Mission-Critical Data Engineer (Palantir/DoD)

Agile Defense, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Defense, LLC is seeking a MSS Developer to design and maintain operator-facing dashboards and data pipelines across multiple mission contexts. You will build intuitive tools and automated workflows on the MSS/Palantir stack to enable rapid data-driven decisions for DoD missions.

Candidates should have 4+ years of software or data engineering experience, including hands-on Palantir Foundry/Gotham/AIP/MSS, and hold an active US security clearance. Onsite roles at listed bases are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a quantitative discipline; extensive Palantir experience will substitute.
• 4+ years of software or data engineering experience (data analysis or data science experience considered), including 1.5+ years hands-on with Palantir Foundry, Gotham, AIP, or MSS
• Demonstrated experience building dashboards, applications, or pipelines for operational end users
• Working proficiency in ontology design, pipeline authoring using PySpark, Code Repositories, or Pipeline Builder
• Active US government security clearance

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain operator-facing dashboards, applications, and decision surfaces aligned to J7 mission workflows
• Create intuitive, self-service capabilities that empower operators to explore data independently
• Build automated workflows that deliver timely insights to stakeholders across the directorate
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across all MSS deliverables
• Develop and maintain data pipelines, ontology, and access controls on MSS and the underlying Palantir stack
• Integrate external data sources into a well-modeled data foundation
• Ensure AI/AIP workflows have a well-modeled data foundation and that model outputs are surfaced in operationally useful ways
• Partner with mission leaders to understand analytical needs and translate requirements into technical solutions
• Create compelling data visualizations that communicate complex insights to diverse audiences
• Build interactive tools that allow operators to drill down into data and explore different scenarios
• Design alerting and monitoring systems that proactively identify mission opportunities and risks
• Collaborate with teams to establish KPIs and success metrics that drive mission performance
• Develop efficient data models and query optimization strategies for fast, reliable reporting Implement caching and aggregation strategies to ensure optimal dashboard and application performance
• Build scalable MSS solutions that can handle growing data volumes and user bases
• Provide day-to-day operator support and elevate complex platform issues to senior engineers as appropriate
• Contribute reusable platform content, including ontology patterns, dashboard templates, and integration recipes, to support continuous curriculum refresh
• Document data sources, metrics definitions, and analytical methodologies for organizational knowledge
• Stay current with MSS/Palantir technologies and advocate for new tools and approaches that improve mission analytics

Skills

Palantir Foundry

Palantir Gotham

Dashboards

PySpark

Ontology design

SQL

JavaScript/TypeScript

Security clearance

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a quantitative discipline

Tools

Git

Pipeline Builder

AIP

MSS

Job description

Agile Defense, LLC is seeking a MSS Developer to design and maintain operator-facing dashboards and data pipelines across multiple mission contexts. You will build intuitive tools and automated workflows on the MSS/Palantir stack to enable rapid data-driven decisions for DoD missions.

Candidates should have 4+ years of software or data engineering experience, including hands-on Palantir Foundry/Gotham/AIP/MSS, and hold an active US security clearance. Onsite roles at listed bases are required.