Job Family:
Data Science Consulting
Travel Required:
Up to 25%
Clearance Required:
Active Secret
What You Will Do:
Our consultants on the Defense & Security AI & Data team support the U.S. Department of State in modernizing mission and business processes through secure, scalable solutions. Working with functional stakeholders, architects, data owners, security teams, and end users, this role will translate diplomatic, consular, security, and management needs into reliable low-code solutions, integrations, and data experiences that improve operational efficiency, data quality, collaboration, and decision-making.
- Serve on a collaborative delivery team designing and implementing secure Microsoft Power Platform solutions for the U.S. Department of State.
- Partner with Department bureaus, offices, mission stakeholders, product owners, and technical teams to analyze processes, define requirements, and translate user needs into scalable solution designs.
- Build Power Automate cloud flows, approvals, scheduled processes, notifications, and integrations to streamline manual work and improve process consistency.
- Implement application lifecycle management practices using solutions, source control, environment variables, connection references, automated testing, deployment pipelines, and controlled releases across development, test, and production environments.
- Apply security, privacy, accessibility, records-management, and governance requirements throughout solution design and delivery, including least-privilege access and data-loss-prevention controls.
- Perform troubleshooting, performance optimization, peer review, documentation, demonstrations, user-acceptance testing, training, deployment support, and production maintenance.
- Contribute to client delivery, business development, internal firm initiatives, and continued professional development in Power Platform, Azure, and federal consulting.
What You Will Need:
- An active and maintained SECRET Federal security clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Minimum THREE (3) years of relevant professional experience
- Experience developing Power Automate cloud flows that use conditions, expressions, approvals, error handling, notifications, and connectors to automate business processes.
- Experience integrating Power Platform with Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Teams, SQL, Azure services, RESTful APIs, or other enterprise systems.
- Working knowledge of Power Platform application lifecycle management, including solutions, environment variables, connection references, source control, deployment pipelines, release management, and separation of development, test, and production environments.
- Ability to troubleshoot application, flow, connector, integration, security, and performance issues and implement maintainable resolutions.
- Experience gathering requirements, documenting technical designs, conducting demonstrations, supporting user-acceptance testing, and translating technical concepts for nontechnical stakeholders.
- Ability to develop solutions that comply with government security, privacy, accessibility, records-management, and data-governance requirements.
- Ability to support on-site and hybrid work for U.S. Department of State stakeholders in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
What Would Be Nice To Have:
- Prior experience supporting the U.S. Department of State, a foreign affairs agency, or another national security or civilian federal client.
- Microsoft Power Platform Developer Associate certification or comparable current Microsoft Power Platform certification.
- Experience extending Power Platform with JavaScript or TypeScript, C#, JSON, HTML, Dataverse plug-ins, custom APIs, custom connectors, or Power Apps Component Framework controls.
- Experience with Power Platform CLI, Azure DevOps or GitHub, automated build and release processes, deployment pipelines, and managed solutions.
- Experience with Power Pages, Microsoft Copilot Studio, AI Builder, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, or Azure integration services.
- Experience establishing or applying Power Platform governance, environment strategy, data-loss-prevention policies, Center of Excellence practices, monitoring, auditing, and adoption standards.
- Experience applying automated testing, performance analysis, accessibility testing, peer review, user-acceptance testing, and quality assurance to business applications and workflows.
- Experience modernizing legacy applications, manual workflows, spreadsheets, or SharePoint-based processes into maintainable Power Platform solutions.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to create concise technical documentation, executive-ready briefings, training materials, and user guidance.
The annual salary range for this position is $113,000.00-$188,000.00. 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.
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
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