Data Scientist, Multimodal Transportation & Safety Analytics

DC Department of Human Resources; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance

Capital BikeShare membership

Professional development via d.Univers

Flexible work schedule

Housing loan program

Job summary

District Department of Transportation (DDOT) seeks a Data Scientist in the Strategic Initiatives Branch (SIB) within the Traffic Safety Administration to advance multimodal safety through data analysis, visualization, and rigorous reporting.

You will apply programming, statistics, and communication to generate actionable insights and support DDOT-wide data priorities with reproducible results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science, engineering, statistics, or related field.
• Specialized experience directly related to the position; at least 1 year at the next lower grade level.
• Experience with Tableau, GIS, Microsoft Office Suite, Python/R, SQL; strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to write briefing memos and reports, deliver presentations, and facilitate effective meetings.
• Strong project management and data analysis/visualization expertise.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to harness data analytic approaches to inform DDOT and District goals.
• Obtain, merge, reshape, clean, and evaluate data quality; automate data pulls and manipulations.
• Use descriptive statistics, predictive analytics, ML, and other methods to derive insights.
• Create intuitive graphics to visualize data and ensure openness and reproducibility.
• Produce data dictionaries and annotated code for open science practices.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Project management

Data analysis

Data visualization

Statistical methods

Education

Data science

Engineering

Statistics

Related field

Tools

Tableau

GIS

Python/R

SQL

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

District Department of Transportation (DDOT) seeks a Data Scientist in the Strategic Initiatives Branch (SIB) within the Traffic Safety Administration to advance multimodal safety through data analysis, visualization, and rigorous reporting.

You will apply programming, statistics, and communication to generate actionable insights and support DDOT-wide data priorities with reproducible results.