Data Analyst Job at NC State University in Raleigh

Position Information

Posting Number PG195389TM

Position Number 06AY02

Position Type Temporary

Working Title Data Analyst

Department Institute for Transportation Research and Education

Job City & State

NC STATE UNIVERSITY

Overview

Responsible for conducting and supporting research related to systems modeling, city and regional planning, and travel demand modeling.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning, validating, and processing geospatial datasets.
• Writing code for, interpreting, and visualizing the results of statistical, machine learning, and process-based models.
• Conducting research, literature review, and information synthesis to evaluate data providers and data products.
• Documenting and presenting methods, models, and results to support open science, reproducibility, and data provenance.
• Contributing to the design and implementation of systems models related to regional planning, land use, and transportation.
• Meeting regularly with the program team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in city and regional planning, geospatial data science, or a related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Basic familiarity and prior experience with R and/or Python.
• Moderate experience with statistical regression and machine learning methods.
• Strong familiarity with GIS, geospatial data, and geospatial methods.

Preferred Experience

• Familiarity with data management best practices.
• Experience with transportation modeling and/or other forms of systems modeling.
• Basic familiarity or prior experience in the fields of city and regional planning, transportation modeling, and/or systems modeling.
• Recommended experience of at least two years of applied geospatial problem solving (could be a master’s degree or professional work experience).

Requirements and Preferences

All required details are stated above under Qualifications. This position requires meeting the stated minimum education and experience expectations.

Supplemental Questions

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• Required Documents
• Resume
• Contact Information for References
• Optional Documents
• Cover Letter

NC STATE UNIVERSITY
RALEIGH, NC 27695
PHONE: (919) 515-2011

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