Senior Fraud Analytics Lead – Technical Strategy

US132 Guidehouse Digital, LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) Plan

Paid Holidays

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Principal Fraud Analytics Technical Lead to steer day-to-day fraud analytics workstreams, guide technical delivery, and support monitoring, investigations, and reporting. The role requires leadership across analytics, data engineering, and platform operations, with on-site work in Lanham, Maryland.

The candidate will develop fraud indicators, validation processes, and models while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights and executive-ready

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field.
• 7+ years of professional experience in fraud analytics, cybersecurity analytics, data science, data engineering, or related technical delivery.
• Experience leading tasks or program segments in data analytics, cybersecurity, fraud analytics, systems integration, or platform advisory environments.
• Experience analyzing complex situations and data using professional concepts, broad judgment, and independent problem solving.
• Experience preparing and presenting technical reports, dashboards, or executive-ready analytical products.
• Experience providing technical direction, mentorship, or task-level leadership to teams completing analytics, data integration, or investigations.
• Experience leading day-to-day technical execution of analytics projects, investigations, or delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day fraud analytics workstreams and coordinate delivery of analytical products.
• Provide technical guidance supporting fraud monitoring, investigations, reporting, and platform operations.
• Develop, test, validate, and maintain fraud indicators, detection logic, and analytical models.
• Support data ingestion, ETL, and analytics workflow improvements.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and stakeholders to clarify requirements and support delivery of analytics capabilities.
• Prepare and present technical briefings, dashboards, and executive summaries based on findings.
• Work onsite at the client location in Lanham, MD five days per week.

Skills

Fraud analytics

Cybersecurity analytics

Data engineering

Predictive analytics

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Executive briefing

Investigations

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM field

Tools

Python

R

Java

Shell scripting

SQL/NoSQL

Spark

Elasticsearch

Parquet

Splunk

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Principal Fraud Analytics Technical Lead to steer day-to-day fraud analytics workstreams, guide technical delivery, and support monitoring, investigations, and reporting. The role requires leadership across analytics, data engineering, and platform operations, with on-site work in Lanham, Maryland.

The candidate will develop fraud indicators, validation processes, and models while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver actionable insights and executive-ready