Palantir Developer

Guidehouse•Tysons, VA

5d•$130,000 - $216,000

About The Position

Guidehouse seeks a Palantir Developer to support the Department of Defense by designing, building, and operating data solutions in the Vantage platform. The role leverages Palantir Foundry to provide authoritative, decision-grade financial and operational insights, with a focus on scalable data solutions in secure federal cloud environments and financial, budgetary, and execution data. The developer will build and maintain Foundry Workshop Modules, data pipelines, transforms, and data products; optimize data models and curated datasets; and support financial reporting, PPBE workflows, auditability, and mission analytics within Advana and downstream Foundry uses. The position also supports secure cloud-native implementations, CI/CD, data quality and reconciliation, legacy-system integration and migration, production troubleshooting, and compliance documentation. The role partners with functional subject-matter experts, financial analysts, platform engineers, and governance teams.

Requirements

Active and maintained Secret federal or DoD security clearance.
Bachelor’s degree.
Three years of experience in data engineering, analytics engineering, or software development; regulated or federal experience is preferred.
Palantir Foundry experience.
Experience with Python, SQL, PySpark, and Spark-based data processing.
Experience building or supporting Palantir Foundry solutions, including pipelines, transforms, datasets, and data lineage.
Experience with relational and analytical data stores such as Databricks, Oracle, Postgres, or SQL Server, and sound data modeling principles.
Experience handling federal financial data, including budget, execution, and accounting data, with an understanding of data controls and reconciliation needs.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience supporting or integrating with DoD Advana/Vantage.
Direct experience supporting DoD financial, PPBE, comptroller, or audit-related programs.
Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Familiarity with Git-based version control, CI/CD concepts, and Agile delivery methodologies in secure environments.
Prior experience working directly within Advana/Vantage or adjacent DoD enterprise analytics platforms.
Palantir, AWS, Azure, or Databricks certifications.
Familiarity with data governance, metadata management, lineage, and access controls in classified or controlled unclassified environments.
Understanding of DoD data, security, and compliance frameworks, including RMF and ATO processes.
Previous consulting experience supporting federal or defense clients.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain Workshop Modules in Palantir Foundry.
Design, develop, and maintain end-to-end Palantir data pipelines to ingest, transform, and curate structured and semi-structured data from authoritative DoD source systems.
Engineer and optimize data models, Delta tables, and curated datasets for financial reporting, PPBE workflows, auditability, and mission analytics within Advana and downstream Foundry use cases.
Develop, maintain, and deploy Foundry pipelines, transforms, and data products that enable traceability, lineage, and repeatable analytics workflows.
Implement and manage CI/CD and version-controlled data engineering workflows using Git-based repositories and automated deployment patterns aligned with DoD security and ATO requirements.
Build and deploy cloud-native solutions in secure AWS and Azure environments, supporting IL4/IL5 architectures as applicable and using containerization where approved.
Partner with functional SMEs, financial analysts, platform engineers, and governance teams to ensure pipelines conform to DoD financial data standards, business rules, and controls.
Implement data quality, reconciliation, validation, and monitoring capabilities to support financial accuracy, audit readiness, and confidence in reported metrics.
Support data integration, modernization, and migration, including onboarding legacy financial systems and transitioning workloads to Databricks and Foundry within Advana.
Troubleshoot and resolve production pipeline, performance, and data integrity issues to ensure high availability and reliability.
Document data flows, engineering designs, and operational procedures for compliance, knowledge transfer, and platform accreditation.
Stay current on data engineering, analytics platform, and DevSecOps best practices relevant to DoD enterprise data environments.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package.
Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
Personal and family sick time and company-paid holidays.
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.
Parental leave and adoption assistance.
401(k) retirement plan.
Basic life and supplemental life insurance.
Health Savings Account and dental/vision and dependent-care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Student Loan PayDown.
Tuition reimbursement, personal development, and learning opportunities.
Skills development and certifications.
Employee referral program.
Corporate-sponsored events and community outreach.
Emergency back-up childcare program.
Mobility stipend.