MSS Developer - Arlington (VA)
Agile Defense3 days ago
Arlington, VA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$135k - $165k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain operator-facing dashboards, applications, decision surfaces, self-service capabilities, and automated workflows.
- Develop and maintain MSS and Palantir data pipelines, ontology, access controls, integrations, and data foundations for AI/AIP workflows.
- Create visualizations, interactive analytical tools, alerting systems, monitoring systems, KPIs, and mission-performance metrics.
- Optimize data models, queries, caching, aggregation, dashboard performance, scalability, and reporting reliability.
- Provide day-to-day operator support and escalate complex platform issues to senior engineers.
- Document data sources, metric definitions, analytical methodologies, reusable platform content, and integration recipes.
- Support validation of the FDE&T model and stay current with MSS and Palantir technologies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a quantitative discipline, or extensive Palantir experience as a substitute.
- At least 4 years of software or data engineering experience, including at least 1.5 years of hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry, Gotham, AIP, or MSS.
- Demonstrated experience building dashboards, applications, or pipelines for operational end users.
- Working proficiency in ontology design and pipeline authoring using PySpark, Code Repositories, or Pipeline Builder.
- Active U.S. government security clearance and U.S. citizenship.
- Preferred qualifications include Palantir FDE/FDSE or comparable customer-embedded experience, MSS experience, AIP or large language model workflow exposure, familiarity with DoD data environments and classified networks, Combatant Command support, and Python, SQL, JavaScript, and TypeScript skills.
- Must be able to work onsite in a SCIF.
Benefits
- Onsite work at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, in a SCIF.
- Employees are described as a top priority, with a culture centered on the company’s six core values.
- The role may require maintaining higher-level clearances, including TS/SCI, based on project assignment.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Agile Defense
Agile Defense provides IT services and cybersecurity solutions for U.S. defense and federal civilian agencies, including digital transformation, systems integration, C4ISR support, data analytics, and cloud. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the privately held company is owned by Enlightenment Capital and operates across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Its work centers on securing sensitive missions and modernizing government technology environments through managed services and mission-focused engineering.