TRANSPORTATION DATA SCIENTIST - 55002205

Requisition No: 877949 

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: TRANSPORTATION DATA SCIENTIST - 55002205

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 55002205 

Salary:  $74,700.05 - $86,711.77 

Posting Closing Date: 07/08/2026 

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

934 /Transportation Data and Analytics

OPEN COMPETITIVE

CAREER SERVICE

FULL-TIME

CONTACT PERSON: Joel Worrell

CONTACT PHONE NUMBER: (850) 414-4715

CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS: Joel.Worrell@dot.state.fl.us

ANTICIPATED HIRING SALARY RANGE: $3,192.31/biweekly / $83,000.06/annual

Join FDOT and be part of the team that works as one to improve safety, enhance mobility and inspire innovation in the Florida transportation system.

To ensure honesty and transparency, all applicants must provide their own work. Unless explicitly requested, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist with qualifying questions, work samples, or interviews is strictly prohibited, and any breach of this requirement will lead to the applicant being removed from consideration.

Candidates must be United States (U.S.) citizens or lawfully authorized alien workers.  Visa sponsorship is not available.

Our Mission

The mission of the Florida Department of Transportation is to provide a safe statewide transportation system that promotes the efficient movement of people and goods, supports the state’s economic competitiveness, prioritizes Florida’s environment and natural resources, and preserves the quality of life and connectedness of the state’s communities.

Our Vision

As a OneFDOT team, we serve the people of Florida by providing a transportation network that is well planned, supports economic growth, and has the goal of being congestion and fatality free.

The Work You Will Do:

Transportation Data Scientist / Transportation Data and Analytics

This role advances the mission of FDOT’s Transportation Technology by supporting and enhancing key transportation data asset inventory systems, products, and applications. The position applies data science and geospatial techniques to develop high‑quality digital roadway and asset datasets, maintain and modernize the Roadway Characteristics Inventory (RCI) system and components, and ensure strong data governance across platforms and data users. The general responsibilities include coordinating system and data changes, analyzing transportation datasets, collaborating and training users and business stakeholders, supporting application functionality, and guiding enterprise data integration and ETL activities.

The Difference You Will Make:

The role also serves as a subject matter expert of transportation inventory data to develop digital data solutions and official transportation statistic information for the Departments obligations to statewide decision-making and public records.  Through cooperation, coordination and collaboration among the OneFDOT team, you will be contributing to a strong and empowering culture of TRREC: Trust, Relationships, Respect, Empowerment, and Communication. 

How You Will Grow:

FDOT encourages our team members to grow through engagement, empowerment, training, and professional development.  Through our agency’s learning management system, you have access to hundreds of computer-based training and instructor-led courses. 

Where You Will Work:

Florida Department of Transportation

Transportation Data and Analytics

605 Suwannee Street

Tallahassee, Florida 32399

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Transportation Data Science
This role supports the data systems under the TDA office meet its mission to provide official information and transportation statistics for users who may be internal and external to the Department. Perform duties as a transportation data scientist by working with transportation data to develop data relationships that provide ready-to-use, geospatial, high quality digital products of transportation roadway networks and asset inventories. Perform data science techniques that support the integration of Roadway Characteristic Inventory (RCI) data with Geographic Information System (GIS) Linear Referencing System data to represent asset data on maps, diagrams, datasets, or databases. Maintain the RCI database model, domains, codes, and processes in documentation and the RCI handbook to ensure the model supports the Departments business requirements. Perform business change management processes by coordinating, informing and assisting stakeholders, downstream users, and business application teams to be ready for system changes. Advocate for change and engage stakeholders of data improvement information by collecting business requirements, analyzing benefits and impacts, presenting information, and collaborating on ideas and strategies. Support the FDOT’s ecosystem and enforce data governance by establishing data integrity rules, reducing data redundancy, reducing user friction and ensuring data is accurate, consistent and distributed timely between applications and databases. Migrate data from source tables using extract, transfer, and load activities of transportation datasets to support data requests, support data integration, and perform data management improvements. Lead RCI modernization project initiatives to improve the quality of RCI data for geospatial asset data management standards.  Maintain data project information, schedules, documentation, and necessary information as directed by the Supervisor.

Functional Application Coordination
Perform functional application coordination duties of the RCI program including the RCI web application and other TDA applications to sustain the operational data system. Perform software development life cycle best practices and standards to ensure RCI web application functionality and access. Lead and support users with application access, provide hands-on training, and maintain documentation of applications. Perform data cycle management activities per Department IT standards including data maintenance activities, system testing, resource planning, review of database architecture, data dictionary documentation, performing TDA office handbook updates, and coordination with users and stakeholders. Identify, develop, coordinate, and implement data applications, hotfixes, or improvements. Coordinate with development teams and consultants to implement updates and data systems. Provide system performance reports, updates, and issues to management. Support other Department data and technology projects as a subject matter expert.

Data Analysis
As a subject matter expert, query, analyze, and provide transportation provided by the office and develop information, datasets, statistics, maps, and dashboards for internal and external requests. Analyze data for quality purposes to improve the accuracy and timeliness of data for public consumption and official reporting transportation information. Support the MyFloridaLRS and RCI reconciliation package coordination process with analysis and review of submitted data. Analyze TDA data provisioned into Enterprise GIS services, data warehouses, datasets, or other business systems and applications. Analyze, develop, and quality control statewide transportation mileage and travel extent statistics for validity and official reports. Perform data validation activities of asset data location and measurements by performing field visits and coordinating with field teams and Districts. Support the Transportation Data Quality Management Team with review and validation of data and processes.

The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

Knowledge of data science principles. Knowledge automated data processing methods.   Knowledge of digital 2D and 3D data visualization methods. Knowledge of transportation data related to transportation engineering and transportation planning. Knowledge of transportation asset data collection methods, techniques, and practices for traffic counts, roadway inventory, road condition and performance, linear referencing systems, and Global Positioning System (GPS) field collection. Knowledge of transportation statistics. Knowledge of database table relationships. Knowledge of big dataset management techniques. Knowledge of mainframe systems.

Skills in:

Skill in analyzing transportation roadway network data by using aerial imagery, GIS data, geospatial data, maps, visual diagrams and construction plans. Skill in the use of ArcGIS applications and GIS data collection tools. Skill in the analysis of transportation data in tables, spreadsheets, and comma delimited files. Skill in using data visualization dashboards including PowerBI. Skill in utilizing programming languages held in relational database management systems (RDBMS). Skill in developing Structured Query Language (SQL) data queries. Skill in data modeling and schema design. Skill in using Microsoft Office Applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Word. Skill in documenting work in a concise, understandable, timely, and accurate manner. Skill in analyzing data qualitatively and quantitatively.

Ability to:

Ability to communicate through verbal, written, and digital means to small and large groups.  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships. Ability to perform systems and process thinking. Ability to comprehend data user needs and requirements. Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures. Ability to plan, facilitate and coordinate meetings. Ability to multitask and prioritize tasks. Ability to perform research and investigate. Ability to work in a team environment. Ability to work independently with limited supervision. Ability to collect feedback and perform self-assessments. Ability to apply creative thinking and innovative solutions to complex technical/business data problems. Ability to plan, coordinate, organize and manage information.

Other Job-Related Requirements:

Overnight travel and fieldwork is required to perform job duties.

Minimum Qualifications:

Seven years of work experience performing data science, data analysis, and data statistics is required for the position. Post-Secondary education may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You will be required to provide your Social Security Number to conduct required verifications. Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion in the Career Service, or appointment in the Selected Exempt Service (SES) or Senior Management Service (SMS), unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES THE SERVICE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR COUNTRY AND SUPPORTS THE HIRING OF RETURNING SERVICE MEMBERS AND MILITARY SPOUSES.  If you are a preference-eligible applicant who receives notice of a hiring decision and believe that you were not afforded employment preference in accordance with applicable Florida law and regulation, you may file a written complaint within 60 calendar days from the date you receive the notice, requesting an investigation to the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Division of Benefits and Assistance, 9500 Bay Pines Boulevard, Room 214, St. Petersburg, Florida 33708.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES AND SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.  QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.  In accordance with Section 110.112, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Department of Transportation’s Individuals with Disabilities Affirmative Action Plan, the agency is committed to ensuring affirmative action and equal employment opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities.  Upon request and as appropriate, reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities may be provided.  Please contact the Florida Department of Transportation’s Human Resources Office at (850) 414-5300 for assistance.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.