Job Title: MSS Developer Engineer
Location: Pentagon | Arlington, VA
Clearance Level: This position requires candidates to be U.S. citizens and to possess, at minimum, an active Secret security clearance. Roles under this requisition may require higher-level clearances, including TS/SCI, which candidates must be able to obtain and maintain based on project assignment.
Job DescriptionBuild Mission-Critical Analytics and Applications - 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
Drive Hands-On Platform Engineering - 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
Enable Data-Driven Decision Making - 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
Optimize Platform 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 escalate complex platform issues to senior engineers as appropriate
Foster Analytics Excellence - 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
- Support validation of the FDE&T model for potential extension to additional Combatant Commands, Service components, and functional commands
- Stay current with MSS/Palantir technologies and advocate for new tools and approaches that improve mission analytics
Required Skills- 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
Preferred Skills- Prior Palantir FDE/FDSE or comparable customer-embedded role
- Hands-on MSS experience AIP agent or large language model workflow exposure
- Familiarity with DoD data environments and classified networks
- Prior Combatant Command support
- Solid Python and SQL skills with familiarity in JavaScript/TypeScript
Working ConditionsMust be able to work onsite in a SCIF
$135,000 - $165,000 a year
