Platform Engineer
About the job
- An active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance with polygraph is required.
- A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience, is required.
- Experience with Palantir Foundry is required.
- A strong understanding of Ontology and Data Ontology is required.
- Demonstrated experience designing, building, and integrating extract, transform, and load (ETL) pipelines is required.
- Proficiency with PySpark and Python is required.
- Experience implementing logging and monitoring solutions is required.
- Knowledge of data governance best practices is required.
- Familiarity with DevOps methodologies is required.
- Experience leveraging artificial intelligence to augment or optimize data pipelines is required.
- Strong experience with data validation and data quality assurance is required.
- Experience working with large or complex datasets and data transformation workflows is required.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable ETL data pipelines within the Palantir ecosystem.
- Connect custom ETL conditioners and workflows to Palantir tooling.
- Develop data transformation and conditioning solutions using PySpark and Python.
- Work with Palantir Foundry and ontology models to organize, integrate, and manage complex datasets.
- Implement logging, monitoring, and observability capabilities across data pipelines.
- Provide stakeholders with end-to-end visibility into data transformation and conditioning processes.
- Leverage artificial intelligence capabilities to augment data pipelines and improve processing speed and efficiency.
- Apply data governance best practices throughout the data lifecycle.
- Perform validation and quality assurance of data products to ensure accuracy, reliability, and readiness for downstream use.
- Integrate validated data products into advanced analytics and data exploitation tools.
- Support deployment and operational activities using DevOps methodologies and practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering, data, and stakeholder teams to deliver reliable and actionable data products.
- Identify opportunities to improve data conditioning, pipeline performance, scalability, and observability.
About the company
1) What VTG does: VTG provides defense and intelligence services with a focus on force modernization, digital transformation, aerospace and naval engineering, and cyber capabilities across a unified enterprise. 2) How its products work: It builds end-to-end capabilities by integrating specialized firms and services (engineering, IT, cyber, logistics) through acquisitions to deliver modernization and transformation for defense and intelligence customers. 3) How it differs from competitors: It operates as a single, cohesive organization after consolidating disparate units and growing through targeted acquisitions to expand its expertise in intelligence, cyber, and defense modernization rather than offering fragmented offerings. 4) What its goal is: To expand its footprint in the intelligence community and cyber domain while continuing defense modernization for government customers, supported by strategic growth and acquisitions.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Lenoir, North Carolina
Founded
1866
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- VTG's sixth 2025 acquisition, Miklos Systems, deepens Intelligence Community software and cloud.
- VTG won DoDIAC Pool 1 access in February 2025 for defense R&D.
- More than 35% of VTG business now comes from Intelligence Community solutions.
What critics are saying
- VTG's 2025 acquisition spree strains integration, systems, and culture across seven businesses.
- VTG relies on federal contracts; one NAVSEA protest or recompete hits revenue in 2026.
- Booz Allen and Leidos bundle similar IC services, threatening VTG's niche outright.
What makes VTG unique
- John Hassoun turned VTG into a defense roll-up spanning IC, cyber, and naval engineering.
- VTG won NAVSEA's five-year $130 million warfare systems engineering prime in May 2024.
- VTG bought Triaplex, Miklos, Byte, iota IT, Tunuva, Loki, and Clear Cloud.
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Benefits
- Hybrid Work Options
- Flexible Work Hours