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 focuses on administering, configuring, troubleshooting, and enhancing the Edifecs platform to support reliable, compliant Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transaction processing. The developer will work with Edifecs XEServer, XEngine, TPM, SpecBuilder, EDI Gateway, and related modules, and will build, deploy, and optimize processing rules, routing logic, and batch workflows. The position involves resolving mapping and validation problems, functional errors, transaction failures, and performance bottlenecks; managing logging, JVM tuning, and certificates and keystores; and supporting deployments, environment refreshes, patching, and upgrades. The developer will collaborate with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, Cloud teams, business teams, and development, operations, and security colleagues. The role also includes translating reporting requirements into technical data models, communicating architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders, and documenting architecture, data, and migration plans. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). The position requires 8+ years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations and 8+ years in software or data engineering with strong AWS experience. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is requested; equivalent practical experience is considered. Candidates located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. This is a W-2 position.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations.
- 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 managing inbound and outbound EDI connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS, as well as API-based integrations and gateway services.
- Experience diagnosing EDI transaction failures, mapping or alignment defects, partner-specific rejection patterns, batch job flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
- Experience with job throughput optimization, engine and JVM performance tuning, memory management, high availability and failover orchestration, and monitoring dashboards.
- Understanding of AWS EC2 instance sizing, operating-system 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.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to explain technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience gathering and translating business reporting requirements into technical data models.
- 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 work collaboratively with development, operations, and security teams.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent practical experience is considered.
Nice To Haves
- EDIFECS certification.
- Deep hands-on EDIFECS experience with X.12 EDI transaction workflows, 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/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, business teams, and development, operations, and security teams.
- Troubleshoot EDI transaction failures, mapping defects, partner-specific rejection patterns, batch-flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
- Translate business reporting requirements into technical data models and communicate architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Document architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
- Drive ambiguous architecture decisions to resolution with limited direction and support seamless production system operations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
