Transportation Data Lead (JC-533545)

California Public Utilities Commission; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 9,600 - 12,000; Full time

Job summary

California Public Utilities Commission seeks a Regulatory Analyst to design and maintain systems for large transportation datasets, blending technical data work with policy analysis. You will translate regulatory questions into reproducible analyses and actionable recommendations within a hybrid work setting.

The role supports the Transportation Licensing & Analysis Branch, focusing on TNCs and AV providers, with collaboration across policy staff and data teams to ensure robust regulatory

Responsibilities

• Manage ingestion, validation, cleaning, storage, retrieval, and curation of large TNC and AV datasets to ensure data quality and usability.
• Maintain and improve data pipelines, storage and retrieval systems, and cloud-based data environments used to organize and analyze TAS data.
• Conduct research and develop reproducible analyses using programming, query, statistical, and visualization tools to answer regulatory and transportation policy questions.
• Work closely with transportation policy and program staff to translate policy, regulatory, planning, and operational questions into analytical approaches, data requirements, and useful work products.
• Communicate analytical methods, findings, limitations, and recommendations to technical and nontechnical audiences, including managers and senior decision-makers.
• Improve TLAB's data practices by documenting workflows and evaluating new technical approaches and automation to enhance reliability and efficiency.

Job description

Classification: PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST V

$9,631.00 - $12,054.00

New to State candidates will be hired into the minimum salary of the classification or minimum of alternate range when applicable.

Shall Consider: PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY ANALYST IV

$8,766.00 - $10,973.00

# of Positions: 1

Work Location: United States

Telework: Hybrid

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Department Information

Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division (CPED)/ Transportation Licensing & Analysis Branch (TLAB)/Transportation Analysis Section (TAS)

Department Website: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/

Job Description And Duties

This role sits within the CPUC's Transportation Licensing and Analysis Branch (TLAB), which regulates TNCs like Uber and Lyft and AV passenger service providers including Waymo. The position is a hybrid technical and policy role: you will help design and maintain the systems and workflows used to manage very large, complex transportation datasets, then work with policy staff to turn regulatory and transportation questions into reproducible analyses, findings, and recommendations.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the ingestion, validation, cleaning, storage, retrieval, transformation, documentation, and curation of large and complex TNC and AV datasets, including confidential regulatory data, to ensure data quality and usability.
• Maintain and improve data pipelines, storage and retrieval systems, and cloud-based data environments used to organize and analyze TLAB data; coordinate technical requirements and issue resolution with contractors and internal partners that support the data infrastructure.
• Conduct research and develop reproducible analyses using programming, query, statistical, and visualization tools to answer regulatory and transportation policy questions, identify trends, assess compliance or program impacts, and support policy recommendations.
• Work closely with transportation policy and program staff to translate policy, regulatory, planning, and operational questions into analytical approaches, data requirements, and useful work products.
• Communicate analytical methods, findings, limitations, and recommendations to technical and nontechnical audiences, including managers and senior decision-makers.
• mprove TLAB's data practices by documenting workflows, developing reusable analytical tools, and evaluating new technical approaches and automation that can improve the reliability and efficiency of data management and analysis.

Special Requirements

Authenticity of Application Materials

Application materials must reflect your own knowledge, experience, and qualifications in your own words. Generic or templatized responses that do not address the specific requirements of this position, or that appear to misrepresent your qualifications, may result in disqualification from the selection process. Reviewers are specifically evaluating whether your responses demonstrate direct, personal familiarity with the work described.

Your SOQ will be scored for writing quality and for the specificity, depth, and applicability of your experience to the areas below. Reviewers are looking for clear evidence of your personal technical contributions; describe what you personally designed, built, analyzed, managed, or decided rather than only describing the work of a team. Transportation experience should be identified where requested. Note that unnumbered introductory paragraphs to the SOQ are unnecessary and will not be scored for content.

Final Filing Date: 10/8/2026

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

• Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov. All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
• Resume is required and must be included.
• Other - Cover Letter is required. Please see “Special Requirements” for instructions.
• Statement of Qualifications - (SOQ) is required. Please see “Special Requirements” for instructions.