MSS Developers (Various Locations)

Agile Defense•Camp Smith, HI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Agile Defense is seeking MSS Developers to build mission-critical analytics and applications. This role involves creating operator-facing dashboards, applications, and decision surfaces aligned with J7 mission workflows. The developer will also create intuitive, self-service capabilities for data exploration and build automated workflows to deliver timely insights. A key aspect of the role is ensuring data accuracy and consistency across all MSS deliverables. The position also requires hands-on platform engineering, including developing and maintaining data pipelines, ontology, and access controls on MSS and the underlying Palantir stack. Integration of external data sources and ensuring AI/AIP workflows have a well-modeled data foundation are also crucial. The developer will partner with mission leaders to understand analytical needs and translate them into technical solutions, enabling data-driven decision making through compelling visualizations and interactive tools. Designing alerting and monitoring systems and collaborating on KPIs and success metrics are also part of the responsibilities. Finally, the role involves optimizing platform performance through efficient data models, query optimization, and implementing caching and aggregation strategies, as well as providing day-to-day operator support and contributing to analytics excellence through reusable content and documentation.

Requirements

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
Must be able to work onsite in a SCIF

Nice To Haves

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

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 escalate complex platform issues to senior engineers as appropriate
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

Benefits

Employees of Agile Defense are our number one priority, and the importance we place on our culture here is fundamental.
Our culture is alive and evolving, but it always stays true to its roots.
Here, you are valued as a family member, and we believe that we can accomplish great things together.
Agile Defense has been highly successful in the past few years due to our employees and the culture we create together.
We call it the 6Hs, the values that define our culture and guide everything we do.
Together, these values infuse vibrancy, integrity, and a tireless work ethic into advancing the most important national security and critical civilian missions.
It's how we show up every day.
It's who we are.
Happy - Be Infectious.
Helpful - Be Supportive.
Honest - Be Trustworthy.
Humble - Be Grounded.
Hungry - Be Eager.
Hustle - Be Driven.