Full Stack Developer (Edifecs Lead)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Ballenger Creek, MD

2d•$109,623 - $126,790•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group is hiring a full-time, remote Full Stack Developer to serve as the Edifecs Platform Manager for a Veterans Affairs department. The role leads the Edifecs application support organization and is responsible for the platform’s operational stability, scalability, compliance, and strategic alignment. It provides technical oversight, manages staffing, drives roadmap execution, and partners with product, architecture, vendor, business, EDI, DevSecOps, and cloud teams. The position guides architecture decisions, modernization, cloud scalability, and performance strategies. It configures and maintains Edifecs components, supports EDI processing and troubleshooting, and manages releases, environment refreshes, patching, and upgrades. This is a 100% U.S.-based remote W-2 position; applicants from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. U.S. citizenship is required, and the candidate must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations, software or data engineering, with strong AWS experience.
Strong knowledge of EDIFECS architecture and transaction lifecycles.
Strong experience in AWS cloud environments.
Hands-on understanding of Edifecs XEServer, XEngine, TPM, EDI Gateway, and SpecBuilder architecture and operations.
Experience managing inbound and outbound EDI connectivity through AS2, SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, API integrations, and gateway services.
Experience troubleshooting EDI, performing root-cause analysis, and resolving mapping, transaction, batch-flow, and performance issues.
Experience with throughput optimization, engine and JVM tuning, memory management, high availability, failover orchestration, and monitoring dashboards.
Understanding of AWS EC2 instance sizing, OS tuning, storage I/O patterns, file-transfer endpoints, routing, firewall coordination, network debugging, and SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management.
Proficiency with Git and GitHub, including branching strategies, pull requests, and collaborative workflows.
Knowledge of compliance, audit, and partner governance.
Infrastructure-as-code experience with Ansible and Terraform.
Ability to communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
Comfort driving ambiguous architecture decisions to resolution with limited direction.
Experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, and JIRA.
Strong documentation habits, including architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
Ability to collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to support production operations.
EDIFECS certification.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
U.S. citizenship is required for this opportunity.
Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).

Nice To Haves

Deep hands-on EDIFECS experience with X.12 EDI transaction standards and workflows, including medical claims transactions such as 837, 834, and 277.
Experience with 270/271 and 278 transactions.
Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in cloud data architecture.
Experience with healthcare payer/PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations.
AWS certification.

Responsibilities

Lead the Edifecs application support organization as the Edifecs Platform Manager, ensuring operational stability, scalability, compliance, and strategic alignment.
Provide technical oversight, manage staffing, and drive roadmap execution.
Partner with product, architecture, vendor, and business teams.
Guide architecture decisions, modernization efforts, cloud scalability, and performance strategies.
Configure and maintain XEServer, XEngine, Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs), SpecBuilder, and related modules.
Guide EDI Analysts in building, deploying, and optimizing Edifecs processing rules, routing logic, and batch workflows.
Analyze and resolve mapping issues, validation failures, functional errors, and performance bottlenecks.
Manage system logging, Java Virtual Machine tuning, and certificate and keystore configurations.
Support release deployments, environment refreshes, patching, and upgrades.
Collaborate with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, cloud teams, and business teams.
Perform EDI integration and interface management for inbound and outbound connectivity, including AS2, SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, API-based integrations, and gateway services.
Troubleshoot EDI transaction failures, mapping defects, partner rejections, batch-flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
Optimize job throughput and engine performance; support high availability, failover orchestration, and proactive monitoring.
Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
Document architecture, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks, and collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to support production operations.