Data Analyst

US132 Guidehouse Digital, LLC; Virginia Beach (VA); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays & Sick Time

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Data Analyst – Solution Architecture Support in the Virginia Beach area. You will analyze business processes, data structures, and interfaces to guide modernization efforts across multiple teams and vendors.

You’ll gather requirements from Federal stakeholders and Product Owners, producing artifacts and data models to inform architecture decisions. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of data/requirements analysis experience, with strong SDLC and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in data analysis, business analysis, systems analysis, or related roles.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and agile delivery concepts.
• Ability to collect, interpret, validate, and document data and processes from multiple sources.
• Excellent Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio skills for analysis and communication.
• Experience coordinating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business processes, data structures, data models, interfaces, and reporting needs to inform solution design and execution across multiple workstreams.
• Support Solution Architect by gathering, analyzing, and documenting data and processes for modernization decisions.
• Develop data mappings, data model views, ER summaries, interface inventories, and decision-support materials.
• Translate complex information into clear documentation, visuals, and stakeholder-ready analysis.
• Coordinate with engineering, testing, DevSecOps, data, security, and vendor teams to confirm assumptions and track actions.

Skills

Data analysis

Business analysis

Requirements analysis

SDLC understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

Word

SharePoint

Jira

Confluence

Job description

The Data Analyst – Solution Architecture Support

Job Family: Data Science & Analysis Travel Required: Up to 10% Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

• Analyze business processes, data structures, conceptual and logical data models, system interfaces, reporting needs, and modernization dependencies to inform solution design and technical execution across multiple workstreams, vendors, and Scrum teams.
• Support the Solution Architect by gathering, analyzing, validating, modeling, and documenting data and process information needed to guide modernization decisions.
• Develop clear analysis artifacts, data mappings, data model views, entity relationship summaries, interface inventories, workflow summaries, decision support materials, and stakeholder‑ready documentation.
• Analyze current‑state processes, data flows, system interfaces, reporting needs, and modernization dependencies across legacy and modernized capabilities.
• Develop and maintain data mapping artifacts, conceptual and logical data model views, entity relationship summaries, interface inventories, source‑to‑target documentation, process flows, dependency logs, and analysis summaries that inform architecture and implementation decisions.
• Gather and validate business, data, and reporting requirements from Product Owners, Federal stakeholders, vendors, subject matter experts, and delivery teams.
• Analyze data quality, data lineage, system‑of‑record considerations, duplicate data paths, synchronization needs, data model alignment, and integration impacts to support modernization planning.
• Support development and validation of conceptual, logical, and implementation‑oriented data models by identifying key entities, relationships, attributes, business rules, data domains, and model impacts across legacy and modernized capabilities.
• Translate complex business and technical information into clear documentation, visuals, decision summaries, briefing materials, and stakeholder‑ready analysis products.
• Support architecture review, design discussions, trade‑off analysis, release readiness reviews, and dependency management by preparing evidence‑based analysis and concise summaries.
• Coordinate with engineering, testing, DevSecOps, data, security, and vendor teams to confirm assumptions, clarify data needs, document open questions, and track follow‑up actions.
• Assist with analysis of API‑enabled services, shared platform capabilities, data exchange patterns, workflow automation, interoperability needs, and legacy coexistence considerations.
• Identify and communicate risks, gaps, inconsistencies, and dependencies related to data, interfaces, workflows, requirements, reporting, testing, and operational transition planning.
• Maintain organized analysis repositories, working documents, traceability materials, and status inputs to support coordinated modernization execution and leadership visibility.

What You Will Need:

• 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.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of THREE (3) years of experience in data analysis, business analysis, systems analysis, requirements analysis, reporting, data governance, systems integration support, or related roles.
• Experience analyzing data structures, conceptual and logical data models, business processes, system interfaces, reporting requirements, source‑to‑target mappings, data quality issues, or workflow dependencies.
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), agile delivery concepts, requirements traceability, data analysis practices, and collaboration across technical and business teams.
• Ability to collect, interpret, validate, and document data and process information from multiple sources, stakeholders, systems, and delivery teams.
• Ability to develop clear analysis artifacts such as data mappings, data model views, entity relationship summaries, process flows, interface inventories, requirements summaries, dependency trackers, gap analyses, and decision support materials.
• Familiarity with APIs, data exchange concepts, relational databases, conceptual and logical data modeling, reporting tools, query logic, data lineage, system‑of‑record concepts, and interoperability across legacy and modernized systems.
• Experience working with cross‑functional teams, including product, engineering, testing, architecture, security, data, vendor, and stakeholder groups.
• Ability to identify and communicate risks, gaps, assumptions, inconsistencies, and dependencies in a clear and actionable manner.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio or similar diagramming tools, and collaboration platforms used to document and manage analysis work.
• Strong problem‑solving, critical‑thinking, organization, and attention‑to‑detail skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills with a team‑first mindset and solution‑oriented approach.
• Ability to translate detailed analysis into clear narratives, visuals, summaries, and recommendations for technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Self‑motivated, adaptable, and able to operate effectively in fast‑paced, dynamic environments with guidance from the Solution Architect and program leadership.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience supporting federal or government IT programs involving grants management, legacy system modernization, shared services, interoperability, cloud adoption, data governance, or phased capability delivery.
• Experience supporting solution architecture, enterprise architecture, data architecture, application modernization, or systems integration teams.
• Understanding of AWS data architectures and cloud security principles, including secure data storage, data lifecycle management, encryption, identity and access management (IAM), key management (AWS KMS), and governance best practices to support secure, scalable, and compliant cloud solutions.
• Familiarity with SQL, data profiling, reporting dashboards, data visualization, Power BI, Tableau, or similar analysis and reporting tools.
• Familiarity with API documentation, interface control documents, canonical data models, conceptual and logical data models, entity relationship diagrams, data dictionaries, data catalogs, or metadata management practices.
• Experience working in agile delivery environments using tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, SharePoint, or similar collaboration and work management platforms.
• Data, agile, business analysis, cloud, or analytics certification preferred, such as CBAP, PMI‑PBA, Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst, or similar credentials.
• Experience using generative AI and AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., Amazon Q, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Amazon Bedrock, or similar) to accelerate data analysis, SQL generation, documentation, workflow automation, requirements analysis, and technical problem solving.

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:

• 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. 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.

Guidehouse is a global AI‑led professional services firm delivering advisory, technology, and managed services to the commercial and government sectors. 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.