MSS Platform Engineer: Data Analytics & Palantir

Agile Defense; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Agile Defense seeks an MSS Developer to build mission-critical analytics and Palantir-based dashboards for DoD missions. You’ll design end-to-end data pipelines, integrate external sources, and ensure data accuracy across the MSS stack.

You will translate analytic needs into scalable technical solutions and collaborate with mission leaders to deliver insights that drive operational effectiveness. You will create visualizations, interactive tools, and alerting systems, while optimizing

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, 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
• 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 / Gotham / AIP / MSS

Dashboard development

Data pipelines & ontology

PySpark / Pipeline Builder

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a quantitative discipline

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Palantir Gotham

Palantir AIP

MSS

Job description

Agile Defense seeks an MSS Developer to build mission-critical analytics and Palantir-based dashboards for DoD missions. You’ll design end-to-end data pipelines, integrate external sources, and ensure data accuracy across the MSS stack.

You will translate analytic needs into scalable technical solutions and collaborate with mission leaders to deliver insights that drive operational effectiveness. You will create visualizations, interactive tools, and alerting systems, while optimizing