Cleared Foundry engineers for intelligence community programs and federal contractors in McLean.
McLean has the highest concentration of cleared intelligence contractors in the United States. The town hosts CIA headquarters, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and dozens of intelligence contractors supporting the most sensitive federal programs.
Palantir has deep ties to the intelligence community. The company was founded with CIA funding through In-Q-Tel, and Palantir Gotham became the standard for intelligence analysis across the IC. Foundry now supports intelligence data integration, multi-source analysis, and operational planning for classified programs.
Intelligence work in McLean isn't about moving fast and breaking things. It's about building systems where mistakes have operational consequences, where data security determines mission success, and where engineers need clearances that take years to process.
Programs here require:
The cleared contractor community in McLean supports every aspect of intelligence operations:
Many of these contractors won Palantir-related work but need specialists to execute. We work as subcontractors when primes need cleared Foundry engineers who know intelligence workflows.
Intelligence comes from signals intelligence (SIGINT), human intelligence (HUMINT), geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT), and open-source intelligence (OSINT). Each source has different classification, handling requirements, and originator controls. Foundry ontologies need to model these relationships while enforcing proper security policies.
Analysts don't need generic dashboards. They need Workshop applications that support specific intelligence methodologies—link analysis, pattern-of-life analysis, network analysis, geospatial-temporal correlation. The tools need to work the way analysts think, not force analysts to adapt to the tool.
Not everyone with TS/SCI clearance can see everything. Some intelligence is compartmented into Special Access Programs (SAPs), Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), or coalition-only channels. Foundry security policies need to enforce these restrictions at the object and property level—automatically, not through manual procedures.
Intelligence work in McLean requires TS/SCI clearances with polygraph. Many programs add compartmented access requirements—specific SCI programs or SAPs that require additional read-ons and briefings.
Getting someone cleared to work on these programs takes 18-24 months. Programs can't wait. Our engineers hold active TS/SCI clearances and have worked in compartmented programs. We understand the briefing procedures, the security requirements, and how to work in environments where operational security isn't optional.
Cleared Foundry engineers with intelligence experience: Engineers who understand intelligence workflows, classification systems, and the security requirements of compartmented programs.
Multi-organization intelligence architectures: Ontologies that support intelligence sharing across IC agencies with proper originator controls, release markings, and compartmented access policies.
Intelligence analysis applications: Workshop tools built for actual intelligence methodologies—link analysis, pattern analysis, entity resolution, network mapping.
Classified data integration: Pipelines that process intelligence from multiple sources, handle classification markings, and enforce originator controls automatically.
AIP for intelligence analysis: LLM deployment in air-gapped intelligence networks where the AI operates entirely within your security boundary and never sends data out.
BaileyFinch Solutions is an SBA-Certified VOSB (CAGE: 9ZDW1, UEI: U8CWL9QJZGH1). We're eligible for VOSB set-asides and help prime contractors meet small business subcontracting goals. For intelligence programs where cleared Foundry specialists are hard to find, we provide both technical capability and small business credit.
We're based in Ashburn, Virginia—20 minutes from McLean via the Dulles Toll Road. Our engineers work on-site at contractor facilities and cleared government spaces throughout McLean. We understand facility access procedures, badging requirements, and the security protocols for SCIF work.
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