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MSS Developer

Agile Defense· Data Analytics & AI – Data Management and Governance
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Peterson Space Force Base, CO$135k - $165kRegularPosted 1mo ago

About the role

Build mission-critical analytics and applications, drive hands-on platform engineering on MSS and Palantir stack, enable data-driven decision making, optimize platform performance, and foster analytics excellence for DoD missions at Peterson Space Force Base.

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 N&NC and 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 implementing 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

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a quantitative discipline
  • Extensive Palantir experience will substitute.

Skills

Required:Software or data engineering experiencePalantir Foundry, Gotham, AIP, or MSSDashboard and pipeline development for operational end usersOntology design and pipeline authoring
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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