Data Analyst (Dashboard Developer)
About The Position
The Data Analyst will work as a consultant on Guidehouse’s AI and Data Defense and Security team, supporting organizational and mission goals within the Department of Homeland Security. The team helps clients maximize the value of their data and automate business processes through services spanning data querying and wrangling, data engineering, visualization and dashboarding, business intelligence, and predictive analytics. These services support information strategy, mission-critical insights, data-driven decisions, cost and complexity reduction, increased trust, and improved budget justifications and decision-making. This role requires hands-on technical expertise and strong communication skills. The analyst will develop and maintain analytics and dashboard solutions, with a focus on Power BI and Python, and will support client services as well as business development, internal firm initiatives, and ongoing professional development. The position may require travel up to 10% and requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal or DHS Public Trust.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least one year of experience in data analytics, data science, business analytics, or data engineering.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal or DHS Public Trust.
Nice To Haves
- Three years of data analytics experience.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain technical topics to non-technical audiences.
- Strong UI/UX capabilities for dashboard development.
- Familiarity with PowerApps.
- Familiarity with cloud-based analytics environments such as Databricks, Palantir, AWS, Azure, or Google.
- Experience performing analytics and data transformation using Python and R.
- Ability to gather requirements and present to clients, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Knowledge of ETL/ELT processes and tools for data integration.
- Experience with budget, financial management, and workload modeling.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop data visualization and dashboard solutions using Power BI to deliver required analytics insights.
- Lead and review data-cleaning scripts using tools such as Python.
- Maintain and enhance dashboards, analytics solutions, and reporting tools used in operational and strategic decision-making.
- Focus on client services while supporting business development, internal firm initiatives, and ongoing professional development.
- Support business development activities, including RFP, RFQ, and RFI responses and white papers.
Benefits
- Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
- Personal and family sick time and company-paid holidays.
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.
- Parental leave and adoption assistance.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Basic life and supplemental life insurance.
- Health Savings Account and dental/vision and dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Student Loan PayDown.
- Tuition reimbursement, personal development, and learning opportunities.
- Skills development and certifications.
- Employee referral program.
- Corporate-sponsored events and community outreach.
- Emergency back-up childcare program.
- Mobility stipend.
- Flexible benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
