EpiTrax Outbreak and Exposure Enhancements Developer

CDC Foundation•Utah, UT

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The CDC Foundation is seeking an EpiTrax Outbreak and Exposure Enhancements Developer to support Utah’s disease surveillance system during high-volume events, including the current measles outbreak. This role will resume critical system enhancements focused on reducing duplicate data entry, improving data visibility, and automating outbreak tracking. The developer will help operationalize key features to strengthen real-time surveillance and public health response capabilities. This position is currently a Hybrid position. CDC Foundation retains the right to make adjustments to this as required.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field required
Proficiency in Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) development within Wildfly and Java 17 environments
Strong understanding of MVC design patterns (PrimeFaces, JSF Managed Beans, JPA)
Experience working with PostgreSQL databases
Expertise in XML processing using JAXP
Experience using Git for version control
Familiarity with Agile development methodologies

Responsibilities

Engineer systemic enhancements within EpiTrax to allow case records to link to multiple outbreaks of the same disease, ensuring historical and current data integrity.
Architect and code automated features that link cases and contacts to specific outbreaks, reducing manual overhead and ensuring real-time surveillance accuracy.
Develop and deploy automated task-generation modules to programmatically assign and track follow-up actions for public health investigators.
Implement logic to reduce duplicate data entry across the integrated surveillance system, improving overall data visibility and stakeholder access.
Refine and expand data export modules to facilitate seamless interoperability with external analysis and visualization tools.