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Job description
Job Family :
nData Engineering & Architecture Consulting
nTravel Required :
nUp to 25%
nClearance Required :
nAbility to Obtain Public Trust
nWhat You Will Do :
nGuidehouse is seeking an experienced Associate Director to serve as the Palantir Foundry technical lead for a major federal health payment integrity modernization initiative. This role will provide hands-on technical leadership for the design, configuration, integration, deployment, and ongoing enhancement of a Palantir Foundry-based operating environment that connects healthcare claims, payments, referrals, authorizations, providers, pricing logic, rules, analytics, workflows, dashboards, and audit trails.
nThe ideal candidate combines deep Palantir Foundry expertise with enterprise data architecture and integration experience, strong technical delivery leadership, and the ability to translate federal health program and payment integrity requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable platform capabilities. Experience with healthcare claims, reimbursement, or federal health consulting is strongly preferred.
nRoles and Responsibilities
nnnServe as the primary Palantir Foundry technical lead, accountable for the platform’s architecture, configuration, implementation, and technical quality.
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nnTranslate federal health, payment integrity, data, security, and operational requirements into a scalable Foundry solution and technical roadmap.
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nnLead development of Foundry data pipelines, Ontology, operational applications, workflows, dashboards, reports, and integrations.
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nnDesign and govern healthcare data models connecting claims, claim lines, remittances, providers, referrals, authorizations, pricing data, rules, findings, analyst actions, and recovery outcomes.
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nnOversee data ingestion, transformation, validation, reconciliation, lineage, metadata, and quality controls for batch and near-real-time processing.
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nnGuide implementation of configurable rules, advanced analytics, anomaly detection, explainability, and human-in-the-loop review workflows.
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nnEnsure secure, auditable, scalable, and resilient platform operations, including access controls, environment management, release governance, monitoring, performance, and production readiness.
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nnLead technical design reviews, Agile planning, testing, demonstrations, user acceptance testing, deployment, and ongoing platform enhancements.
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nnProvide technical direction and quality oversight to Palantir developers, data engineers, application developers, integration engineers, and data scientists.
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nnPartner with federal clients, program leaders, business subject matter experts, security stakeholders, and technology teams to resolve technical decisions, risks, and dependencies.
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nnMentor technical staff and help grow Guidehouse’s Palantir capability through reusable assets, delivery standards, training, solutioning, and business development.
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n nWhat You Will Need :
nnnU.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust
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nnBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related technical field.
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nnTEN (10) or more years of experience in data engineering, enterprise data architecture, platform implementation, systems integration, application development, or a related discipline, with increasing technical and delivery leadership responsibility.
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nnSEVEN (7) or more years with strong hands-on proficiency designing, developing, and deploying production solutions in Palantir Foundry.
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nnExperience leading a team of Palantir Foundry developers, engineers, or architects through the architecture, development, and production deployment of an enterprise-scale implementation.
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nnExperience with core Palantir Foundry capabilities, including data ingestion and source connectivity, Pipeline Builder and code-based transformations, Ontology design, Workshop and operational application development, analytics and visualization, access controls and permissions, data lineage and versioning, testing and monitoring, and release management.
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nnExperience designing and governing batch, incremental, and near-real-time data pipelines, including data modeling, source-to-target mapping, metadata, lineage, reconciliation, and data quality controls.
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nnExperience designing applications and workflows that convert data and analytic results into operational decisions and track actions through resolution.
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nnExperience integrating Palantir Foundry with enterprise APIs, data platforms, source systems, identity services, and downstream applications.
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nnExperience implementing solutions involving sensitive or regulated data and applying security, privacy, access control, auditability, and compliance requirements.
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nnExperience n Python, SQL, and PySpark, with working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or other languages used in Palantir and enterprise data platform development.
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nnExperience leading technical delivery within an Agile environment, including design reviews, code reviews, testing, release planning, and production deployment.
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n nWhat Would Be Nice To Have :
nnnMaster’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Health Informatics, Data Science, or a related field.
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nnPalantir certification or equivalent evidence of advanced Palantir Foundry expertise.
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nnDemonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary technical workstreams and lead, mentor, and provide quality oversight to technical teams in a client-facing delivery environment.
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nnStrong client-facing communication skills, including the ability to facilitate technical decisions, explain tradeoffs, present architecture, and translate operational requirements into technical solutions.
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nnExperience delivering Palantir solutions for the Department of Veterans Affairs or another federal health agency.
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nnPrevious federal health consulting experience involving direct engagement with government program, data, security, and technology stakeholders.
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nnExperience with healthcare claims and payment data, including X12 837 claims, X12 835 remittance transactions, claim-line data, provider data, referrals, authorizations, and claim-to-payment reconciliation.
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nnFamiliarity with Medicare, Medicaid, VA Community Care, TRICARE, healthcare reimbursement, or government-sponsored payment integrity programs.
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nnExperience with healthcare payment integrity, claims validation, improper-payment prevention, utilization analytics, recoveries, or fraud, waste, and abuse detection.
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nnExperience operationalizing AI or machine learning capabilities in Palantir, including anomaly detection, risk scoring, explainability, model monitoring, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
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nnExperience with healthcare interoperability and coding standards, including HL7, FHIR, X12 EDI, NCPDP, CPT, HCPCS, and ICD-10.
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nnExperience supporting FedRAMP-authorized environments, federal authorization-to-operate processes, continuous monitoring, federal security compliance, or Section 508 accessibility.
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nnExperience supporting solution architecture, technical demonstrations, proposals, staffing estimates, or business development for Palantir-enabled opportunities.
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n nThe annual salary range for this position is $149,000.00-$248,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
nWhat We Offer :
nGuidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
nBenefits include:
nnnMedical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
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nnPersonal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
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nnPosition may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
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nnParental Leave and Adoption Assistance
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nn401(k) Retirement Plan
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nnBasic Life & Supplemental Life
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nnHealth Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
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nnShort-Term & Long-Term Disability
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nnStudent Loan PayDown
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nnTuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
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nnSkills Development & Certifications
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nnEmployee Referral Program
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nnCorporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
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nnEmergency Back-Up Childcare Program
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nnMobility Stipend
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n nAbout Guidehouse
nGuidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
nGuidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
nIf you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at or via email at . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.
nAll communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or . Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.
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nGuidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.
Worksite address
mclean, VA, 22107, US
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