Managing Consultant, Databricks Data Engineering Lead

US101 Guidehouse Inc.; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Parental leave

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a senior Data Engineer to lead Databricks data engineering and DataOps initiatives in the United States. You will design scalable pipelines, govern data products, and establish standards for CI/CD, testing, and observability while coordinating with architects, security, and stakeholders.

You will mentor engineers, deliver complex data solutions for clients, and help modernize data platforms with a focus on reliability, performance, and data quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 6+ years of experience in data engineering or analytics.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark, PySpark, Python, SQL, Delta Lake.

Responsibilities

• Lead Databricks data engineering and DataOps across ingestion to consumption.
• Design scalable pipelines and governance, with data-quality controls.
• Mentor engineers and drive standardized runbooks and patterns.
• Communicate risks, dependencies, and delivery impacts to leadership.

Skills

Databricks

Apache Spark

Python

SQL

ETL/ELT

CI/CD

Data modeling

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Delta Lake

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Job description

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

What You Will Do

Lead Databricks data engineering and DataOps delivery across ingestion, transformation, orchestration, migration, integration, serving, and consumption patterns. Translate architecture, data models, mappings, data contracts, and migration requirements into scalable technical designs and delivery plans. Design and develop reusable pipelines, migration utilities, transformation frameworks, data-quality controls, reconciliation routines, and governed data products. Establish standards for coding, testing, CI/CD, deployment, observability, logging, error handling, performance, security, and operational support. Lead engineering reviews and troubleshoot Databricks job failures, pipeline bottlenecks, data-quality issues, and performance problems. Support batch and, where applicable, streaming data-processing patterns using Databricks, Apache Spark, and Delta Lake. Coordinate technical delivery with data architects, source-system teams, integration engineers, security specialists, governance leads, testing teams, and business stakeholders. Lead technical estimates, capacity planning, backlog refinement, sprint execution, release readiness, and stabilization activities. Mentor data engineers and ensure reusable code, design patterns, runbooks, and lessons learned are adopted across later modernization waves. Communicate technical decisions, risks, dependencies, and delivery impacts to client and program leadership.

What You Will Need

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• Minimum SIX (6)+ years of experience.
• Experience in data engineering, ETL/ELT, cloud data platforms, software development, or analytics engineering.
• Hands‑on experience designing and developing production Databricks solutions using Apache Spark, PySpark, Python, SQL, Delta Lake, notebooks, workflows, and jobs.
• Experience building scalable batch data pipelines and reusable ingestion, transformation, and orchestration frameworks.
• Experience with enterprise data migration, source‑to‑target mapping, data conversion, reconciliation, validation, and defect remediation.
• Experience implementing data‑quality controls, metadata capture, lineage, logging, monitoring, and technical auditability.
• Experience with Git‑based development, automated testing, CI/CD, release management, and production stabilization.
• Experience leading data engineers and delivering complex data solutions in a client‑facing environment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust.

What Would Be Nice to Have

• Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional or comparable Databricks certification.
• Experience with Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables, Databricks Workflows, Auto Loader, or related platform capabilities.
• Experience with cloud storage, identity and access management, secrets management, networking, and platform security.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform, or other infrastructure‑as‑code and deployment tools.
• Experience developing APIs, data services, integration patterns, or event‑driven pipelines.
• Experience modernizing HR, ERP, workforce, financial, or other sensitive enterprise data.
• Experience supporting federal agencies, regulated organizations, or public‑sector modernization programs.
• Experience with Agile Scrum or Kanban delivery.

The annual salary range for this position is $130,000.00-$216,000.00. 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
• 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

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