Junior Data Engineer (Faculty Specialist)

About the role

The Center for Advanced Transportation Technology (CATT) Lab at the University of Maryland is seeking an early‑career Junior Data Engineer to join its Data Platform team. You will work on transportation data analytics applications that support real‑time operations and historical analysis for government clients.

Key responsibilities

• Define, document, and test a wide variety of transportation data analytics and operations applications.
• Design, develop, and support more than 40 relational database instances used for storing and analyzing massive traffic data sets.

Required profile

• Early‑career professional looking for a junior data engineering position.
• Strong interest in transportation data and large‑scale analytics.

Required skills

• Relational database management

What we offer

• Opportunity to work with one of the world’s largest traffic data collections.
• Flexible work arrangements – onsite, remote, or hybrid.
• Collaborative Agile environment with developers, analysts, UX designers, data scientists, and more.
• Contribution to research that saves taxpayers money, improves the environment, and saves lives.