Mission Analytics Analyst: Dashboards & Embedded Insights

Guidehouse; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

Employee Referral Program

Mobility Stipend

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a data analytics professional to design dashboards and analytics products for government clients, turning complex mission data into actionable insights. You will collaborate with operators and leaders to capture requirements and iterate solutions that align with mission goals.

Responsibilities include building data pipelines in Databricks, creating visualizations in Tableau/Power BI/Qlik, and documenting analytics logic for long-term maintainability, while delivering

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance.
• Experience developing dashboards and data visualizations using Tableau, Power BI, or Qlik.
• Ability to translate stakeholder and mission requirements into technical specifications and actionable analytic products.
• Experience preparing, cleaning, integrating, and modeling data in enterprise or mission environments.
• Strong communication skills and proven ability to work closely with cross-functional technical and mission teams.
• Ability to work either on-site at a government facility in Washington, DC or Northern Virginia, or remote, depending on project needs.

Responsibilities

• Develop dashboards, analytic products, and decision-support tools that transform complex mission data into clear, actionable insights for government stakeholders.
• Engage directly with operational and leadership personnel to gather requirements, refine analytic needs, and iterate solutions to ensure mission alignment.
• Prepare, clean, integrate, and model structured and unstructured data from diverse systems to enable reliable analytics and reporting.
• Build, optimize, and sustain analytic workflows and data pipelines within Databricks (mandatory), including notebooks, delta tables, automated jobs, and transformations supporting mission operations.
• Create user-centered dashboards and visualizations using Tableau, Power BI, or Qlik (preferred for all tracks).
• Document analytic logic, workflow processes, and dashboard design decisions to support continuity and long-term maintainability.
• Conduct quality assurance, troubleshoot issues, and continuously improve analytic products based on stakeholder feedback and mission requirements.
• Provide embedded analytic support when needed, delivering rapid-turn analysis and operational insights directly within mission environments.
• Collaborate across engineering, analytics, data science, and mission support teams to ensure solutions directly contribute to program objectives.
• Support RFP-aligned technical workstreams through the development of dashboards, embedded analysis, reporting, and data-driven decision-support tools.

Skills

Dashboard development

Stakeholder engagement

Data modeling

Strong communication

Requirements gathering

Mission-domain understanding

Tools

Databricks

Tableau

Power BI

Qlik

SQL

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a data analytics professional to design dashboards and analytics products for government clients, turning complex mission data into actionable insights. You will collaborate with operators and leaders to capture requirements and iterate solutions that align with mission goals.

Responsibilities include building data pipelines in Databricks, creating visualizations in Tableau/Power BI/Qlik, and documenting analytics logic for long-term maintainability, while delivering