Foundry Ontology Engineer for Defense Tech

Booz Allen Hamilton; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Retirement plans

Professional development

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Ontology Engineer for its Palantir Foundry practice in the United States. You will translate mission problems into scalable ontologies and architectures, build production-grade data pipelines, and design workflows to enable decision-support capabilities for defense-related engagements.

The role requires hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry, ontology design, and collaboration with clients to gather requirements and deliver deployable solutions while

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software, data analytics, or platform engineering, including in a hands‑on or leadership role
• Experience in Palantir Foundry
• Experience in Ontology design and management, designing and developing applications and workflows, and integrating AIP solutions
• Knowledge of the core Foundry Applications and designing solutions to address client challenges
• Ability to engage with stakeholders, define requirements, and translate them into technical solutions, and break down complex mission challenges into implementable solutions
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of outcomes while collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree

Responsibilities

• Translate mission problems into technical architectures, workflows, and ontologies
• Build and maintain production-grade data pipelines using Foundry’s Code Repositories and Pipeline Builder with both structured and unstructured dataset inputs
• Design, develop, and maintain ontologies and create operational workflows and decision-support capabilities
• Troubleshoot, optimize, and improve existing data pipelines and applications supporting critical operations
• Work directly with clients to gather requirements, iterate on prototypes, and refine solutions through deployment
• Implement engineering best practices including version control, testing, and documentation
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Travel to and work from client sites as needed for workshops, deployment activities, or embedded support

Skills

Ontology design

Data engineering

Stakeholder engagement

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics, or Technology

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Python

TypeScript

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking an Ontology Engineer for its Palantir Foundry practice in the United States. You will translate mission problems into scalable ontologies and architectures, build production-grade data pipelines, and design workflows to enable decision-support capabilities for defense-related engagements.

The role requires hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry, ontology design, and collaboration with clients to gather requirements and deliver deployable solutions while