An electric utility client is looking for a
Foundry Data Architect who will support for our Grid Resiliency portfolio, managing PSPS application build in Foundry Palantir.
Position: Foundry Data Architect
Location: Rosemead, CA 91170 (Hybrid - onsite days Tuesday/Wednesday)
Pay Rate: $70.68/hr. on W2
Duration: 12 months or longer
Schedule: 1st shift, M-F, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ongoing operational support for our Grid Resiliency portfolio, managing PSPS application build in Foundry Palantir.
Software code development, code management and reuse; high quality, modular code within Foundry’s Code Repositories & Function repositories , including:
- Implementing reusable transform logic and shared libraries
- Managing version control, branching strategies, and code reviews
- Ensuring code is optimized for Foundry’s distributed execution environment
- Applying best practices for maintainability and long-term reuse?
- Implementation and/or configuration of Palantir software;
- Pipeline and ETL maintenance process and quality control
- Ontology maintenance including access, change process and governance
Implementation and Integration configuration of SaaS and public cloud-based PaaS solutions, where applicable;
- Development, configuration, integration and support for supporting Application System components required to deliver business processes and functional (e.g., logical layers of databases, data marts, logical and physical data warehouses, middleware, configuration of analytics and BI reporting tools);
- Provide Foundry overall architectural governance expertise, and guidance including ontology design and governance, pipeline and dag execution architecture aligning with client’s standards
- Application System configuration and collaboration with infrastructure service provider required to provide application access to external/third parties
- Development, enhancement, integration and maintenance of workshop, dashboard, pipeline builder, Quiver dashboard, automations, to ensure end to end business functionality is maintained;
- Collaboration with Third Party Providers such as infrastructure service provider and enterprise public cloud providers
- All activities required to support business processes and to deliver the required application and business functions to End Users in an integrated service delivery model across our enterprise support model. (e.g., plan, deliver, run).
- Application Maintenance Services, including Major enhancements, new application system development, or system projects.
- The activities associated with maintaining and repairing existing Application System errors, defects, bugs, routine operations (e.g., break/fix services, patch releases to address multiple known errors, defects or bugs) or developing and deploying
- Enhancements in accordance with approved Services.
- Document and maintain methodologies, policies, processes, OLAs and operational interaction models and RACIs for the parties involved in the ADM activities.
Achieve the Service Levels and receive Services in accordance with the mandated PSPS wildfire guidelines, and CPUC guidelines.
- Must support the underlying compute agents, hosting infrastructure and operational services required for Palantir foundry to run reliably,
- Must possess Palantir Foundry architecture expertise including ontology design and governance, pipeline and DAG execution architecture, application and hosting infrastructure, integration patterns, and deployment lifecycle management to safely modify, enhance, or re?architect existing Foundry deployments without disrupting ontology?aligned data flows or downstream applications.
- Deliver agile Application maintenance Services, ensuring consistency and integration between Agile/DevOps service delivery methods across plan, deliver and run phases
expertise to optimize the operation and functionality of the Application Systems
- Drive continual Application System portfolio optimization/rationalization
- Must be able to use Foundry’s Resource Management application to analyze compute consumption, pipeline execution cost, storage utilization, and workload efficiency, and must provide accurate cost calculations and optimization recommendations based on Foundry’s native resource?tracking capabilities
QUALIFICATIONS:
Technical
- Software engineering experience
- Strong full-stack fundamentals with depth in data platforms
- Experience designing and maintaining applications
- Proficiency in Python and Typescript
- Understanding of data pipeline architecture
- Familiarity with Palantir Foundry
- Ability to own technical outcomes end to end without close supervision
- Willingness and ability to participate in on call rotation, including occasional off hours response
- Ability to perform root cause analysis and drive post-incident improvements
- Experience with front end design (Palantir Foundry Workshop preferred)
Operational
- Experience making architectural trade off decisions
- Ability to identify risks early and escalate appropriately
- Strong communication skills for stakeholder updates
- Comfortable working through ambiguous problems in live production environments
- Ability to communicate incident status clearly to stakeholders
- Comfortable making high stakes decisions under time pressure
- Experience in complex operational workflows with tight support timelines
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Technical
- Experience in data engineering or related roles
- Experience with Python for data processing and pipeline development
- Strong proficiency in Python including frameworks like PySpark or Polars
- Experience with Foundry Pipeline Builder, Code Repositories, or Data Connection
- Familiarity with Ontology design and object based data modeling
- Understanding of data lineage and impact analysis
- Ability to troubleshoot pipeline failures and performance issues
- Experience translating business logic into pipeline implementations
- Willingness and ability to participate in on call rotation, including occasional off hours response
- Ability to assess downstream impact of data issues and communicate appropriately
- Client’s Business Functional Knowledge/Utility experience (Great resiliency focus)
About our client:
Our client is one of the largest electric utilities and a longtime leader in renewable energy and energy efficiency in the United States providing electricity for much of Southern California.
About APR:
Since 1980 APR Consulting, Inc. has provided professional recruiting and contingent workforce solutions to a diverse mix of clients, industries, and skill sets nationwide.
Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! If you feel your experience is the match for this position please apply today and join our team. We look forward to working with you!
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