Palantir Foundry Ontology Engineer
The Opportunity:
As an engineering and analytics professional, you're excited at the prospect of unlocking the secrets held by a data set, and you're fascinated by the possibilities presented by IoT, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Your deep engineering and analytics expertise, coupled with an original approach to your work, will guide clients and stakeholders as they make sense of their data and encourage actionable results.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer on our Defense Technology team, you'll introduce innovative methodologies to make a real-world impact on protecting our military. You'll share your skills in data engineering, data science, modeling, and technology integration to develop solutions to drive the mission forward. Collaborate with engineers, product owners, analysts, and mission stakeholders to design and develop Foundry-based applications that meet mission needs.

What You'll Work On:

• 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.

You Have:

• 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

Nice If You Have:

• Experience working directly with mission operators, analysts, or stakeholders in embedded or forward-deployed environments for clients in the defense or intelligence sectors
• Experience with creating Data Connections, Code Repos, or Pipeline Builders for data ingestion and transformation, debugging and resolving pipeline issues, error and performance bottlenecks, and in programming languages, such as Python or TypeScript
• Experience with Git repositories, CI/CD workflows, or infrastructure automation
• Experience with AI or ML model integration within Foundry applications
• Knowledge of Foundry security models, access control, and compliance frameworks
• Secret clearance
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics, or a Technology field

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Compensation

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.