Fraud Analytics Lead: Senior Consultant & Data Strategist

Guidehouse; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Tuition reimbursement

Health insurance

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Fraud Analytics Senior Consultant Lead to support specialized analytics across predictive analytics, deep forensics, and fraud detection. The role involves advising on data integration, incident response, and continuous analytics enhancements, collaborating with application owners and government personnel where required.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in fraud analytics or related fields, strong programming skills, and the ability to obtain a Public Trust

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a data science, CS, cybersecurity, information systems, statistics, mathematics, engineering, OR information science or related field; Master's preferred.
• Five or more years of professional experience in fraud analytics, cybersecurity analytics, data science, data engineering, predictive analytics, forensic analysis, investigations, fraud operations, or related technical delivery.
• Experience independently solving difficult technical or analytical problems using professional concepts, procedures, and practical judgment.
• Experience developing system requirements or supporting analytics, cybersecurity, fraud detection, or data-driven programs.
• Experience analyzing large structured and unstructured datasets, logs, user behavior, or system data to identify anomalies.
• Experience supporting predictive analytics, ML, statistical analysis, data mining, visualization, or related techniques.
• Experience supporting data extraction, transformation, loading, data integration, or analytics workflow improvements.

Responsibilities

• Support highly specialized fraud analytics activities across predictive analytics, forensic analysis, cybersecurity monitoring, and detection.
• Coordinate analytical activities across workstreams, review outputs for quality, and mentor junior team members.
• Assess difficult technical problems across fraud analytics, data ingestion, monitoring, and incident response environments.
• Develop practical recommendations considering client requirements, data limitations, and cybersecurity risks.
• Contribute to planning for analytics initiatives, data source onboarding, and fraud detection capability expansion.
• Support development, testing, and implementation of fraud indicators, models, and detection logic.
• Analyze structured/unstructured data to identify anomalous or fraudulent activity.
• Assist root-cause analysis, incident coordination, and reporting for suspicious activity.

Skills

Python

R

Java

Linux shell scripting

SQL/no-SQL databases

Spark

Elasticsearch

Parquet

Splunk

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Splunk

SQL

NoSQL databases

Spark

Elasticsearch

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Fraud Analytics Senior Consultant Lead to support specialized analytics across predictive analytics, deep forensics, and fraud detection. The role involves advising on data integration, incident response, and continuous analytics enhancements, collaborating with application owners and government personnel where required.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in fraud analytics or related fields, strong programming skills, and the ability to obtain a Public Trust