[MTADev] Join MTA’s Real-Time Bus Customer Information Systems Team

[Aaron Donovan]

http://sites.google.com/site/mtabuscis/recruiting

As part of its efforts to improve customer service in low-cost and no-
cost ways while it overhauls the way it does business, the MTA is
developing a system for real-time tracking and customer information on
New York City’s network of 6,000 buses. The MTA Bus Customer
Information Systems (CIS) team is looking for two new members:

1. Technical Analyst to help with all technical aspects of the project
(http://bit.ly/c0IWu8)

2. Senior Business Analyst to help with the planning, management, and
documentation of the project (http://bit.ly/a4g9QS)

Come join our smart, fast-moving, real-world technology delivery team
and make a difference in the daily lives of over 2 million daily
riders. We are using modular components, Open Standards, Open Data,
and (when appropriate) Open Source Software to lower costs and bring
benefits to our passengers as quickly as possible. Real-time bus
information will be made available to passengers over the web, mobile
devices, and text messages, as well as applications developed by
developers using open data feeds.

We are playing the overall role of a systems engineer and integrator,
allowing us to buy different components of the system from different
vendors (e.g. on-bus hardware separately from the central data/web
server) and connect them using open standard interfaces. This approach
depends heavily on a small but highly-skilled team of analysts and
engineers to understand the requirements of our large and complex real-
world bus operation, architect the overall system, and work with
multiple vendors to ensure the system is delivered as designed.

We are currently developing a one-route pilot of such a system. The
two team members we are hiring will play an integral role in the
analysis and evaluation of this pilot and the design and delivery of
the full-fleet deployment. These jobs present significant room for
career development while learning about all aspects of the USA’s
largest bus operation.

If you are passionate about transit and about technology, we look
forward to hearing from you. Please apply for the jobs at
http://mta.info/mta/employment/ AND ALSO send a resume and cover
letter to MTAB...@gmail.com.