Full Stack Developer (Edifecs Lead)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Mobile, AL

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 the Department of Veterans Affairs. This remote, full-time W-2 position leads the Edifecs application support organization and is responsible for operational stability, scalability, compliance, and strategic alignment. The role provides technical oversight, manages staffing, drives roadmap execution, and partners with product, architecture, vendor, and business teams. It guides architecture decisions, modernization, cloud scalability, and performance strategies. The role configures and maintains Edifecs components and guides EDI Analysts in developing, deploying, and optimizing processing rules, routing logic, and batch workflows. It supports troubleshooting and root-cause analysis, performance tuning, logging, JVM and certificate configuration, releases, environment refreshes, patching, and upgrades. The position collaborates with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, cloud teams, and business teams to maintain production operations. This is a 100% U.S.-based remote opportunity requiring U.S. citizenship and possession of, or eligibility to 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 listed salary range is $109,623–$126,790. Applicants selected are subject to a government security investigation and applicable background checks.

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 with EDI integration and inbound/outbound connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, API-based integrations, and gateway services.
Experience troubleshooting EDI transactions, mapping issues, partner rejections, batch workflows, and performance degradation.
Experience optimizing job throughput and engine performance, tuning JVMs and memory, supporting high availability and failover, and using monitoring dashboards.
Understanding of AWS EC2 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.
Experience with infrastructure as code using Ansible and Terraform.
Ability to communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
Experience gathering business reporting requirements and translating them into technical data models.
Ability to resolve ambiguous architecture decisions with limited direction.
Experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, and JIRA.
Strong documentation skills, including architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
Ability to collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure production system operations.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).

Nice To Haves

EDIFECS certification.
Deep hands-on experience with healthcare EDI X12 transaction standards, including medical claims workflows such as 837, 834, and 277, and 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.
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

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.
Troubleshoot EDI issues and conduct root-cause analysis of transaction failures, mapping defects, partner-specific rejections, batch-flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
Support production operations in collaboration with development, operations, and security teams.