Forward Deployed Engineer

• Work directly with defence and security stakeholders to understand


• operational requirements and develop technical solutions.


• Design, develop, and deploy solutions using Palantir Foundry.


• Build and maintain data pipelines, ontology models, and user-facing


• applications.


• Integrate real-time intelligence into customer workflows, command-and-control systems, and common operating pictures.

• Develop and customise widgets and applications to support customer operational needs.


• Take ownership of solutions throughout the full project lifecycle, from design through deployment and operational support.


• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, networking, application, and integration issues.


• Work in secure, restricted, disconnected, or on-premises environments as required.


• Act as a trusted technical advisor to customer engineers and operational users.


• Gather customer feedback and contribute to continuous product and solution improvements.


• Collaborate with cross-functional technical and non-technical teams.


• Travel to NATO sites, customer facilities, and operational locations across Europe as required.

• Strong software engineering and solution design skills.


• Expertise with Palantir Foundry, including:
  o Data Pipelines
  o Ontology
  o Compute Modules
  o Code Repositories
  o Workbooks
  o Application Development


•  Programming experience in one or more of:
  o Python
  o Java
  o SQL
  o TypeScript/JavaScript
  o Bash
  o Go


• Linux administration and troubleshooting.


• Networking fundamentals.


• Container technologies including Docker or Podman.


• Container orchestration using Kubernetes or OpenShift.


• System integration and application deployment.


• Infrastructure troubleshooting across networking, infrastructure, and application layers.


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.


• Strong stakeholder management and customer engagement skills.

• Minimum 3 years' professional experience in Software


• Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering, or Solutions Engineering.


• Hands-on experience developing production solutions using Palantir Foundry.


• Experience designing and implementing data pipelines and operational applications.


• Experience integrating enterprise platforms and operational data sources.


• Experience deploying and supporting production systems.


• Experience working in secure, on-premises, or restricted environments.


• Experience collaborating with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.


• Ability to work in fast-paced, mission-critical environments.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering,


• Mathematics, Physics, or another related technical discipline.

• Experience deploying software in classified, air-gapped, or disconnected environments.


• Defence, intelligence, national security, or emergency management experience.


• Experience with geospatial platforms such as Esri or ArcGIS.


• Experience with command-and-control systems.


• Experience developing front-end applications and data-rich user interfaces.


• Understanding of NATO or national defence environments, accreditation processes, and compliance requirements.


• Proficiency in an additional European language.


• Working Location


• Primary Location: NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium.


• On-site attendance is required unless otherwise agreed.


• Regular travel to NATO sites, operations centres, and customer locations across Europe.


• Estimated travel requirement: 25%–75%.

• Employment Type: Contract


• Working Days: Monday to Friday


• Working Hours: 09:00 – 17:00 (8-hour day with a 1-hour unpaid lunch break)


• Primarily on-site with customer and NATO facilities.


• Travel across Europe as required for customer engagements.


• Travel to customer sites is reimbursed when pre-approved in accordance with company travel policies.D


• Daily commuting to the primary work location is the contractor's responsibility.


• Must hold an active NATO Secret security clearance before the start of the engagement.


• Must comply with all applicable NATO and customer security policies and procedures.

• Some travel to other NATO sites may be required

• Valid National or NATO Secret personal security clearance