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 support reliable, compliant EDI transaction processing. It includes maintaining Edifecs modules, developing and optimizing transaction processing workflows, resolving transaction and performance issues, managing system operations, and supporting deployments and upgrades. The engineer collaborates with EDI analysts, DevSecOps, cloud, business, development, operations, and security teams. The position requires strong Edifecs and AWS experience, broad knowledge of EDI connectivity and transaction lifecycles, troubleshooting and performance optimization expertise, and the ability to communicate technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). A bachelor's degree in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent practical experience is required. The position is W-2, and candidates from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington will not be 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 interface management, including AS2, SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, API-based integrations, and gateway services.
- Experience troubleshooting EDI transaction failures, mapping and alignment defects, partner-specific rejection patterns, batch-flow failures, and performance degradation.
- Experience with throughput optimization, engine and JVM tuning, memory management, high availability, failover orchestration, and monitoring dashboards.
- Understanding of AWS EC2 sizing, operating-system 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.
- Infrastructure-as-code experience with Ansible and Terraform.
- Strong communication and stakeholder-engagement skills, including the ability to explain technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to make ambiguous architecture decisions with limited direction.
- Experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, and JIRA.
- Strong technical documentation habits.
- 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.
- Deep hands-on experience with Edifecs and X12 EDI transactions, 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 for 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.
- Perform 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 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 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
