Analytics Modernization Architect

Guidehouse; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 92,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Holidays

Team/Professional Development

Job summary

Guidehouse seeks an Analytics Modernization Lead to upgrade analytic workflows through SAS-to-R/Python migration, automation, and open-source tools, ensuring scientific integrity and operational continuity.

You will collaborate with biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and data scientists to build reusable libraries, set governance, and advance CI/CD in cloud-based analytics environments.

Qualifications

• Eight (8) or more years of professional experience supporting analytics modernization, statistical programming, data science, software development, data engineering, or analytical platform implementation.
• Experience migrating SAS-based analytics, statistical programming, reporting assets, or analytical workflows to open source platforms, specifically R.
• Experience in SAS programming, including SAS macros, PROC SQL, data step programming, and production analytics environments.
• Experience in both R and Python, including development of reusable packages, libraries, pipelines, and automated workflows.
• Experience converting statistical programs and reporting assets from SAS to modern open-source environments.
• Experience designing and implementing validation frameworks, regression testing approaches, automated testing methodologies, and quality control processes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical lead for analytics modernization initiatives supporting surveillance, research, program evaluation, and data science activities.
• Develop modernization strategies, migration roadmaps, coding standards, and governance frameworks.
• Assess legacy analytics environments and migrate SAS workflows to R and Python while preserving analytic intent and output consistency.
• Lead migration and validation efforts to ensure equivalence between legacy and modernized workflows.
• Establish code review standards, automated validation, and reproducibility controls.
• Collaborate with biostatisticians and epidemiologists to validate migrated outputs and ensure scientific defensibility.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Biostatistics, Informatics, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or related technical field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SAS

R

Python

Git

GitHub

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Job description

Guidehouse seeks an Analytics Modernization Lead to upgrade analytic workflows through SAS-to-R/Python migration, automation, and open-source tools, ensuring scientific integrity and operational continuity.

You will collaborate with biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and data scientists to build reusable libraries, set governance, and advance CI/CD in cloud-based analytics environments.