Full Stack Developer (Edifecs Application Engineer)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Virginia Beach, VA

1d•$85,389 - $116,975•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking an 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 support reliable, compliant EDI transaction processing. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Candidates residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. This is a W-2 position. The position works with Edifecs modules and EDI workflows, including XEServer, XEngine, TPM, EDI Gateway, and SpecBuilder. It supports integrations and connectivity, transaction troubleshooting, performance optimization, releases, system maintenance, and production operations. The engineer collaborates with EDI analysts, DevSecOps, cloud, business, development, operations, and security teams, and communicates technical decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Applicants should have at least eight years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations, and at least eight years in software or data engineering with strong AWS experience. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is requested; equivalent practical experience is considered. An Edifecs certification is listed under professional certifications. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and obtain a government-granted security clearance. Background investigations may include criminal history, employment and education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness.

Requirements

Strong knowledge of Edifecs architecture and EDI transaction lifecycles.
Strong experience in AWS cloud environments.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Hands-on understanding of XEServer orchestrations, batch flows, and execution contexts.
Hands-on understanding of XEngine validation, rulesets, and canonical structures.
Hands-on understanding of TPM trading partner configuration, routes, and agreements.
Hands-on understanding of EDI Gateway visibility, audit, search, and reprocessing.
Hands-on understanding of SpecBuilder implementation guide definitions and map development.
Experience with EDI integration and inbound/outbound connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS.
Experience with API-based integrations and gateway services.
Experience troubleshooting EDI transactions and performing root-cause analysis.
Experience optimizing job throughput and tuning engine performance, JVMs, and memory; knowledge of high availability, failover orchestration, and proactive monitoring.
Understanding of AWS EC2 instance sizing, operating system 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.
Experience with infrastructure as code using 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.
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.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent practical experience is considered.
U.S. citizenship is required for this opportunity.
Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).

Nice To Haves

Edifecs certification.
Hands-on Edifecs experience with X12 transaction workflows, including medical claims transactions such as 837, 834, 835, and 277; 270/271 and 278 transactions; and 999 transactions.
Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in cloud data architecture.
Experience with healthcare payer or 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.
Manage technical aspects of inbound and outbound EDI connectivity and integrations.
Conduct root-cause analysis of transaction failures, mapping defects, partner-specific rejections, batch-flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
Optimize job throughput and engine performance, support high availability and failover orchestration, and use monitoring dashboards for proactive issue detection.
Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
Document architecture decisions and systems using architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
Work collaboratively with development, operations, and security teams to support seamless production operations.