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Associate Director, Data Migration and Modernization
US - VA, McLean
Live, first seen by us 53 days ago- Pay
$149,000–248,000/year — pay source
Experience supporting capture, proposal development, and partner-led staffing. The annual salary range for this position is $149,000.00-$248,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. 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.
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Before you apply
- Employer’s visa record
- 39 H-1B petitions approved in fiscal 2024 and 2025For the employer as a whole. This posting doesn’t say whether the role is sponsored. US Citizenship and Immigration Services.
What you’ll work on
Full postingSet migration strategy, governance cadence and integrated delivery plan
Prioritize migration waves by value, dependency, risk and readiness
Oversee migration execution on Databricks through testing, release and transition
Lead executive communications and resolve cross-workstream issues
From the employer’s posting
Lead the end-to-end data workstream and establish the migration strategy, governance cadence, priorities, and integrated delivery plan.
Prioritize migration waves using business value, dependency, readiness, complexity, risk, and operational-impact considerations.
Oversee migration execution across Databricks architecture, engineering, testing, release, stabilization, and operational transition.
Lead executive communications, resolve cross-workstream issues, and provide accountability for scope, schedule, quality, and outcomes.
What you’ll bring
All qualificationsCore experience
- Bachelor’s degree in data engineering, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field.
- Experience leading data migration strategy and execution across complex source systems, dependencies, and business processes.
- Experience defining rationalization criteria, migration waves, reconciliation approaches, readiness gates, and stabilization plans.
- Strong knowledge of modern cloud data platforms, lakehouse architecture, data products, governance, quality, testing, and DataOps.
- Experience with Databricks and Unity Catalog.
- Demonstrated ability to advise executives, facilitate difficult decisions, and align business and technical stakeholders.
Preferred experience
- Experience modernizing enterprise HR, ERP, financial, or workforce data environments.
- Experience with public-sector or regulated organizations.
- Experience supporting capture, proposal development, and partner-led staffing.
Qualification wording
Bachelor’s degree in data engineering, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field.
Experience leading data migration strategy and execution across complex source systems, dependencies, and business processes.
Experience defining rationalization criteria, migration waves, reconciliation approaches, readiness gates, and stabilization plans.
Strong knowledge of modern cloud data platforms, lakehouse architecture, data products, governance, quality, testing, and DataOps.
Experience with Databricks and Unity Catalog.
Demonstrated ability to advise executives, facilitate difficult decisions, and align business and technical stakeholders.
Experience modernizing enterprise HR, ERP, financial, or workforce data environments.
Experience with public-sector or regulated organizations.
Experience supporting capture, proposal development, and partner-led staffing.
Education & alternatives
- Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred - Bachelor’s degree in data engineering, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field. - EIGHT (8) or more years of experience leading enterprise data modernization, migration, platform, or analytics programs, including responsibility for multidisciplinary teams.
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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- Sep 22, 202653 days ago
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- Last seen by us
- Nov 14, 2026
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- Direct source and target profiling, quality analysis, mapping, conversion, reconciliation, validation, and readiness activities. - Oversee migration execution across Databricks architecture, engineering, testing, release, stabilization, and operational transition. - Guide expansion of canonical HR data products and reusable patterns beyond the initial priority waves.
- Strong knowledge of modern cloud data platforms, lakehouse architecture, data products, governance, quality, testing, and DataOps. - Experience with Databricks and Unity Catalog. - Demonstrated ability to advise executives, facilitate difficult decisions, and align business and technical stakeholders.
- Experience with public-sector or regulated organizations. - Program management, cloud, Databricks, or data governance certification. - Experience supporting capture, proposal development, and partner-led staffing.
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About the role
We file this job under Data Leadership, by the work the posting describes.
Data leaders run data teams or design how a company's data fits together. Managers hire, set priorities and answer for whether the data work pays off; architects choose the systems and the shape of the data.
Expect years of hands-on data work, experience leading people or projects, and the ability to explain tradeoffs to executives.
Unlike a senior engineer or analyst, most of a data leader's week goes to people, planning and decisions rather than building.
US government figures for computer and information systems managers
- Median yearly pay, May 2025
- $175,140
- Expected change, 2025 to 2035
- 15.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs
The government has no code for data leaders, so these figures are for the closest group, computer and information systems managers, which includes data processing and data operations managers.
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 11-3021.
Job description
Job Family:
Data Science Consulting
Travel Required:
Clearance Required:
What You Will Do:
Lead the end-to-end data workstream and establish the migration strategy, governance cadence, priorities, and integrated delivery plan.
Define system and asset rationalization criteria and guide decisions to migrate, redesign, consolidate, retain temporarily, or retire.
Prioritize migration waves using business value, dependency, readiness, complexity, risk, and operational-impact considerations.
Direct source and target profiling, quality analysis, mapping, conversion, reconciliation, validation, and readiness activities.
Oversee migration execution across Databricks architecture, engineering, testing, release, stabilization, and operational transition.
Guide expansion of canonical HR data products and reusable patterns beyond the initial priority waves.
Coordinate with business, HR, application, integration, security, architecture, governance, and program leadership stakeholders.
Establish the repeatable operating model, standards, decision gates, metrics, and lessons learned needed for broader rollout.
Lead executive communications, resolve cross-workstream issues, and provide accountability for scope, schedule, quality, and outcomes.
What You Will Need:
Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred
Bachelor’s degree in data engineering, computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field.
EIGHT (8) or more years of experience leading enterprise data modernization, migration, platform, or analytics programs, including responsibility for multidisciplinary teams.
Experience leading data migration strategy and execution across complex source systems, dependencies, and business processes.
Experience defining rationalization criteria, migration waves, reconciliation approaches, readiness gates, and stabilization plans.
Strong knowledge of modern cloud data platforms, lakehouse architecture, data products, governance, quality, testing, and DataOps.
Experience with Databricks and Unity Catalog.
Demonstrated ability to advise executives, facilitate difficult decisions, and align business and technical stakeholders.
Experience developing resource models, delivery roadmaps, implementation plans, and repeatable rollout approaches.
What Would Be Nice To Have:
Experience modernizing enterprise HR, ERP, financial, or workforce data environments.
Experience with public-sector or regulated organizations.
Program management, cloud, Databricks, or data governance certification.
Experience supporting capture, proposal development, and partner-led staffing.
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.
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.
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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.
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- Pay
Experience supporting capture, proposal development, and partner-led staffing. The annual salary range for this position is $149,000.00-$248,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. 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.
- Location & working pattern
US - VA, McLean
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- Work authorization
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