MSS Developer

About Agile Defense

Able Defense knows that action defines the outcome and new challenges require new solutions. That’s why we always look to the future and embrace change with an unmovable spirit and the courage to build for what comes next. Our vision is to bring adaptive innovation to support our nation's most important missions through the seamless integration of advanced technologies, elite minds, and unparalleled agility—leveraging a foundation of speed, flexibility, and ingenuity to strengthen and protect our nation’s vital interests.

Requisition #: 1807

Job Title: MSS Developer

Location: On-Site, Peterson Space Force Base, CO
Clearance Level: Top Secret / SCI, Must Have Clearance to Start

Job Description

• Build Mission-Critical Analytics and Applications
• Create 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
• Develop automated workflows that deliver timely insights to stakeholders across the directorate
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across all MSS deliverables
• Drive Hands-On Platform Engineering
• 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
• Enable Data-Driven Decision Making
• 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
• Optimize Platform 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
• Foster Analytics Excellence
• 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

Education and Background

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

Years of Experience

• 4 years Required

Skills

• 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

Preferred Skills

• Prior Palantir FDE/FDSE or comparable customer-embedded role
• AIP agent or large language model workflow exposure
• Familiarity with DoD data environments and classified networks
• Combatant Command support, especially NORAD/USNORTHCOM
• Solid Python and SQL skills with familiarity in JavaScript/TypeScript

Working Conditions

• Must be able to work onsite in a SCIF

Our Core Values

• Happy - Be Infectious
• Helpful - Be Supportive
• Honest - Be Trustworthy
• Humble - Be Grounded
• Hungry - Be Eager
• Hustle - Be Driven

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.