Nebraska DHHS is seeking an experienced IT Applications Developer/Lead – MMIS to provide technical leadership for large-scale Medicaid systems that support critical healthcare services across the state. This role is ideal for a hands-on leader who excels at guiding development teams, managing complex application environments, and resolving high-impact production issues within IBM mainframe and DB2 systems.
Requirements
- Experience with large-scaled IBM mainframe systems, using large complex DB2 application databases.
- Experience supporting SFTP data interfaces in a mainframe and server environment.
- Experience in complete software development lifecycle.
- Project management experience including plan development, resource management, assignment of work, target date planning, project monitoring, issue resolution, coordination with internal/external teams, quality assurance and implementation
- Strong knowledge of mainframe development is required.
- Candidates must be service oriented, have strong interpersonal skills and analytical skills that include working directly with various levels of business and technical staff to determine sound technical solutions for business requirements.
- Candidate must have strong technical, organization and planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate application developer work efforts while making assignments, monitoring progress, and reviewing work including code and technical design for senior application analysts.
- Lead technical and business analysts to design solutions.
- Manage projects using project management practices and tools.
- Coordinate system production support on-call responsibilities.
- Analyze and resolves complex production issues.
- Provide input for team supervisor on project status and teammate performance.
- Provide support for development, maintenance, and enhancement of the state mainframe (COBOL/DB2/CICS) Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS).
Other
- This is a full-time/permanent on-site role in Lincoln, Nebraska.
- Not eligible to be a contracted position.
- The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services does not sponsor or transfer non-immigrant work visas for these positions.
- No remote or hybrid work available.
- Must be able to communicate effectively.
