MSS Developer - DC
Agile Defense3 days ago
Washington, DC, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$135k - $165k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain operator-facing dashboards, applications, decision surfaces, self-service capabilities, and automated workflows aligned to J7 mission workflows.
- Develop and maintain data pipelines, ontology, access controls, and data foundations on MSS and the Palantir stack.
- Integrate external data sources and ensure data accuracy, consistency, and operational usefulness of AI/AIP model outputs.
- Create data visualizations, interactive exploration tools, alerting systems, monitoring systems, KPIs, and success metrics.
- Optimize data models, queries, caching, aggregation, dashboard performance, scalability, and reporting reliability.
- Provide day-to-day operator support, escalate complex platform issues, document data sources and analytical methodologies, and contribute reusable platform content.
- Support validation of the FDE&T model for potential expansion to additional combatant commands, service components, and functional commands.
- Stay current with MSS and Palantir technologies and advocate for tools and approaches that improve mission analytics.
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.
- 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; candidates must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain and maintain required clearances.
- Preferred: Palantir FDE/FDSE or comparable customer-embedded experience; MSS experience; AIP agent or large language model workflow exposure; familiarity with DoD data environments and classified networks; Combatant Command support; and Python, SQL, JavaScript, or TypeScript skills.
Benefits
- Onsite work in Washington, D.C., in a SCIF is required.
- Employees are supported by a culture emphasizing collaboration, integrity, continuous improvement, and mission focus.
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.