Department of the Army (DoA) Data Engineering Consultant

Department of the Army (DoA) Data Engineering Consultant

Vacancy expired!

Overview

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. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.

Responsibilities

Responsible for participating in analysis of actual and predictable interacting operational activities of business to obtain a quantitative, rational basis for decision making through the application of logic and scientific or economic disciplines and techniques. Ability to devise modeling and measuring techniques; utilizes mathematics, statistical methods, engineering methods, operational mathematics techniques (linear programming, game theory, probability theory, symbolic language, etc.), and other principles and laws of scientific and economic disciplines. Ability to demonstrate a complete understanding and wide application of technical principles, theories, and concepts within the Data Science/Operations Research field and provide consultation to technical solutions over a wide range of complex difficult problems in which proposed solutions are imaginative, thorough, practicable, and consistent with organization objectives.

The Candidate will be part of an Agile Software development team that is providing a Government client with a full-stack, scalable Business Intelligence solution. The team will deliver:

• Data Analysis
• Data Modeling
• Scalable Application Architecture
• Automated Pipelines
• Human Centered Designed Dashboards
• Intuitive User Experiences

Qualifications

Required

• Demonstrates experience in performing software development efforts with clear examples of value added to the client
• Demonstrates experience interacting with end-users to understand and document business and functional requirements for complex projects, as well as collaborating with technical teams across the full software development life cycle
• Demonstrates considerable proven knowledge of analytical, organizational, planning and project management specific to software development lifecycle processes, which may include the following:

• Utilizing Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Object-oriented design, Human Centered Design (HCD); with an
  applied understanding of Agile Software Development. Understanding of
  Kanban principles
  is a plus.
• Designing and implementing technology for new or existing business applications.
• Developing systems requirements, designing, and prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures, and implementing practical business solutions under weekly and monthly deadlines.

• Problem solving capabilities demonstrated in a
  team context to debug, troubleshoot complex software orchestrations, and/or identify solution options.

• Experience scoping and estimating individual tasks, as well as performing on multiple tasks with minimal supervision.
• Ability to collect, organize, manage, and process client's sources of information and enhance data collection procedures.
• Understanding of the processing, cleaning, and verification of data used for analysis and ad-hoc analysis.
• Ability to perform verification, validation, and fault detection of data models.
• Experience implementing and automating models created by data science teams (i.e. Spark, Scala, Hive, Python, R,SQL, etc.)
• Experience with common data science tools, such as R, Python, MATLAB; with a heavy emphasis on Python.
• Applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.

Minimum Years of Experience: 0- 5 Years

Minimum Degree Required: Bachelor's degree

Ability to obtain and maintain Secret clearance

Desired

Degree Preferred: Bachelor's degree in a science, technology, math, engineering field preferred; humanities degree with equivalent technical experience acceptable

Skills Preferred:

• Experience developing data fusion, analytics, and visualizations using Palantir Foundry software
• Experience developing web-based user visualizations using JavaScript or TypeScript
• Understanding of data visualization tools (MS Power BI, Tableau, Qlik etc.); with a heavy emphasis on Power BI. Examples of migration between multiple visualization tools is a plus.
• Understanding of the appropriate statistical model to apply to any problem.
• Understanding and experience working with cloud infrastructure services like Azure, Amazon Web Services & Google Cloud; with a heavy emphasis on AWS.
• Demonstrable experience with web applications. RPA orchestration, cloud architecture, data API integration, data analytics, AI, big data platforms, and automating machine learning components.
• Ability to stand-up and manage an integrated software development and machine learning environment.
• Experience in any database technology (SQL Server/Azure Cosmos DB)
• Experience in at least one statistical programming language (i.e., C#, Python, R); knowledge and understanding of Python Pandas is a plus.
• Experience working with different query languages (i.e. PL-SQL, T-SQL).
• Experience working with code repositories and continuous integration (i.e. Git, Jenkins, etc.)

Desired Qualifications:

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Professional Scrum Master (PSM), or equivalent

Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

This position is open to candidates virtually from Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona or Eastern, Pacific, Central, and Aleutian time zones.

Disclaimer

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Rewards and Benefits

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
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program