Epidemiologist III

Career Opportunities:
Epidemiologist III (17466)

Posting 17466
-Posted
- Dept of State Health Services

- Agency Analytics

- Life, Physical, and Social Science

- Eligible for Telework
-c. $5000 - $6999 per month

DSHS is committed to hiring skilled and dedicated individuals who share a passion for public health to pursue our vision of A Healthy Texas . If you are looking to make an impact and tackle new challenges, we encourage you to consider a career with us.

Employee Benefits:

DSHS offers insurance coverage and other benefits available through the State of Texas Group Benefits Plan administered by the Employee Retirement System of Texas (ERS). To learn more about all the benefits available to you as a DSHS employee and other DSHS opportunities for early career pathways, visit the DSHS Careers Page .

Functional

Title:

Epidemiologist III

Job Title: Epidemiologist III

Agency: Dept of State Health Services

Department: Agency Analytics

Posting Number: 17466

Closing Date: 06/15/2026

Posting Audience: Internal and External

Occupational Category: Life, Physical, and Social Science

Salary Range: $5,500.00 - $6,333.75

Pay Frequency: Monthly

Salary Group: TEXAS-B-23

Shift: Day

Additional Shift: None

Telework: Eligible for Telework

Travel: Up to 5%

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Full Time/Part Time: Full time

FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt: Nonexempt

Facility

Location:

Job Location City: Austin

Job Location Address: 1100 W 49TH ST (RDM)

Other Locations: None

MOS Codes: 230X,43EX,43HX,43TX,4E0X1,61G,HM,SEI
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The Epidemiologist III serves as a member of the Advanced Analytics Team within the Agency Analytics Unit (AAU) in the Center for Health Statistics (CHS). This position is responsible for the gathering, compilation, collection, management, analysis, visualization, and dissemination of public health data, with a strong emphasis on data quality, accuracy, consistency, and usability.

The Epidemiologist III collects, queries, and analyzes public health data using standard statistical tools, applications, methods, and techniques. This role actively assesses data quality across the data lifecycle, including evaluating completeness, validity, timeliness, and reliability of data from multiple sources. Identifies data anomalies, gaps, and inconsistencies, and works collaboratively with AAU team members to resolve data quality issues and improve data integrity.

Contributes to the development and maintenance of data dictionaries and standard operating procedures related to data management and quality assurance.

Manages and analyzes large and complex datasets to disseminate high quality data products. Publishes public health data on websites and platforms, including dashboards, reports, presentations, fact sheets, and other analytic products, ensuring that outputs are accurate, reproducible, and aligned with approved data standards and quality expectations. Responds to data and other special requests from other DSHS, HHSC, or external programs. Consults with internal and external customers to identify data analytics needs.

Expertise with data analysis and visualization tools (such as SAS, Tableau, R, Python) is highly desired. Initiative and project management skills are important, including the ability to manage data related tasks independently while coordinating with team members and stakeholders. Excellent communication and advanced technical skills are required to explain data, methods, and limitations to both technical and non-technical audiences.

The Epidemiologist III works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for initiative and independent judgment in analytical and data quality decisions. Prior experience working with epidemiological or public health data is highly desired.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs):

Public Health Data Analysis and Interpretation - Designs, plans, and conducts analyses of public health data, including epidemiological and public health data analyses for legislative inquiries. Uses statistical methods and software to prepare, process, and analyze complex public health data in response to requests from other DSHS program areas and agency staff, public health researchers, other governmental agencies, and the public.

Reviews and conducts background research to support methods used to perform data analysis, data management techniques, and data collection processes. (35%)

Development and Dissemination of Data Products - Produces and publishes high-quality analytic outputs, including dashboards, reports, presentations, fact sheets, and other public-facing and internal products. Ensures that all data products are reproducible, aligned with approved data standards, and clearly communicate findings, methods, and limitations to both technical and non-technical audiences, including internal DSHS partners, the media, local and regional health departments, public health researchers, and the public.

Responsible for monitoring compliance with established data standards and protocols across all analytic outputs, including conducting regular reviews to…