Remote Entry Level Business Analyst Jobs in Reston, VA

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Travel Required:

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What You Will Do:

• Develop dashboards, analytic products, and decision-support tools that transform complex mission data into clear, actionable insights for government stakeholders.

• Engage directly with operational and leadership personnel to gather requirements, refine analytic needs, and iterate solutions to ensure mission alignment.

• Prepare, clean, integrate, and model structured and unstructured data from diverse systems to enable reliable analytics and reporting.

• Build, optimize, and sustain analytic workflows and data pipelines within Databricks (mandatory), including notebooks, delta tables, automated jobs, and transformations supporting mission operations.

• Create user-centered dashboards and visualizations using Tableau, Power BI, or Qlik (preferred for all tracks).

• Document analytic logic, workflow processes, and dashboard design decisions to support continuity and long-term maintainability.

• Conduct quality assurance, troubleshoot issues, and continuously improve analytic products based on stakeholder feedback and mission requirements.

• Provide embedded analytic support when needed, delivering rapid-turn analysis and operational insights directly within mission environments.

• Collaborate across engineering, analytics, data science, and mission support teams to ensure solutions directly contribute to program objectives.

• Support RFP-aligned technical workstreams through the development of dashboards, embedded analysis, reporting, and data-driven decision-support tools.

What You Will Need:

• Active Secret clearance

• Experience developing dashboards and data visualizations using Tableau, Power BI, or Qlik.

• Ability to translate stakeholder and mission requirements into technical specifications and actionable analytic products.

• Experience preparing, cleaning, integrating, and modeling data in enterprise or mission environments.

• Strong communication skills and proven ability to work closely with cross-functional technical and mission teams.

• Ability to work either on-site at a government facility in Washington, DC or Northern Virginia, or remote, depending on project needs.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Experience supporting defense, readiness, operational personnel, or enterprise analytics missions.

• Familiarity with Python, SQL, or Spark for analytics development within Databricks.

• Experience supporting large-scale analytics, BI solutions, or mission decision-support systems.

• Background working with data governance, metadata management, or structured quality frameworks.

• Experience optimizing dashboards for performance, usability, accessibility, and mission relevance.

• Experience providing embedded analytic support, producing rapid-turn insights, or briefing mission leadership.

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.

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.

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