Full Stack Developer (Edifecs Lead)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Orlando, FL

2d•$109,623 - $126,790•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking an experienced Full Stack Developer to serve as the Edifecs Platform Manager for a Veterans Affairs (VA) opportunity. This full-time position is 100% U.S.-based remote, though candidates residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. The role requires U.S. citizenship and a Public Trust (MBI) clearance or eligibility to obtain one. The salary range is $109,623–$126,790. The role leads the Edifecs application support organization, overseeing operational stability, scalability, compliance, staffing, and roadmap execution. It provides technical direction for architecture, modernization, cloud scalability, and performance, and works with product, architecture, vendors, business stakeholders, EDI analysts, DevSecOps engineers, and cloud teams. The position configures and maintains Edifecs components and supports EDI rules, routing, workflows, troubleshooting, performance tuning, deployments, upgrades, and production operations. The successful candidate will have at least 10 years of experience in EDI, healthcare, enterprise application operations, software engineering, or data engineering, with strong AWS experience. An Edifecs certification is specified. A master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is listed under formal education. Deep hands-on Edifecs experience, healthcare transaction knowledge, HIPAA knowledge, and AWS certification are desired. This is a W-2 position. Interviews are conducted on Microsoft Teams with the candidate's camera on, and applicants are asked to provide a LinkedIn profile link. Selected applicants will undergo a government security investigation and may also be subject to background checks, drug testing, and verification of employment and education.

Requirements

At least 10 years of experience in EDI, healthcare, enterprise application operations, software engineering, 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 architecture and operations.
Strong experience in AWS cloud environments, including EC2 sizing, OS tuning, storage I/O patterns, file-transfer endpoints, routing, firewall coordination, network debugging, and SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management.
Experience managing inbound and outbound EDI connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, API-based integrations, and gateway services.
Experience troubleshooting EDI failures, mapping defects, partner-specific rejections, batch-flow failures, and performance degradation.
Experience with throughput optimization, engine and JVM tuning, memory management, high availability, failover orchestration, and monitoring dashboards.
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.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Edifecs certification.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).
Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance.

Nice To Haves

Deep hands-on Edifecs experience with X.12 EDI transaction standards, including medical claims workflows such as 837, 834, and 277.
Knowledge of 270/271 and 278 transactions.
Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in cloud data architecture.
Experience with healthcare payer or PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations.
AWS certification is a bonus.
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

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 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 rejection patterns, batch-flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
Drive job-throughput optimization, engine and JVM performance tuning, memory management, high availability, failover orchestration, and proactive monitoring.
Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
Document architecture, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
Work with development, operations, and security teams to support seamless production operations.