IT Applications Developer/Senior - Public Health

State of Nebraska•Lincoln, NE

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking an experienced IT Applications Developer/Senior to help build and support the critical systems that power public health surveillance across the state. In this role, you'll develop high-performance applications that process hundreds of millions of healthcare messages, support epidemiologists in identifying emerging health trends, and help protect the health and well-being of Nebraskans. This is an on-site role in Lincoln, Nebraska. Not eligible to be a contracted position. Effective July 1st, 2026, starting wage for this position will increase to $36.060/hr. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services does not sponsor or transfer non-immigrant work visas for this position or accept STEM OPT (form i-983) at any time.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, information systems, mathematics, engineering or other related field and two years of experience, education, or training in coding computer applications; programming experience can be substituted for education on a year for year basis.

Nice To Haves

10+ years of coding experience in Java
10+ years of experience security-hardening internet-facing software applications
10+ years and expert level knowledge of SQL
10+ years and expert understanding and use of HL7 message profiles
10+ years of experience collecting and analyzing Syndromic Surveillance data
10+ years of full lifecycle development, which is current within the last year, with special emphasis on Public Health Information Systems

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and implement dataflow applications to meet needs of public health epidemiologists and informaticians.
Design, develop, and implement information systems to gather, store, and process hundreds of millions of HL7 2.5.1 messages from an HIE/HDU, healthcare networks, hospitals, clinics, etc.
Design, develop, and implement performance critical database of record for billion-row Syndromic Surveillance program.
Design, develop, and implement high throughput processing (ETL) system for semi-structured HL7 data.