Jobs at Sound Transit

Leads government and community relations for the North Corridor, aligning capital delivery, CEO office, and engagement teams. Develops strategic engagement plans, advises leadership on political and stakeholder issues, coordinates with elected officials, tribes, agencies, and communities, prepares presentations and written materials, manages emerging risks, and supports communications strategy for major transit projects.

Administers, monitors, maintains, and supports complex enterprise systems and applications. Performs requirements analysis, system design, integrations, upgrades, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, vendor coordination, licensing and budget tracking, and Level 2 support. Develops test scripts and technical manuals, monitors system performance, resolves application issues, and assists with systems administration and business technology support.

Manages medium- to large-scale data, analytics, business intelligence, reporting, and technology projects. Responsibilities include project planning, governance, stakeholder and vendor coordination, requirements facilitation, solution evaluation, risk and budget tracking, testing and UAT coordination, implementation readiness, communications, and project closeout. The role works across business and technical teams to ensure requirements, decisions, deliverables, testing outcomes, and operational transitions are documented and aligned.

Designs, implements, secures, and maintains scalable Azure cloud infrastructure. Automates provisioning and deployments using Infrastructure as Code, optimizes performance and costs, manages access controls and compliance, and develops disaster recovery and high-availability solutions. Collaborates with architects, developers, IT teams, vendors, and stakeholders; troubleshoots incidents, documents configurations, trains support teams, and contributes to continuous improvement. The role requires hybrid office work at least three days weekly and occasional after-hours maintenance or support.

Leads civil engineering design delivery for the West Seattle Link Extension and other transit projects. Manages multidisciplinary consultant teams, engineering contracts, budgets, schedules, permits, risk assessments, design reviews, construction support, and change management. Coordinates with agency departments, contractors, utilities, jurisdictions, and third parties. Supervises staff, supports workforce planning, presents technical recommendations to executive and Board leadership, and ensures compliance with applicable laws, policies, safety requirements, and quality standards.

Performs professional accounting duties supporting accounts receivable and federal grant accounting. Manages grant reimbursements, invoices, collections, reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, financial records, and compliance reporting. Analyzes accounting data, develops spreadsheets and queries, ensures adherence to GAAP and governmental accounting standards, supports process improvements, and provides financial guidance and training to agency staff.

Leads Sound Transit’s Office of Planning and Development, directing long-range and high-capacity transit planning, system integration, fares policy, sustainability, budgets, workforce management, and regional partnerships. Advises executive leadership and the Board, coordinates cross-departmental initiatives, represents the agency with public and governmental stakeholders, and oversees planning recommendations, work plans, performance, compliance, and staff development.

Provides senior engineering support for rail transit traction electrification and maintenance facility infrastructure. Reviews designs and contract submittals, supports power distribution, traction substations, overhead contact systems, SCADA, safety, grounding, protection, installation, commissioning, and system integration. Performs reliability enhancements, troubleshooting, economic analysis, and stakeholder coordination across agency teams, consultants, contractors, and activation groups.

Leads a three-year, large-scale Maximo EAM implementation for a regional transit agency. Manages project scope, schedule, budget, risks, vendors, integrations, data migration, testing, deployment, security, and stabilization. Coordinates IT, business transformation, system integrators, enterprise architecture, infrastructure, security, and organizational change teams. Oversees stakeholder communications, governance, contract performance, quality assurance, compliance, executive reporting, and transition to ongoing operations.

Leads a three-year Oracle ERP implementation for a regional transit agency. Manages system integrators, project scope, schedule, budget, risks, integrations, data migration, testing, deployment, security, compliance, and stabilization. Coordinates IT, business transformation, vendors, and organizational change teams while briefing executives and overseeing technical delivery across finance, procurement, supply chain, human capital, and asset functions.

Lead planning, design, and environmental review for a high-capacity transit corridor. Manage staff, consultants, budgets, schedules, stakeholder engagement, and Board communications to advance project development and secure regulatory and funding approvals.

Leads end-to-end public procurement and contract administration for technology, goods, services, construction, and other agreements. Responsibilities include developing procurement strategies, issuing solicitations, evaluating bids, negotiating terms, administering contracts, processing changes and invoices, ensuring regulatory compliance, resolving disputes, closing contracts, updating boilerplate documents, and training junior staff and project managers on procurement and FTA requirements.

Leads Sound Transit’s enterprise Quality and Internal Audit functions, including quality management, internal audit, regulatory compliance, risk management, continuous improvement, and organizational change. Advises the CEO, executive leadership, and Board committee; oversees quality and audit programs, staff, budgets, performance measures, corrective actions, and agency-wide compliance with federal, state, and industry requirements. The role also develops quality frameworks, strengthens organizational accountability, and manages stakeholder relationships in a hybrid office and field environment.

Leads multidisciplinary design delivery for transit system renewal and commuter rail projects. Manages technical teams, design consultants, contracts, budgets, schedules, design reviews, permits, construction support, and risk resolution. Coordinates with operations, engineering, architecture, planning, safety, IT, agencies, utilities, contractors, and community stakeholders. Supervises staff, provides strategic oversight, ensures regulatory compliance, and presents technical information to executive leadership and public boards.

Leads planning, design, environmental review, stakeholder engagement, budgeting, scheduling, and preliminary engineering for an assigned high-capacity transit corridor. Manages staff, consultants, contracts, community and government partnerships, regulatory compliance, project risks, and Board communications. Coordinates with engineering, construction, real estate, communications, and outreach teams to advance transit-oriented development and deliver project decisions, scope, schedule, and budget objectives.

The Corridor Manager aligns government and community relations, capital delivery, and CEO office activities for the Tacoma Dome Link Extension. Responsibilities include developing engagement strategies, advising leadership on political and policy issues, coordinating stakeholders, identifying project risks, preparing executives for external engagements, drafting communications and presentations, and managing relationships with elected officials, tribal partners, governments, community groups, and transportation stakeholders.

Supports planning, design, and construction phases of capital transit projects. Coordinates project documentation, schedules, budgets, contracts, consultants, contractors, agency departments, public outreach, meetings, technical analyses, reports, signage projects, and construction activities. Monitors project controls, expenditures, submittals, and compliance while communicating with public agencies, elected officials, businesses, residents, and community groups.

Leads right-of-way activities for transit infrastructure projects, ensuring property rights support design, construction, operations, and maintenance. Oversees consultants, property acquisition documentation, civil certifications, appraisals, right-of-entry processes, leases, and agency standards. Provides technical guidance, reviews project deliverables, supports acquisition planning, and represents right-of-way interests in negotiations, mediations, trials, construction claims, and post-construction access and maintenance matters.

Leads the design delivery of transit capital projects, coordinating multidisciplinary design teams, consultants, agency departments, stakeholders, and third parties. Manages design scopes, contracts, schedules, budgets, reviews, permits, risk, construction support, and resolution of technical issues. Supervises and develops staff, ensures regulatory and policy compliance, supports public and executive communications, and represents the agency in project and professional forums.

Design and govern secure, scalable Azure-based enterprise solutions. Lead architectural reviews, coordinate cross-team integrations, drive standards and governance, mentor solution architects, support procurement and vendor reviews, and translate designs into operational deliverables while aligning technology with business strategy.