Full Stack Developer (Edifecs Lead)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Wichita, KS

2d•$109,623 - $126,790•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer to lead its Edifecs platform support organization for a Veterans Affairs department. This is a full-time, 100% U.S.-based remote position requiring U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain 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. The position is W-2 and offers a salary range of $109,623–$126,790. The role leads operational stability, scalability, compliance, and strategic alignment of the Edifecs application platform. It provides technical oversight, manages staffing and roadmap execution, and partners with product, architecture, vendor, business, EDI, DevSecOps, and cloud teams. The lead guides architecture decisions, modernization, cloud scalability, performance strategies, production support, and platform operations. The position involves configuring and maintaining Edifecs XEServer, XEngine, Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs), SpecBuilder, and related modules; guiding EDI analysts on processing rules, routing logic, and batch workflows; and resolving mapping, validation, functional, and performance issues. It also supports logging, JVM tuning, certificate and keystore configuration, deployments, environment refreshes, patching, and upgrades. The employer requires at least 10 years of relevant experience in EDI, healthcare, enterprise application operations, software engineering, or data engineering, with strong AWS experience. An Edifecs certification is listed under professional certifications, and the desired formal education is a master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Desired qualifications include hands-on healthcare X12 transaction experience, HIPAA cloud architecture knowledge, and healthcare payer/PBM, clearinghouse, or pharmacy operations experience. AWS certification is a bonus.

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience in EDI, healthcare, enterprise application operations, software or data engineering, with strong AWS experience.
Strong knowledge of Edifecs architecture and transaction lifecycles.
Strong experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environments.
Hands-on understanding of Edifecs XEServer, XEngine, TPM, EDI Gateway, and SpecBuilder.
Experience managing inbound and outbound EDI connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS channels.
Experience with API-based integrations and gateway services.
Experience troubleshooting EDI transactions, mapping and alignment defects, partner-specific rejections, batch job flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
Experience with job throughput optimization, engine and JVM performance tuning, memory management, high availability, failover orchestration, and monitoring dashboards.
Understanding of AWS EC2 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.
Ability to communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
Experience gathering and translating business reporting requirements into technical data models.
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.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).
Edifecs certification is listed under professional certifications.
The posting identifies a master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline under Formal Education.

Nice To Haves

Deep hands-on Edifecs experience with healthcare X.12 EDI transactions, including medical claims (837, 834, 277, and similar transactions), 270/271, and 278.
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 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 (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 transaction failures, mapping defects, partner-specific rejections, batch workflow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
Optimize job throughput and engine performance, tune JVM and memory management, and support high availability, failover orchestration, and monitoring dashboards.
Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
Communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders and document architecture, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
Work with development, operations, and security teams to support seamless production operations.