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Border Security Technical Data Analyst

Guidehouse
Washington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 3 Feb 2026
💰 $141,000/yr($85,000/yr$141,000/yr)

About the role

Job Family:

Data Engineering & Architecture Consulting


Travel Required:

Up to 10%


Clearance Required:

Active Public Trust

What You Will Do:
The Technical Data Analyst will join a dynamic team supporting U.S Federal border security customers. In this role, the candidate will collect, transform, integrate, and analyze data to identify trends, assess performance, and develop visualizations in support of organizational and mission goals and data-driven decision-making for the client.

Duties may include:

  • Develop and maintain data governance documentation, tools, and templates.

  • Construct data pipelines and flows to support enterprise data reporting and analysis

  • Define data requirements and ensure storage, availability, and coherence of electronically stored information meets the client’s needs.

  • Coordinate with non-technical users to gather requirements.

  • Identify, summarize, and catalog data fidelity issues, and make recommendations to the client on how to resolve or mitigate the issues.

  • Develop intuitive, attractive, and interactive data visualizations using large data sets to create dashboards, using tools such as Tableau and Power BI, for a diverse set of users with varying technical capabilities.

  • Request, document, report, and analyze data, and where applicable, create tools and resources to support data and reporting.

  • Support hybrid work environments involving work on client site, in a Guidehouse office, and remote.


What You Will Need:

  • An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED CBP PUBLIC TRUST.

  • Bachelor's degree

  • FOUR (4) years of experience in hands-on data engineering, data visualization and/or database management

  • Understanding of relational database concepts and structures

  • Demonstrated ability to perform data blending, joining, and cleaning to ensure accurate and usable datasets using querying or data engineering software tools, such as SQL, Python, or R, etc.

  • Experience using Databricks to clean, transform and integrate complex datasets into production systems

  • Experience using business intelligence tools like Tableau and/or Power BI to visualize large data sets

What Would Be Nice To Have:.

  • Proficiency in querying and joining datasets using SQL.

  • Proficiency in data wrangling and analysis using Python

  • Certifications in relevant areas to include project management, 508 compliance and/or data engineering

  • Experience supporting CBP and/or understanding of the nomenclature and organizational structure of offices within CBP.

  • Master's degree in relevant field (e.g. Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering or Applied Mathematics)

The annual salary range for this position is $85,000.00-$141,000.00. 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

  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan

  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life

  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

  • Student Loan PayDown

  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

  • Skills Development & Certifications

  • Employee Referral Program

  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

  • Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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