Data Analyst (Dashboard Developer) at Guidehouse
ARLINGTON, VA
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Jul 24, 2026
ARLINGTON, VA
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A data science consulting role supporting Department of Homeland Security clients, focused on building and maintaining Power BI dashboards and analytics solutions, writing data cleaning scripts in Python, and contributing to data-driven decision-making. The position also involves supporting business development activities such as proposal writing. Suited to candidates with at least two years of hands-on data analytics experience who can communicate technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.
Junior level · 2+ years · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $90,896 (middle half $69,863–$128,761).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The posting requires candidates to be able to OBTAIN (not currently hold) a Public Trust determination — this is not a hard clearance gate on an active clearance, so the clearance requirement is set to None; however, candidates must be US citizens and able to pass the adjudication process before onboarding.
The role sits at the intersection of BI/dashboarding (Power BI, data visualization) and broader data analytics/data science consulting. It is classified as 15-2031 (Operations Research Analysts) given the primary emphasis on analytics, reporting, and decision-support; 15-2051 (Data Scientists) is a plausible alternative given the predictive analytics and Python/R framing.
Python and R appear only under the 'Nice to Have' section ('Experience performing analytics and data transformation using Python and R'), so both are marked preferred. Power BI is called out explicitly in the required responsibilities ('Design and development of data visualization and dashboard solutions using Power BI'), making it the sole hard-gated technology.
The cloud platforms (Databricks, Palantir, AWS, Azure, Google) are listed under 'Nice to Have' with 'such as' framing, so they are marked preferred with Databricks as the primary and the others as alternatives.
ETL/ELT knowledge is listed under 'Nice to Have' and is marked preferred.
With only a 2-year minimum experience requirement and a Bachelor's degree gate, the role's actual scope supports a Junior seniority band despite the consulting context.
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