Software Developer - Senior Consultant

About the role

This role is part of the Data Engineering & Architecture Consulting team at Guidehouse. The position requires up to 10% travel and a public trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain data ingestion, transformation, and curation pipelines using Informatica and related ETL tools.
• Extend and integrate legacy ETL pipelines into AWS and Databricks lakehouse environments.
• Build and support Java-based data services, APIs, and integration layers for secure, governed access to curated data.
• Contribute to intake and onboarding activities by supporting requirements analysis, source profiling, and implementation of standardized data integration patterns.
• Develop production-ready data pipelines and services meeting defined technical, security, and documentation requirements.
• Implement data quality validation, transformation logic, and performance optimization to improve pipeline reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Integrate data pipelines and services with AWS components and Databricks environments for secure, scalable data movement and platform interoperability.
• Support governed data engineering practices by implementing metadata capture, lineage tracking, access control patterns, and audit logging.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data engineering or ETL development using Informatica or similar platforms.
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines for structured and semi-structured datasets.
• Hands-on experience developing Java-based data services, APIs, or integration layers for enterprise data access and interoperability.
• Working experience with AWS data platform components and familiarity with lakehouse architecture like Databricks.
• Experience implementing production-ready solutions with data quality validation, monitoring, logging, and error handling.
• Familiarity with data governance concepts, including metadata management, lineage, and access controls within regulated environments.
• Experience working within Agile and CI/CD-enabled delivery environments supporting secure and repeatable deployments.

What would be nice to have

• Experience modernizing legacy ETL pipelines into cloud-native or lakehouse-based architectures.
• Familiarity with Databricks capabilities like Delta Lake and Unity Catalog.
• Experience with event-driven or streaming integration patterns (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, EventBridge).
• Exposure to enterprise metadata/catalog tools (e.g., Informatica EDC, Axon).
• Experience supporting federal data platforms or operating in highly regulated environments.
• Knowledge of secure data access patterns, including RBAC/ABAC, encryption, and audit reporting aligned to FISMA and FedRAMP requirements.

What We Offer

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package including competitive compensation, a flexible benefits package, and various employee perks such as medical, dental, vision insurance, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and more.

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• 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. 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. All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or guidehouse@myworkday.com. Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process. If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact recruiting@guidehouse.com. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties. 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.