Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer   Location: Onsite, Rosemead, CA Schedule: 24/7/365 rotation; 12-hour shifts on a rotating 2-2-3 schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays Reports to: Echo (Forward Deployed Strategist) Direct reports: None Travel: 0–10% Pay range: Based on experience   The Role   PVM is hiring a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer to serve as a technical lead for Southern California Edison's environments in Palantir Foundry. These systems support wildfire mitigation, Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) operations, and regulatory reporting.   You will lead architecture, ontology design, application delivery, and overall platform health. You will own complex implementation efforts from design through production support. You will mentor engineers and keep solutions scalable, supportable, and aligned to enterprise governance standards.   What You'll Do   Serve as technical lead for platform architecture and environment health across PSPS CDP and WiSDM   Design and govern enterprise ontology objects, relationships, and business logic across multiple operational use cases   Own complex implementation efforts end to end: architecture, build, test, deployment, and production support   Lead incident response and root cause analysis during critical operational events   Set governance processes for ontology lifecycle management, object reuse, and platform scalability   Lead release management, deployment promotion, and environment governance   Partner with utility stakeholders, operations teams, and enterprise architecture to turn operational needs into scalable Foundry solutions   Mentor engineers on ontology design, Workshop development, operational architecture, and Foundry best practices   Provide performance feedback on Junior and Mid-Level engineers     Required Qualifications   Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field, plus at least 6 years of software engineering or systems integration experience   In lieu of a degree: at least 10 years of relevant experience   Deep expertise with Palantir Foundry Ontology Manager, Workshop, Actions, Pipeline Builder, and operational application development   Experience designing enterprise ontologies and governing reusable data models across multiple applications   Experience supporting production operational platforms with strict uptime and response requirements   Strong grasp of operational governance, release management, and platform support models   Willingness to work 12-hour rotating shifts onsite in Rosemead, CA, including nights, weekends, and holidays   Preferred Qualifications   Experience on Foundry implementations with 50+ ontology objects and multiple operational applications   Experience conducting ontology reviews, governance assessments, and platform architecture evaluations   Experience working directly with executive stakeholders and enterprise architecture organizations   Familiarity with utility operations, wildfire mitigation, public safety, outage management, or regulatory reporting     About PVM & Benefits At PVM, we mean it when we say we value diversity. As a PVM team member, you will work with people from all different backgrounds that are passionate about the problems we solve for our customers and are focused on delivering value for our clients. Our culture encourages problem solving, leadership, and innovation, and creates an environment that will support your professional and personal growth. Here are a few highlights of the advantages of being a part of the PVM community: Opportunities for growth and advancement Tuition/Training reimbursement Peer bonus program Remote and on-site positions available Unlimited PTO Flexible work schedule   PVM, Inc. is an SBA 8(a)-certified, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and Palantir USG Vanguard Partner. PVM is an equal opportunity employer.