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.

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.