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Intelligence Specialist roles in the U.S. sit at the intersection of national security and specialized analysis, making visa sponsorship a nuanced process. Most positions qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B visa, but security clearance requirements and agency contracting structures shape which employers can realistically sponsor you.
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UTHealth Houston is searching for an Epic Business Intelligence Specialist to work with our clinical IT team. This role is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the triage of analytics requests and deciding which reporting tools to use as new data needs arise, including but not limited to: Clarity and Caboodle reports; Extract Framework: Metrics; Benchmarking; Radar; Analytics Catalog; Registry Framework; data marts; Reporting Workbench; SlicerDicer and Tableau. Works closely with all levels of staff and customers to translate business needs into requirements, key performance indicators, design specifications, and implementation plans to meet the needs of UTHealth Houston.
We prefer candidates who are already certified in Cogito. This role is remote, but we also prefer candidates who live in the state of Texas. This is a full-time, salaried position that will be eligible for all UTHealth Houston benefits.
What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
Once you join us, you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus many more!
Position Key Accountabilities:
- Obtains and maintains expertise in the support and optimization of Epic Cogito analytics suite of tools.
- Establishing processes, including request, triage, prioritization, testing, publishing, and validating data requests.
- Works cohesively with stakeholders to provide system support including analysis, build, and testing of requested changes, and analysis of new Cogito features.
- Reviewing upgrade documentation related to analytics tools and content and determining how to implement, disseminate, and train system-users.
- Creates and modifies existing reports and distributes analytics content to data consumers.
- Demonstrates timely, effective, and efficient troubleshooting of software and workflow issues and defines mitigation plans for resolution with minimal guidance.
- Maintaining the Analytics Catalog and associated metadata records.
- Meets build deadlines as communicated by EHR Business Intelligence Application Manager.
- Develops and maintains system documentation to enable ongoing support and maintenance of the Epic system.
- Performs unit testing of application configurations and builds in appropriate non-production environments, to identify defects and create resolution plans accordingly.
- Participates in the creation of relevant and meaningful test scripts for application, integrated, and end-user acceptance testing.
- Follows established guidelines for system change control.
- Creates and maintains documentation for change management.
- Collaborates with peers to ensure process design, interface development, testing, and end-user training are performed to quality standards.
- Performs basic project management activities for the development and implementation of system changes and small projects with minimal guidance.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills:
- Prefer Epic Cogito certification
Minimum Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related field required. May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement.
Minimum Experience:
2 years of experience in a healthcare-related field required. Large-scale healthcare systems planning and implementation experience on application software products preferred.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.
Residency Requirement:
We prefer employees who permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
Position Summary:
UTHealth Houston is searching for an Epic Business Intelligence Specialist to work with our clinical IT team. This role is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the triage of analytics requests and deciding which reporting tools to use as new data needs arise, including but not limited to: Clarity and Caboodle reports; Extract Framework: Metrics; Benchmarking; Radar; Analytics Catalog; Registry Framework; data marts; Reporting Workbench; SlicerDicer and Tableau. Works closely with all levels of staff and customers to translate business needs into requirements, key performance indicators, design specifications, and implementation plans to meet the needs of UTHealth Houston.
We prefer candidates who are already certified in Cogito. This role is remote, but we also prefer candidates who live in the state of Texas. This is a full-time, salaried position that will be eligible for all UTHealth Houston benefits.
What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
Once you join us, you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus many more!
Position Key Accountabilities:
- Obtains and maintains expertise in the support and optimization of Epic Cogito analytics suite of tools.
- Establishing processes, including request, triage, prioritization, testing, publishing, and validating data requests.
- Works cohesively with stakeholders to provide system support including analysis, build, and testing of requested changes, and analysis of new Cogito features.
- Reviewing upgrade documentation related to analytics tools and content and determining how to implement, disseminate, and train system-users.
- Creates and modifies existing reports and distributes analytics content to data consumers.
- Demonstrates timely, effective, and efficient troubleshooting of software and workflow issues and defines mitigation plans for resolution with minimal guidance.
- Maintaining the Analytics Catalog and associated metadata records.
- Meets build deadlines as communicated by EHR Business Intelligence Application Manager.
- Develops and maintains system documentation to enable ongoing support and maintenance of the Epic system.
- Performs unit testing of application configurations and builds in appropriate non-production environments, to identify defects and create resolution plans accordingly.
- Participates in the creation of relevant and meaningful test scripts for application, integrated, and end-user acceptance testing.
- Follows established guidelines for system change control.
- Creates and maintains documentation for change management.
- Collaborates with peers to ensure process design, interface development, testing, and end-user training are performed to quality standards.
- Performs basic project management activities for the development and implementation of system changes and small projects with minimal guidance.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills:
- Prefer Epic Cogito certification
Minimum Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related field required. May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement.
Minimum Experience:
2 years of experience in a healthcare-related field required. Large-scale healthcare systems planning and implementation experience on application software products preferred.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.
Residency Requirement:
We prefer employees who permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as an Intelligence Specialist
Align your degree to the role
USCIS requires a directly related bachelor's degree for specialty occupation status. For Intelligence Specialist roles, degrees in political science, international relations, or intelligence studies map cleanly. A general business or communications degree will likely trigger an RFE.
Target defense contractors over federal agencies
Federal agencies can't directly sponsor visas due to citizenship requirements, but defense contractors like SAIC, Leidos, and Booz Allen can. Focus your search on contractor roles that don't require an active clearance before hire.
Verify employer LCA filing history on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to check which defense contractors have certified LCAs for Intelligence Specialist roles. This tells you which employers have an established H-1B sponsorship process before you invest time in an application.
Get the prevailing wage tier right before negotiating
Look up the wage level for your specific location using the OFLC Wage Search. Intelligence analysis roles in D.C. and Northern Virginia sit at higher wage tiers, and your offer must meet the certified LCA wage or USCIS will deny the petition.
Disclose clearance status accurately in applications
Many intelligence-adjacent contractor roles list a clearance as preferred, not required. Clarify this in writing before your employer files the LCA, since a job description that overstates clearance requirements can complicate the specialty occupation argument at USCIS.
File the LCA before the H-1B petition deadline
Your employer must get DOL to certify the LCA before submitting your H-1B petition to USCIS. For cap-subject roles, this means the LCA needs to be certified well before the annual registration window opens. Confirm your employer's HR team knows this sequence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do Intelligence Specialist roles qualify as H-1B specialty occupations?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS evaluates specialty occupation status based on whether the role normally requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Intelligence Specialist positions that require analytical training in areas like political science, intelligence studies, or cybersecurity typically qualify. Roles described as general research or administrative support are harder to defend, so the job description in the LCA matters significantly.
Can a foreign national get a security clearance for an intelligence role?
Most U.S. government security clearances are restricted to U.S. citizens, which rules out direct federal employment for visa holders. However, defense contractors can employ foreign nationals in intelligence-adjacent roles that don't require a clearance, or in positions where a clearance eligibility determination happens after hire. The critical step is confirming clearance requirements before accepting an offer.
Which visa categories realistically apply to Intelligence Specialist jobs?
The H-1B is the primary path for private-sector intelligence roles at defense contractors and research firms. The O-1A is an option if you have published research, awards, or demonstrated expertise in intelligence analysis. TN visa status under USMCA does not cover intelligence specialist roles, as the profession isn't on the USMCA list. The green card route via EB-2 or EB-3 is available after securing initial sponsorship.
Where can I find employers who sponsor Intelligence Specialist roles?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified H-1B LCA sponsorship history for intelligence and national security roles, searchable by location and job type. This is the fastest way to identify contractors actively sponsoring visas rather than cold-applying to companies with no sponsorship track record.
Does a master's degree improve my chances of H-1B sponsorship for this role?
A master's degree in a relevant field strengthens both the specialty occupation argument and your position in the H-1B selection process. Petitions filed under the advanced degree exemption draw from a separate pool of 20,000 slots before entering the regular cap lottery, which improves your selection odds. For intelligence roles specifically, graduate-level training in quantitative analysis or regional security studies is well-regarded by USCIS adjudicators.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Intelligence Specialist jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.