Civic Data Analyst (Sustainable Mobility)

Durham, NC, hybrid Civic Data Analyst focusing on Sustainable Mobility at Alta Planning + Design, salary range USD 65,000 to 76,000 per year.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical lead and analyst across multiple disciplines, project types, and geographic regions.
• Create prototype, repeatable analyses using R, Python, and GIS to advance place-based sustainable transportation outcomes.
• Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset in analytics through staff training, tool development, research, and custom web applications.
• Collaborate across Alta's disciplines to identify analytics needs and priorities, promoting a culture of data-informed decision making.
• Lead the creation of new analytical products aligned with the firm's goals and multidisciplinary practice.
• Partner with planners, designers, and engineers on data analysis and visualization to deliver scalable mobility insights.
• Explore data analysis and visualization components within client projects and R&D, applying advanced methodologies.
• Develop innovative analytics to address mobility and access challenges and communicate findings through reports, memos, and presentations.
• Identify labor-intensive processes and pursue automation opportunities to create value across the organization.
• Contribute to projects such as active transportation plans, safety action plans, complete streets, safe routes to school, new mobility plans, and economic benefit studies.
• Maintain a community-centered perspective to help communities tell narratives about people, meet multifaceted goals, prepare for change, and advance equitable transportation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science or another quantitative field with demonstrated transportation planning experience, or a bachelor’s degree in planning, landscape architecture, environmental sciences, or engineering with experience in software development or data science.
• Proficiency in Python or R, and SQL.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills, including data analysis, cross-tabulation, and interpretation, with the ability to apply data-driven techniques to inform evidence-based planning and design decisions.
• Solid understanding of databases, GIS, coding, and advanced transportation planning knowledge.
• GIS proficiency across open-source tools (PostGIS, QGIS, geopandas) and ESRI products (ArcGIS Pro, Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst).
• Ability to create informative data visualizations through code using libraries such as D3, ggplot, matplotlib, plotly, and kepler.gl.
• Experience designing, implementing, and documenting analytical solutions using code; capable of executing analyses entirely with code.
• Familiar with data specifications and acronyms such as OSM, MDS, GTFS, GBFS, GPS, CDS.
• Proficient with MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, among similar productivity tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Technologies

• R, Python, SQL
• GIS: PostGIS, QGIS, geopandas, ArcGIS Pro, Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst
• Data visualization: D3, ggplot, matplotlib, plotly, kepler.gl
• Web frameworks: Flask, Django, FastAPI
• BI/Analytics: Tableau, PowerBI, ArcGIS Enterprise, R-Shiny
• Other: OSM, MDS, GTFS, GBFS, GPS, CDS
• General: MS Excel, MS Word, PowerPoint

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid work schedule
• Medical plans: PPO or HSA; Alta covers 75% of the cost
• Dental and Vision: PPO; Alta covers 90% of the cost
• Life Insurance: Alta covers 100% of the premium for life and AD&D, equal to base compensation
• 401(k) with company match up to 3%
• PTO: 21 days per year from start
• 11 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave and short-term disability
• Wellness reimbursement up to $800 annually, Alta Gets Around benefit up to $900 annually, 5-year travel award, and professional development opportunities

Description

Alta Planning + Design is seeking a Civic Data Analyst (Sustainable Mobility) for the Durham office. This role suits someone who values active, multimodal, and sustainable transportation and seeks growth at the intersection of civic data and sustainability. The position supports connecting people to places while advancing safety, social equity, and environmental resilience.

Our Hiring Process

1. Stage 1: Applied
2. Stage 2: Initial Screening
3. Stage 3: 1st Interview
4. Stage 4: Offer
5. Stage 5: Hired

About Alta Planning + Design

Alta Planning + Design is an Equal Opportunity Employer with an Affirmative Action Plan.