Job Family:
Data Engineering & Architecture Consulting
Travel Required:
Clearance Required:
What You Will Do:
Build, maintain, and enhance enterprise metadata catalogs to ensure datasets are fully documented, traceable, and discoverable for mission stakeholders.
Implement data governance and cataloging standards aligned with Advana’s architecture.
Operate within Databricks-based environments to capture, structure, and manage metadata for diverse data assets.
Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams, and mission analysts to ensure catalog completeness, quality, and alignment with government data governance practices.
Support ingestion workflows by tagging, classifying, and documenting datasets as they enter the ecosystem.
Monitor metadata accuracy, resolve catalog inconsistencies, and update documentation as datasets evolve.
Provide support for auditability, data lineage, schema versioning, and compliance-related metadata requirements.
Work on-site at government facilities in Washington, DC or Northern Virginia, or remotely depending on project needs.
What You Will Need:
Active Secret clearance.
Experience supporting or working within federal government data environments.
Hands-on experience with Databricks, including Delta Lake, metadata management, and data ingestion workflows.
Understanding of enterprise data governance practices including lineage, cataloging, quality, and stewardship.
Ability to document datasets, schemas, transformations, and lineage in a structured, repeatable manner.
Strong collaboration skills to work with both technical and mission stakeholders.
What Would Be Nice To Have:
Experience working within Advana or similar large-scale government analytics platforms.
Familiarity with Apache Spark, Unity Catalog, or other metadata-centric technologies in Databricks.
Knowledge of data governance frameworks such as DAMA or DoD data management policies.
Experience supporting federal data engineering or data governance workstreams tied to RFP submissions.
What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
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
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
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Skills Required
- Active Secret clearance.
- Experience supporting or working within federal government data environments.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks, including Delta Lake, metadata management, and data ingestion workflows.
- Understanding of enterprise data governance practices including lineage, cataloging, quality, and stewardship.
- Ability to document datasets, schemas, transformations, and lineage in a structured, repeatable manner.
- Strong collaboration skills to work with both technical and mission stakeholders.
Guidehouse Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Guidehouse and has not been reviewed or approved by Guidehouse.
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Healthcare Strength — Feedback suggests the benefits package includes broad medical, dental, vision, prescription, life, and disability coverage, which is often seen as a strong foundational offering. Access to HSA/FSA options further supports day-to-day healthcare and dependent-care needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Feedback suggests parental leave and adoption assistance are available, alongside an emergency back-up childcare program. These offerings indicate meaningful support for employees managing family responsibilities.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Feedback suggests flexible work options and counseling/EAP-style support are part of the broader rewards mix. Additional lifestyle-oriented perks like community events and referral programs are also described as available in some contexts.
Guidehouse Insights
What We Do
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 12,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies.
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