data environments.

Travel Requirement: 25% per year to CONUS and OCONUS locations.

Key Responsibilities

• Initiative and Communication: Demonstrate a high degree of initiative and autonomy, independently driving tasks from assignment to completion with minimal supervisory oversight. Proactively identify and resolve obstacles, escalating only when genuinely blocked. Maintain clear, professional, and proactive communication with team members and leadership. Clearly articulate technical concepts, project status, and risks to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ontology & Platform Architecture: Design and implement ontology schemas, object types, write-back Actions, and permissioning models on Army Vantage / Palantir Foundry. Own the end-to-end data model one write path, one audit trail, one permissioning model.
• AI Agent Engineering: Design, build, and operate LLM-powered agents (distillation, conversational query, insight generation, scoring/coaching) via direct commercial LLM API integration. Enforce source citation to ontology object IDs, confidence scoring, and human-in-the-loop review before AI output surfaces to leadership.
• Application Development: Build production data-capture, analytics, and review applications, multi-step validated forms with cascading data structures, transcript ingestion pipelines, review/approval queues, and drill-down analytical views.
• Classification-Aware Deployment: Plan and execute NIPR development-to-SIPR production promotion, including E2E testing against representative prior-event data and coordination of the accreditation path.
• Architecture Decision Authority: Perform platform and integration trade-off analyses under operational constraints; brief recommendations and decisions to senior military leadership for formal acceptance.
• Dashboard & Distribution: Develop native Foundry dashboards and Power BI distribution-layer products; partner with staff teams for predictive analytics in Python or other appropriate tools.
• Data Governance & Quality: Establish and enforce governance, lineage, traceability, and quality standards including AI-output traceability that drive authoritative, trusted data for decision-making by Army senior leaders. Ensure all work products are delivered on time and meet the highest standards of quality, accuracy, and completeness before submission. Take ownership of deliverable quality to minimize rework cycles
• Security & Compliance: Champion OPSEC, IA, and PII safeguards in all workflows, aligning with DoD and Army enterprise architecture standards.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Data/Information Systems, Math, or related field; Equivalent experience may substitute.
• Clearance: Active Secret clearance required (SIPR access is required for production deployment).
• Proven ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy, taking ownership of ambiguous requirements and developing solutions with minimal direction.
• Vantage/Palantir (must-have): Current working knowledge of the Army Vantage data repository or Palantir Foundry-based platforms, including ontology design and application build not solely dashboard consumption. Candidates must be able to describe an ontology they designed and deployed.
• LLM/AI Integration: Demonstrated experience integrating commercial LLM APIs (e.g., Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, or equivalent) into production workflows with human-in-the-loop controls.
• Experience: 3+ years engineering enterprise data/analytics platforms, including 2+ years on Palantir-based platforms; 3+ years in ETL, data wrangling, and pipeline development.
• Delivery: Track record delivering against fixed, gated timelines with formal government capability acceptance (IOC/FOC or equivalent).

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with DoD/Army modernization or joint experimentation (Project Convergence or similar).
• Azure cloud services (Data & Storage, Databricks, Analytics, Purview) as a secondary environment.
• Experience supporting live experimentation events with rapid capture-to-insight cycles (observer workflows, rapporteur/transcript pipelines).

JANUS strives to provide opportunities for career growth through training and development. We also offer an attractive comprehensive benefit package to include health and welfare plans and financial products. As part of a total rewards program, employees can benefit from our referral bonus program, and other various employee awards. JANUS Research Group takes pride in our benefit package and rewards program which has earned us the certification of a Great Place to Work

JANUS Research Group provides reasonable accommodation so that qualified applicants with a disability may participate in the selection process. Please advise us of any accommodations you request to express interest in a position by e-mailing: Judy Pagac, Chief Human Resources Officer at [e-mail] or calling [phone]. Please state your request for assistance in your message. Only reasonable accommodation requests related to applying for a specific position within JANUS Research Group will be reviewed at the e-mail address and phone number supplied. Thank you for considering a career with JANUS Research Group.

JANUS Research Group participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. JANUS Research Group is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer. It is company policy to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment practice without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, citizenship, or disability.

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.