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 support reliable and compliant EDI transaction processing. The position is W-2 and requires U.S. citizenship; applicants residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. Candidates must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation and other background checks. The developer will work across Edifecs modules—including XEServer, XEngine, TPM, EDI Gateway, and SpecBuilder—and build, deploy, and optimize processing rules, routing logic, and batch workflows. The role involves resolving transaction, mapping, validation, functional, and performance issues; managing logging, JVM tuning, and certificates; supporting deployments, environment refreshes, patching, and upgrades; and collaborating with EDI, DevSecOps, cloud, business, development, operations, and security teams. The position calls for extensive EDI and software or data engineering experience, including strong AWS knowledge and hands-on Edifecs architecture and operations expertise. Applicants must have at least eight years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations and at least eight years in software or data engineering with strong AWS experience. A bachelor's degree in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent practical experience is required. EDIFECS certification is listed under professional certifications. The posting also describes desired experience in healthcare X12 workflows, HIPAA, healthcare payer/PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations; AWS certification is a bonus.
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 management of inbound and outbound connectivity, including AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS channels.
- Experience with API-based integrations and gateway services.
- Experience troubleshooting EDI and performing root-cause analysis of transaction failures, mapping defects, partner-specific rejections, batch job flow failures, and performance degradation.
- Experience optimizing job throughput and tuning engine performance, JVM, and memory; knowledge of 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 debugging, and SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management.
- Proficiency with Git and GitHub, including branching strategies, pull requests, and collaborative workflows.
- Knowledge of compliance, audits, and partner governance.
- Infrastructure-as-code experience with Ansible and Terraform.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including explaining 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 work collaboratively with development, operations, and security teams.
- 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).
- Applications must be supported by information on the applicant's resume; candidates must provide a LinkedIn profile link during screening.
Nice To Haves
- EDIFECS certification.
- Deep hands-on experience with healthcare X12 EDI transaction workflows, including 837, 834, 835, 277, 270/271, 278, and 999 transactions.
- Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in cloud data architecture.
- Experience with healthcare payer/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, business teams, and development, operations, and security teams.
- Troubleshoot EDI transactions and perform root-cause analysis of failures, mapping defects, partner rejections, batch-flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
- Support connectivity and interface management for inbound and outbound EDI integrations.
- Document technical architecture and operations, including architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
- Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
- Drive architecture decisions and communicate technical decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
