Full Stack Developer (Edifecs Application Engineer)
About The Position
Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking an experienced Edifecs Application Engineer for a full-time, 100% U.S.-based remote position supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. The role administers, configures, troubleshoots, and enhances the Edifecs platform to provide reliable and compliant EDI transaction processing. The position requires hands-on knowledge of Edifecs components and architecture, AWS environments, EDI integration and operations, and production performance and reliability practices. The successful candidate will work with EDI analysts, DevSecOps engineers, cloud teams, and business teams. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Applicants from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. This is a W-2 position. Selected applicants will be subject to government security and background investigations and must meet the stated eligibility requirements. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is requested; equivalent practical experience is considered.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations.
- At least 8 years of experience in software or data engineering with strong AWS experience.
- Strong knowledge of EDIFECS architecture and transaction lifecycles.
- Hands-on understanding of Edifecs XEServer, XEngine, TPM, EDI Gateway, and SpecBuilder.
- Experience with EDI integration and management of inbound and outbound connectivity, including AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS.
- Experience with API-based integrations and gateway services.
- Experience diagnosing EDI transaction, mapping, partner-rejection, batch-flow, throughput, and performance issues.
- Experience with job 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-path 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.
- Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and ability to explain technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work through ambiguous architecture decisions with limited direction.
- Experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, and JIRA.
- Strong documentation habits.
- Ability to collaborate with development, operations, and security teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).
Nice To Haves
- EDIFECS certification.
- Hands-on experience with X.12 healthcare transactions, including medical claims (837, 834, 835, 277, etc.), 270/271, 278, and 999 transactions.
- Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in cloud data architecture.
- Experience with healthcare payer/PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations.
- AWS certification.
Responsibilities
- Administer, configure, troubleshoot, and enhance the Edifecs platform to ensure reliable and compliant EDI transaction processing.
- Configure and maintain XEServer, XEngine, TPM, SpecBuilder, and related modules.
- Build, deploy, and optimize Edifecs processing rules, routing logic, and batch workflows.
- Analyze and resolve mapping issues, validation failures, functional errors, and performance bottlenecks.
- Manage system logging, JVM 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.
- Troubleshoot EDI issues and perform root-cause analysis of transaction failures, mapping defects, partner rejections, batch-flow failures, and performance degradation.
- Support EDI connectivity and interface management across inbound and outbound channels and API-based integrations.
- Optimize job throughput and engine performance; support memory management, high availability, failover orchestration, and monitoring dashboards.
- Communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
- Document architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
- Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to support seamless production operations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
