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Senior Business Analyst

US - VA, McLean

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Seniority
Senior
Country
US
Work mode
On-site / unstated
First seen by hirly
27 Sept 2026

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the posting

Job Family :

  • Operational Effectiveness Consulting
  • Travel Required :
  • Up to 10%
  • Clearance Required :

Active Secret

What You Will Do :

The Business Analyst leads acquisition integration and modernization tasks, with primary responsibility for operating, maintaining, and updating enterprise acquisition process models and associated digital knowledge tools. This senior role directs the operation and training for a comprehensive acquisition process model, supervises lifecycle management of an AI prompt library and AI-enabled acquisition tools, and coordinates technical collaboration across organizations. The Senior Business Analyst ensures that process models, documentation, and AI-enabled workflows reflect current laws, regulations, policies, and guidance and are effectively adopted by the workforce.

What You Will Need :

  • An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED "SECRET" Federal or DoD security clearance
  • Bachelors degree
  • Minimum of TEN (10) years of senior-level experience directing complex process models and knowledge management tools in a defense acquisition context.
  • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) or equivalent business analysis certification.
  • Demonstrated experience operating, maintaining, and updating complex process models that must reflect current acquisition laws, regulations, policies, and guidance.
  • Experience maintaining Government-owned or enterprise tools by incorporating approved updates, adding and removing content, and verifying documentation accuracy within specified timelines.
  • Experience coordinating and facilitating stakeholder working groups, documenting approved actions, and managing cross-organizational alignment for process updates.
  • Experience designing and delivering virtual training for large user communities, including both introductory and update-focused training sessions.
  • Experience engineering, validating, and managing the lifecycle of AI prompts and AI-enabled workflows, ensuring alignment with acquisition guidance, process model content, user roles, and mission activities such as documentation, requirements reviews, and process execution.
  • Eligibility to obtain and maintain Common Access Card (CAC) and Tier 3/NACLC background investigation.

What Would Be Nice To Have :

  • Deep familiarity with enterprise acquisition process models and digital knowledge repositories used in major defense or federal organizations.
  • Experience integrating AI-enabled acquisition tools and managing prompt libraries or similar AI governance artifacts in large, complex organizations.
  • Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills, with a track record of reconciling competing requirements into coherent process updates and guidance.
  • Experience planning and executing change management and training strategies for new or modernized acquisition tools and processes across geographically dispersed workforces.
  • Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Management Information Systems, or a related field

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.

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.

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