Forward Deployed Engineer, Security Clearance – NATO
- london, england, United Kingdom
- Permanent·Hybrid
- Full time
- £70 - £100 Per Hour
Job Description
• Understand defence and security users' situational-awareness and force-protection needs and scope solutions
• Design, build and deploy Palantir Foundry data pipelines, ontology models and operator-facing applications
• Integrate live intelligence into workflows, common operating pictures and command-and-control tooling
• Build and tune custom widgets as needed
• Own solutions end to end, from initial whiteboard sketch to operations centre
• Debug infrastructure, networking and application issues across the stack in restricted, disconnected or on-premise settings
• Advise customer engineers and operators and relay feedback into the product
• Travel to customer sites and operations centres in Europe approximately 25%–75% of the time
• Work remotely with trips to Mons, Belgium, three days on site every second week
Requirements
- Strong engineering background — computer science, software engineering, mathematics, physics or something equally technical
- Hands-on Palantir Foundry work: pipelines, ontology, Compute Modules, Code Repositories and Workbooks, application development
- Fluency in at least one of Python, Java, SQL, TypeScript or JavaScript, Bash, Go
- Three years or more of professional software or forward-deployed / solutions engineering experience, shipping systems into production
- Ability to quickly learn an unfamiliar platform architecture and data model and reason about technical decisions' operational impact
- Experience with containers (Docker or Podman) and orchestration (Kubernetes or OpenShift)
- Solid Linux, networking and on-premise fundamentals
- Ease with technical and non-technical stakeholders and shifting objectives
- Willingness to travel and work on site in secure customer facilities
- Candidates must have the right to work in the EU, or be UK-based
- Security clearance required
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in designing and deploying Palantir Foundry data pipelines and applications, with a strong engineering background in software development and systems integration. Proficient in collaborating with diverse stakeholders and adapting to dynamic operational environments.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Palantir Foundry Application Development
- Python Programming
- Docker Containerization
- Kubernetes Orchestration
- Security Clearance
Hard Skills
- Data Pipeline Development
- Ontology Modeling
- Compute Modules
- Code Repositories
- SQL Programming
- Java Programming
- TypeScript Programming
- JavaScript Programming
- Bash Scripting
- Go Programming
Soft Skills
- Stakeholder Communication
- Adaptability
Certifications & Qualifications
- Right to Work in the EU
- UK-Based Eligibility
Industry Keywords
- Defence
- Security
- Situational Awareness
- Force Protection
- Command-and-Control
Tools & Technologies
- Palantir Foundry
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Linux