Data Engineer/Analyst

Guidehouse•Arlington, VA

3d•$98,000 - $163,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Guidehouse is hiring a Data Engineer/Analyst for its Defense & Security AI & Data team, supporting the U.S. Department of State. The team helps the Department use data as a strategic asset to advance diplomacy, strengthen global operations, and improve mission and management decisions. Its work spans data querying, wrangling, integration, engineering, visualization, business intelligence, predictive analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and intelligent automation. The team supports modernization of the Department’s data environment, data quality and interoperability, responsible governance and secure information sharing, reduced operational complexity, and timely, trusted insights for foreign affairs professionals and senior leaders. The role contributes to secure data pipelines, data models, curated datasets, dashboards, and analytic products, working with Department stakeholders to translate mission needs into scalable data capabilities. It also supports data management and governance, stakeholder engagement, testing, training, briefings, client delivery, business development, internal firm initiatives, and continued professional development. The position requires an active Secret clearance and supports on-site and hybrid work for State Department stakeholders in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Travel required is up to 25%.

Requirements

Active and maintained SECRET Federal security clearance.
Bachelor’s degree.
Minimum three years of relevant professional experience, or two years of relevant professional experience with a master’s degree.
Minimum two years of hands-on SQL experience, including complex queries, data transformation, validation, and performance optimization.
Demonstrated expertise developing Power BI semantic models, dashboards, reports, measures, and data visualizations for mission, program, or operational decision-making.
Ability to define technical and functional data requirements and ensure the availability, integrity, coherence, traceability, and appropriate protection of electronically stored information.
Experience analyzing large and complex datasets to identify trends, establish key performance or risk indicators, and produce actionable findings for strategic and operational decisions.
Experience applying data-quality controls, documentation, metadata, lineage, testing, and quality-assurance practices throughout the data lifecycle.
Ability to work with sensitive government information in accordance with need-to-know, role-based access, records-management, privacy, and information-security requirements.
Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to nontechnical stakeholders and collaborate with program, policy, operations, security, and technology personnel.
Ability to support on-site and hybrid work for U.S. Department of State stakeholders in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience supporting the U.S. Department of State, a foreign affairs agency, or another national security or civilian federal client.
Experience supporting enterprise data governance, data cataloging, metadata management, master or reference data, data stewardship, or data-sharing initiatives across multiple organizations.
Experience designing and maintaining data pipelines and data models that ingest, clean, aggregate, organize, and publish data from multiple sources to data warehouses, data lakes, or other analytic repositories.
Experience with Microsoft Azure data services, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, or comparable approved federal cloud and analytics platforms.
Quality-control experience, including debugging, peer review, user-acceptance testing, and quality assurance for new features, data products, and enhancements.
Experience facilitating workshops and presenting technical topics to diverse groups of functional staff, technical teams, executives, and geographically dispersed stakeholders.
Experience redesigning business and data processes to meet evolving diplomatic, policy, program, compliance, or operational requirements.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to create concise technical documentation, executive-ready briefings, and user guidance.

Responsibilities

Serve on a collaborative team delivering AI, advanced analytics, data engineering, business intelligence, and intelligent automation solutions for the U.S. Department of State.
Partner with Department bureaus, offices, data owners, mission stakeholders, and technical teams to translate diplomatic, consular, security, and management needs into scalable data products and analytic capabilities.
Design, build, test, document, and maintain secure data pipelines, data models, curated datasets, dashboards, and analytic solutions using approved Department platforms and environments.
Integrate and transform structured and unstructured data from multiple systems while improving data quality, lineage, interoperability, metadata, and availability for authorized users.
Develop Power BI dashboards and decision-support products that communicate mission and operational performance clearly to working-level personnel, program managers, and senior leaders.
Support mission-driven data management and governance by applying appropriate access controls, records-management practices, privacy protections, information-quality standards, and security requirements.
Facilitate requirements sessions, demonstrations, user-acceptance testing, training, and briefings with diverse functional and technical stakeholders across domestic bureaus and overseas missions.
Contribute to client delivery, business development, internal firm initiatives, and continued professional development in data engineering, analytics, data science, and federal consulting.

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.