Location: Remote. Candidates must reside in the Arlington, Virginia area
Travel: Up to 10%
Security Requirement: Active Secret clearance required
Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required

Overview

Osprey Talent Solutions is supporting a national security partner seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer to lead technical delivery within a Palantir Foundry environment supporting Army Vantage operational analytics.

This role serves as the technical lead responsible for architecture, CI/CD implementation, and the delivery of production-ready dashboards and data workflows that support force management and readiness decision-making.

You will work directly with government stakeholders and engineering teams to deliver scalable, mission-critical analytics capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines within Army Vantage (Palantir Foundry), including build, test, deployment, and environment promotion workflows
• Develop and iterate on analytical dashboards using Foundry’s Workshop or Slate application layer
• Define and enforce automated testing, validation frameworks, and release confidence standards
• Configure monitoring, logging, and alerting aligned to platform architecture and development patterns
• Implement governed metrics and reusable data logic aligned to platform ontology models
• Collaborate with government stakeholders and integration partners to align technical architecture and deployment processes
• Participate in agile development cycles including planning, standups, reviews, and demonstrations
• Deliver technical documentation, configuration baselines, and operational runbooks
• Troubleshoot defects and deliver ongoing enhancements to maintain system performance
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and technical guidance

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry, including pipelines, Workshop or Slate, and ontology configuration
• Approximately eight or more years of software engineering or systems integration experience
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in secure or government environments
• Proficiency with Python, TypeScript, or Java within data platform environments
• Experience supporting DoD or classified environments
• Familiarity with Army Vantage, GFIM, force management, or readiness data domains is a plus
• Ability to own full lifecycle delivery from architecture through deployment

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexible work schedule
• Tuition and training reimbursement
• Opportunities for growth and advancement