Senior Software Developer
About The Position
Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Software Developer 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 ensure reliable and compliant Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transaction processing. The developer works with Edifecs modules and workflows, investigates transaction and performance issues, supports platform releases and maintenance, and collaborates with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, Cloud teams, and business teams. The position requires strong Edifecs and AWS experience, extensive EDI and enterprise application operations or software/data engineering experience, and the ability to communicate technical architecture decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. The role also involves integration and interface management, performance optimization, compliance and audit considerations, infrastructure as code, Agile practices, and thorough technical documentation. Candidates must be U.S. citizens and must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Selected applicants are subject to a government security investigation and other background checks. Candidates residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. This is a W-2 position.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of Edifecs architecture and transaction lifecycles.
- Strong experience in AWS cloud environments.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Hands-on understanding of Edifecs XEServer, including orchestrations, batch flows, and execution contexts.
- Hands-on understanding of XEngine, including validation, rulesets, and canonical structures.
- Hands-on understanding of TPM, including trading partner configuration, routes, and agreements.
- Hands-on understanding of EDI Gateway visibility, audit, search, and reprocessing.
- Hands-on understanding of SpecBuilder, including Implementation Guide definitions and map development.
- Experience with inbound and outbound connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS.
- Experience with API-based integrations and gateway services.
- Experience troubleshooting EDI transaction and batch workflow failures and performance degradation.
- Experience with job throughput optimization, engine performance tuning, JVM tuning and memory management, high availability and failover orchestration, and monitoring dashboards.
- Understanding of AWS EC2 instance 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.
- Ability to resolve ambiguous architecture decisions 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.
- 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, 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 X.12 EDI transaction standards and workflows, including medical claims transactions such as 837, 834, 835, and 277.
- Experience with 270/271 and 278 transactions.
- Experience with 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, 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.
- Manage technical aspects of inbound and outbound EDI connectivity and integrations.
- Perform root-cause analysis of transaction failures, mapping defects, partner rejection patterns, batch job flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
- Optimize job throughput and engine performance, and support memory management, high availability, failover orchestration, and proactive monitoring.
- Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
- Communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Document architecture, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
- Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to support seamless production system operations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
