The position is responsible for providing ongoing maintenance and support of the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS). MDSS is a complex application that supports communicable disease surveillance, registries, and case management systems that are critical to supporting effective responses to public health emergencies and reducing the burden of communicable diseases. MDSS is going through modernization to enhance stability and functionality of the system. With phase 1 already completed, the resource is integral to developing, maintaining, and enhancing MDHHS’ MDSS phase 1. This includes ensuring automated processes are functioning, streamlining critical business processes, maintaining data integrity, ensuring SEM/SUITE compliance, and securing the application. The resource also performs as a technical lead and provides technical guidance to other developers in the department. As a technical lead, the resource participates in a variety of analytical assignments that provide for the enhancement, integration, maintenance, and implementation of projects. The resource will also provide technical oversight to other developers in the team that support other critical applications. Not having a resource on staff will lead to MDHSS failing to maintain, enhance, and support the modernized MDSS, which can lead to errors causing application outages, data integrity issues, and can eventually lead to incorrect information being processed and reported regarding patient information.