Associate Director, Data Migration and Modernization

US101 Guidehouse Inc.; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision

Retirement Plan 401(k)

Parental Leave

Employee Learning Opportunities

Mobility Stipend

Life Insurance

Disability Coverage

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a senior data modernization leader in Tysons, VA to oversee end-to-end migration programs and define governance, priorities, and delivery plans across complex data environments.

You will work with HR, security, architecture, and program leadership to expand data products, establish repeatable operating models, and drive successful modernization across cloud platforms including Databricks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading enterprise data modernization or analytics programs.
• Experience migrating complex data environments and defining waves.
• Strong knowledge of cloud data platforms, governance, and DataOps.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end data workstream and migration strategy.
• Define criteria and roadmap for data asset migration.
• Prioritize migration waves by business value, readiness, and risk.
• Direct profiling, mapping, conversion, validation and readiness activities.
• Oversee migration execution across Databricks architecture and testing.
• Coordinate with business, HR, security, architecture, and governance.

Skills

Data modernization leadership

Migration strategy

Cloud data platforms

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Executive advisory

Delivery roadmaps

Education

Bachelor's degree in data engineering or related field

Tools

Databricks

Unity Catalog

Job description

Job Family: Data Science Consulting Travel Required: Up to 25% Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

• Lead the end-to-end data workstream and establish the migration strategy, governance cadence, priorities, and integrated delivery plan.
• Define system and asset rationalization criteria and guide decisions to migrate, redesign, consolidate, retain temporarily, or retire.
• Prioritize migration waves using business value, dependency, readiness, complexity, risk, and operational-impact considerations.
• Direct source and target profiling, quality analysis, mapping, conversion, reconciliation, validation, and readiness activities.
• Oversee migration execution across Databricks architecture, engineering, testing, release, stabilization, and operational transition.
• Guide expansion of canonical HR data products and reusable patterns beyond the initial priority waves.
• Coordinate with business, HR, application, integration, security, architecture, governance, and program leadership stakeholders.
• Establish the repeatable operating model, standards, decision gates, metrics, and lessons learned needed for broader rollout.
• Lead executive communications, resolve cross-workstream issues, and provide accountability for scope, schedule, quality, and outcomes.

What You Will Need:

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS '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
• Bachelor's degree in data engineering, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field.
• EIGHT (8) or more years of experience leading enterprise data modernization, migration, platform, or analytics programs, including responsibility for multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience leading data migration strategy and execution across complex source systems, dependencies, and business processes.
• Experience defining rationalization criteria, migration waves, reconciliation approaches, readiness gates, and stabilization plans.
• Strong knowledge of modern cloud data platforms, lakehouse architecture, data products, governance, quality, testing, and DataOps.
• Experience with Databricks and Unity Catalog.
• Demonstrated ability to advise executives, facilitate difficult decisions, and align business and technical stakeholders.
• Experience developing resource models, delivery roadmaps, implementation plans, and repeatable rollout approaches.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience modernizing enterprise HR, ERP, financial, or workforce data environments.
• Experience with public-sector or regulated organizations.
• Program management, cloud, Databricks, or data governance certification.
• Experience supporting capture, proposal development, and partner-led staffing.

What We Offer:

• 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.

With an integrated business technology approach, Guidehouse drives efficiency and resilience in the healthcare, financial services, energy, infrastructure, and national security markets.

Built to help clients across industries outwit complexity, the firm brings together approximately 18,000 professionals to achieve lasting impact and shape a meaningful future.

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