GIS Education Center

Do you want to work on a product that many people including your friends use and appreciate? Interested in a company where teamwork is truly valued and where everyone’s ideas are appreciated? Are you looking for an exciting job in the East Bay instead of all the way down in Silicon Valley? Then this could be your ideal job.
NextBus is a small tech company located in Emeryville. We are improving public transportation by providing real-time passenger information and web based management tools. We have contracts in San Francisco, Oakland, LA, Boston, Toronto, Washington DC and over 80 other cities. Seewww.NextBus.com for more information. This is a rare opportunity to work for a company that actually receives fan mail from our users. Our system really does make a difference to them.
Note: you MUST send a cover letter along with a resume describing how your abilities fit in with what we are looking for. Resumes without cover letters will be rejected. Send resume and cover letter to GISDataAnalyst@nextbus.com

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Transportation Data Analyst is responsible for data acquisition, analysis, processing, and integration of various transit data types and formats into the NextBus Data Model. The Analyst will also use NextBus internal tools to verify that the data is correct and that the systems are functioning as well as possible. The ideal candidate must be able to work with clients, servicing accounts by continuously monitoring customer needs and evaluating system performance. The majority of the Data Analysts time will be spent manually processing schedule and route data using internal GIS tools and python scripts. The remaining time will be spent using tools to analyze problems and determine possible improvements.

SKILLS
The ideal candidate must have a working knowledge of Windows, Unix, and SQL and have experience analyzing large data sets. Familiarity with research and analysis, project management, and office software packages (Word, Excel, etc) is also necessary. You must be very good at learning systems and in debugging problems. Other skills which would be nice to have are a background in GIS (ESRI ArcGIS specifically), and ability to create and modify programming/scripting languages such as Python.

Must be self directed, a quick learner, very detail oriented, and have excellent communication skills. Preferably have experience as a mass transit user and an interest in improving public transportation.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's Degree in math or science and 0-3 Years Experience.
TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION
Please email your resume and a cover letter to the NextBus Engineering Team atGISDataAnalyst@nextbus.com