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Senior Security Process Optimization Lead

Guidehouse
Client Office: Tysons Corner, VA, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 Aug 2026

About the role

Job Family:

Operational Effectiveness


Travel Required:

Up to 10%


Clearance Required:

Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph

What You Will Do:

  • Leverage experience and skills across broad spectrum of sensitive programs to identify opportunities for improvement and executive initiatives to make steady progress toward stated objectives.

  • Work across organizational boundaries to build coalitions and partnerships that serve the broader objective of greater efficiency and efficacy.

  • Utilize specific experience in the personnel security realm, and across all relevant business processes, to integrate historical perspective and unique knowledge into current portfolio of initiatives.

  • Augment ongoing efforts with data science and data visualization expertise, seeking to better equip decisionmakers with real-time insights.

  • Support the ongoing, iterative improvement of all current processes and workflows, catalyzing opportunities to speed evolution and transformation.


What You Will Need:

  • An ACTIVE and MAINTAINTED TS/SCI security clearance and Full Scope Polygraph.

  • A Bachelor's degree

  • TWELVE (12) or more years of professional experience in Intelligence/National Security field or relevant experience in applicable subject matter areas including:

  • SEVEN (7) or more years leading transformation initiatives with data analytics


What Would Be Nice To Have:

  • Master's degree in a relevant field or discipline.

  • FIFTEEN (15) or more years of demonstrated, relevant experience in applicable subject matter areas.

  • Relevant professional skills certifications.

  • Ability to operate autonomously and with minimal oversight in a team setting and with often-ambiguous client requirements.


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.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com.  Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse.  Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.

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