Ascension LLC seeks a Senior Transit Data Analyst to support the Maryland Transit Administration under the Transit Business, Organization, and Program Development IDIQ. This role provides advanced-level analytical, technical, and data governance support across service development, mobility management, performance measurement, federal compliance, and integrated planning systems.

The Senior Transit Data Analyst will serve as a technical lead responsible for transforming raw operational data from multiple transit systems into meaningful insights that inform agency decision-making. This role supports recurring Task Orders and works closely with planners, operations personnel, schedulers, HR analysts, and performance management teams.

Although the Senior Transit Data Analyst labor category is estimated at 1,900 hours, this role can be staffed full-time, especially when paired with the Data Analyst category as a dual-role data team.

Key Responsibilities

1. Transit Operations and Mobility Data Analysis

• Analyze operational data from APC, AVL, farebox, GTFS, ride checks, and scheduling systems.
• Identify performance trends in on-time performance, headway adherence, run times, trip success/failures, and route productivity.
• Support paratransit and mobility datasets including trip patterns, eligibility impacts, productivity, and service reliability.

2. KPI Development & Performance Management (Tangible Results Program)

• Produce dashboards, forecasts, and scorecards using Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Develop performance indicators for route design, scheduling, workforce management, and service reliability.
• Support internal and external reporting to MTA leadership.

3. Data Governance & Integrated Data Systems Support

• Conduct data cleaning, transformation, normalization, and validation across multiple sources.
• Develop repeatable data pipelines, documentation, and metadata standards.
• Support integration of planning, HR, IT, operations, and financial datasets into MTA’s management systems.

4. Service Development & Planning Technical Support

• Provide analytic inputs for route optimization, service changes, service design alternatives, and performance modeling.
• Prepare maps, charts, and forecasts to support planning studies.
• Conduct comparative analyses for pilot services or operational adjustments.

5. Federal Compliance Support

• Prepare datasets for Title VI equity analyses including ridership, demographics, service changes, and mapping outputs.
• Support ADA service monitoring, drug/alcohol compliance tracking, and procurement documentation analysis.
• Ensure analytic documentation aligns with federal guidance.

6. Real Estate, Capital, and Benefits Analysis

• Model benefits, costs, and impacts of capital projects, station area improvements, or access enhancements.
• Provide geospatial and statistical inputs for capital planning evaluations.

7. Organizational Development & HR Strategy Support

• Analyze workforce data, job task patterns, staffing levels, and HR performance metrics.
• Support talent acquisition, HR classification projects, and organizational improvement initiatives.
• Assist with development of process automation and reporting tools.

8. Task Order Execution & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Provide input to Task Order scopes, LOE estimates, and deliverable structures.
• Prepare technical memos, visualizations, datasets, and presentation materials.
• Collaborate with planners, managers, schedulers, field supervisors, HR staff, IT teams, and leadership.

Daily Activities

• Clean, transform, and validate datasets for analysis.
• Develop dashboards, GIS maps, and analytic models.
• Create technical summaries, interpretation notes, and briefings.
• Assist senior planning and operations staff with data-driven problem solving.
• Prepare TO deliverables and track progress for active assignments.