Data Engineer (Army Vantage/Palantir Foundry)

Akira Technologies is seeking a Data Engineer to support a Department of the Army contract. The Data Engineer will design, develop, and maintain enterprise data pipelines and backend integrations across DoD data platforms, cloud environments, and mission applications. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Army Vantage / Palantir Foundry, Advana / Databricks / SQL, and Microsoft Dataverse / A365 backend systems.

This is a hybrid role with the in-person meetings in Camp Murray, WA, with remote work as permitted by contract requirements. This role supports a US Government contract, hence US Citizenship is required, with Federal Tier 1 suitability investigation.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise data pipelines supporting Army mission requirements.
• Build and integrate backend data transformations, APIs, and relational data models across DoD platforms.
• Support data ingestion, transformation, linkage, and egress between Army Vantage / Palantir Foundry, Advana / Databricks, SQL environments, and Microsoft Dataverse / A365.
• Implement and maintain schema linkages, data mappings, and integration interfaces.
• Enforce RBAC and other applicable security controls within DoD IL5 environments.
• Collaborate with cloud architects, application developers, and government stakeholders to resolve data integration and performance issues.
• Develop technical documentation, data flow diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Ensure data solutions comply with applicable DoD security, architecture, and data management standards.

Minimum Qualifications

* Minimum 3 years of comprehensive experience in enterprise data engineering, cloud architecture, and DoD systems integration. * Favorable Federal Tier 1 suitability investigation. * Demonstrated expertise in: + Backend data transformation and processing. + API pipeline development and integration. + Relational database modeling. + Data engineering within DoD IL5 environ