Design and orchestrate cloud data pipelines on AWS with scheduling, retries, data-quality gates, and clean failure handling.
Model data for analytics and application serving — dimensional/fact modeling, grain decisions, slowly-changing dimensions, idempotent recompute patterns, and the distinction between an analytical warehouse and an application system-of-record.
Implement data-quality and reconciliation checks that run every pipeline and gate publication — you don't ship numbers you can't defend.
Drive architecture and technical decisions independently — evaluate tradeoffs, choose approaches, and lead implementation with limited supervision.
Use agentic coding assistants effectively — leverage AI development tooling to accelerate delivery while maintaining code quality and review discipline.
Grow into applied AI/ML — entity resolution / record linkage, LLM-assisted analytics over structured and unstructured data, and anomaly/risk scoring as the work expands.
What You Will Need
SIX (6+) years in data engineering and/or software engineering building and operating production systems.
University Degree and minimum SIX (6) years of prior relevant experience; FOUR (4) years of relevant experience may be substituted for formal education.
Strong software engineering — production-quality Python, clean architecture, testing, code review, and CI/CD. You build software, not just scripts.
Expert SQL — window functions, complex joins, aggregation-grain reasoning, and query performance.
AWS data & compute stack — hands-on with several of: Glue, Step Functions, S3, Redshift, Aurora/RDS, Lambda, EventBridge, ECS/Fargate, IAM.
Data modeling — dimensional/analytical modeling, grain, SCD, and idempotent recompute patterns.
Data-quality discipline — you validate outputs, reconcile totals, and defend your numbers.
Infrastructure as code — Terraform or CDK in a real project.
High autonomy — proven ability to own systems and drive them to completion independently, with sound judgment on architecture and tradeoffs.
Agentic coding assistants — demonstrated, effective use of AI coding tools in a real workflow.
Analytics fluency — profile a dataset, spot anomalies, reason about what a metric means, and explain discrepancies.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD "public trust"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their public trust prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an active public trust or suitability are preferred
What Would Be Nice to Have
Applied AI / ML — practical LLM use (RAG, structured extraction from unstructured text), embeddings, or ML risk-scoring; strong interest counts even without deep production experience.
Agent frameworks — AWS Strands Agents, Bedrock AgentCore, or similar for building tool-using / multi-agent systems.
Entity resolution / record linkage — probabilistic matching
API development — FastAPI or similar; enough front-end awareness to collaborate with UI engineers.
DuckDB / Parquet-based data flows and data-lake table formats (Iceberg/Delta).
Experience in regulated or government data environments.
The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00. 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.
What We Offer
Guidehouse 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.
Benefits include
Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Care.com annual membership
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
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