Data Analyst I: GIS & Analytics Specialist

State of careers Rhode Island; United States; On-site; USD 92,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhode Island Department of Transportation is seeking a Data Analyst I to conduct full lifecycle data analytics, including requirements gathering, design, data cleaning, model development and ongoing quality control.

In this role you will query and interpret data, apply statistical techniques, build predictive models using administrative datasets, create dashboards and present findings to program owners and stakeholders, ensuring data integrity and actionable insights for policy decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management, Statistics, or a closely related field with similar technical and computational emphasis.
• Experience as a data analyst or in a technical capacity involving computational emphasis or data analysis.

Responsibilities

• To be responsible for conducting full lifecycle activities of data analytics to include requirements and design, data cleaning, developing analysis and reporting capabilities, linking databases and datasets, and continuously monitoring performance and quality control plans to identify improvements in models.
• To assure the integrity of project data, including data extraction, storage, manipulation, processing and analysis.
• To query and interpret data, analyze results using statistical techniques, develop predictive models using administrative datasets and provide ongoing reports.
• To acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintain databases/data systems.
• To provide data visualization and presentation of analytical findings to program owners and other stakeholders.
• To identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex datasets.
• To link databases and datasets to generate integrated datasets.
• To filter and “clean” data, and review computer reports, printouts, and performance indicators to locate and correct code problems.
• To participate in ongoing decisions concerning data collections, study design, methodology, and data analysis.
• To locate and define new process improvement opportunities.
• To do related work as required.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management, Statistics, or closely related field

Job description

Rhode Island Department of Transportation is seeking a Data Analyst I to conduct full lifecycle data analytics, including requirements gathering, design, data cleaning, model development and ongoing quality control.

In this role you will query and interpret data, apply statistical techniques, build predictive models using administrative datasets, create dashboards and present findings to program owners and stakeholders, ensuring data integrity and actionable insights for policy decisions.