Principal, Data Engineer

L3Harris Technologies is seeking a Principal Data Engineer for its Enterprise Data and AI team. The role shapes enterprise data architecture and oversees data pipelines, platform design, governance, ontology management, documentation, and user training, primarily using Palantir Foundry.

Responsibilities:

• Provide architectural oversight for the company’s data platform and related initiatives, ensuring alignment with company standards and best practices
• Assist development initiatives with design reviews, offering guidance on architecture and data modeling
• Lead design reviews for proposed solutions, including data sourcing, data pipelines, data models, and ontology resources, providing actionable feedback to enhance design scalability
• Assist and develop architectural artifacts, perform requirements decomposition, and develop other documentation to support the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Support the SDLC process by participating in data architecture review sessions, reviewing proposed solutions for compliance with architectural standards
• Oversee and provide guidance for data pipelines, ensuring scalability, reusability, and performance
• Utilize Palantir Foundry to perform data integration and ontology management to support big data analytics at scale
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define data governance, metadata, and ontology standards, ensuring consistency and clarity across the data platform and enterprise
• Remain current with emerging data technologies and frameworks to recommend improvements to the data platform architecture

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 12 years prior Palantir experience or Graduate Degree and a minimum of 10 years of prior Palantir experience In lieu of degree, minimum 16 years of prior Palantir experience
• 5+ years of experience as a data architect or in a senior data engineering role, ideally supporting enterprise-scale data and analytics platforms
• 4+ years of experience with Data Pipeline development or ETL tools such as Palantir Foundry, Azure Data Factory, SSIS or Python
• 5+ Years of overall Data Integration experience in Palantir Foundry or similar data integration tools
• Experience architecting Palantir Foundry platforms to enable Generative AI capabilities, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), semantic search, and LLM integration
• Hands on experience with design, development of Data Pipelines in Palantir Foundry Pipeline Builder or Code Repository, or similar technologies leveraging PySpark and Spark SQL
• Experience with Palantir Foundry tools such as Ontology Manager, Compass, Code Repository, Solution Designer, OSDK, AI FDE, and AIP Analyst
• Demonstrated understanding of how Foundry's Ontology, operational workflows, and governed data assets enable AI-driven business and manufacturing solutions
• Familiarity with SDLC processes and architecture review or data governance board processes
• Understanding of BI (Business Intelligence) & DW (Data Warehouse) development methodologies
• Experience with Python, Pandas, Databricks, JavaScript, Typescript or other scripting languages
• Experience with AI tools such as OpenAI, Palantir AIP, Snowflake Cortex, or similar