Senior Consultant, Palantir Foundry Data Engineer

Salary: £95,000 - 130,000 per year

Requirements

• We require applicants to be willing and eligible to apply for and obtain UK security clearance to Developed Vetting (DV) level, if not already holding existing clearance.
• We are looking for hands-on experience with technologies relevant to Palantir Foundry and Gotham.
• We need experience ingesting, transforming, enriching, and integrating data from diverse sources into structured information assets within Palantir Foundry.
• We need experience designing, building, and optimising ETL processes, data pipelines, and automated workflows using Palantir Foundry tools.
• We value experience optimising data systems for performance, scalability, reliability, and monitoring within Palantir Foundry.
• We look for experience in data governance, including metadata management, data quality, and lineage tracking within Palantir Foundry.
• We need experience building and maintaining military workflows in Palantir Gotham.
• We are specifically looking for candidates with both technical and business-focused skills who can articulate the outcomes and value of their work.
• We value end-to-end development experience with data pipelines, ETL processes, and workflow orchestration, with demonstrable experience in Palantir Foundry and Gotham.
• We look for experience working with diverse data sources and types, including batch, streaming, real-time, and unstructured data.
• We value systems thinking and architectural design skills for building scalable, high-performance data solutions within Palantir Foundry.
• We need data modelling, Ontology design, and database optimisation knowledge, with evidence of logical and physical models in a Foundry context.
• We look for the ability to monitor, troubleshoot, and tune Palantir Foundry pipelines for reliability and performance.
• We value coding experience that demonstrates modularity, reusability, and efficiency across languages such as Python and TypeScript.
• We expect understanding of the full development lifecycle, SDLC concepts, version control, and CI/CD pipelines for data solutions.
• We value knowledge of data security, governance, metadata management, and master data principles applied across the Palantir stack.
• We need strong communication skills and the ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical data solutions and Foundry implementations.

Responsibilities

• We leverage our expertise in Palantir Foundry to bridge customer needs and technical solutions.
• We make data valuable for our Defence & Security clients by designing, developing, and deploying robust solutions across the Palantir stack.
• We turn data into accessible, trusted information assets and enable actionable insights through the Ontology.
• We take responsibility for deliverables and client stakeholder relationships.
• We deliver solutions using agile methodologies.
• We work in multi-disciplinary teams across a range of industries, subject matters, and locations.
• We apply Palantir Foundrys data engineering tools to create high-quality, standardised data assets for downstream use cases such as AI, operational applications, and reporting.
• We design and implement robust, scalable data pipelines and data models within Palantir Foundry.
• We coordinate with other developers and engineers to support data ingestion, transformation, and storage.
• We bring innovation and novel approaches to solve challenging data engineering problems within the Palantir ecosystem.
• We optimise data flows and leverage advanced Foundry features such as artifacts and compute modules.
• We architect and implement Palantir Foundry solutions for scale and complexity, ensuring maximum value across diverse teams and consumers.
• We develop logical and physical data modelling and governance strategy within Palantir Foundry.
• We establish standards across teams and ensure data quality and lineage.
• We develop user-facing applications within the Palantir stack using low-code or pro-code methods.

Technologies

• AI
• Architect
• CI/CD
• ETL
• Support
• Python
• Security
• TypeScript

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We are growing our Palantir capability within Technology and Transformation and are seeking people who want to help deliver some of the biggest and most ambitious programmes supporting Defence & Security clients. We are based in Bristol, London, or Manchester with hybrid working, giving you the opportunity to work across local offices, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites, and remotely. At Deloitte, we invest in outstanding people, build diverse teams, and foster a culture of inclusion, collaboration, integrity, and measurable impact. We offer world-class development, flexible working, wellbeing support, and opportunities to grow your career while making an impact that matters.

last updated 35 week of 2026