Epic Cogito Analyst (Software Development Specialist 3) - 20100724

About the role

At the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health (DBH), the Epic Cogito Analyst (Software Development Specialist 3) serves as the primary resource for analytics design, reporting infrastructure, and data integrity within the Epic ecosystem. The role builds, configures, and optimizes Epic Cogito tools—including Reporting Workbench, SlicerDicer, dashboards, and enterprise analytics environments—to support clinical, operational, and financial reporting needs. Primary technology: Epic Systems Application Administration. Secondary technology: Microsoft OS. Position is located at the James Rhodes State Office Tower, 30 East Broad Street, 27th floor, Columbus, Ohio 43215.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the agency's Epic Cogito analyst; design, build, configure, test, and maintain Epic Cogito applications (Reporting Workbench, SlicerDicer, dashboards, enterprise analytics infrastructure) to support clinical, operational, and financial reporting.
• Analyze reporting workflows, data requests, and analytics requirements with operational, clinical, and administrative staff; identify gaps and translate business/regulatory requirements into functional Cogito builds (report design, data model configuration, dashboard configuration).
• Configure and maintain reporting environments and data access controls for appropriate handling of behavioral health and sensitive-population patient data, ensuring HIPAA, Ohio confidentiality, and agency privacy compliance.
• Coordinate with Epic application teams to ensure source system build is reflected in reporting outputs; perform data validation, reconciliation, and troubleshooting across Cogito environments.
• Manage the full change lifecycle (analysis, build, testing, validation, go-live support) for upgrades, releases, and new implementations related to Cogito; troubleshoot issues, perform root‑cause analysis, and resolve or escalate within timelines.
• Build and maintain Reporting Workbench templates, SlicerDicer data models, and Radar dashboards to meet evolving reporting needs, accurately reflecting behavioral health inpatient, outpatient, and operational workflows.
• Collaborate with operational leaders, clinical informatics staff, compliance teams, and Epic module owners to gather requirements, assess data quality, and deliver analytics solutions supporting decision‑making, regulatory reporting, and performance improvement.
• Coordinate with interfaces and integration teams to assess impact of inbound/outbound data flows on reporting accuracy; troubleshoot data pipeline issues and resolve discrepancies between source system data and Cogito reporting.
• Maintain documentation, test scripts, data dictionaries, and configuration records; serve as liaison between analytics consumers, operational leaders, clinical staff, compliance officers, and IT teams to ensure reporting solutions are optimized and aligned with agency goals.
• Perform cross‑application work as Cogito workload allows, including reporting and analytics‑adjacent modules such as Prelude/Registration, EpicCare Orders Ambulatory, Healthy Planet, and operational reporting interoperability workflows.
• Assist with analysis, build, testing, and support of assigned application areas outside of Cogito; coordinate with other Epic module teams to ensure reporting outputs and data extracts accurately reflect patient record, revenue cycle, and operational data across integrated applications.
• Apply Cogito and enterprise reporting knowledge to support accurate, secure, and timely representation of patient and operational data