Senior Software Developer (EDI)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Melbourne, FL

2d•$85,389 - $116,975•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Software Developer focused on EDI for a full-time, fully remote position supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. The role owns functional EDI workflows, partner requirements, and data validation rules to ensure accurate transaction processing and support business operations. It involves interpreting and troubleshooting healthcare EDI transaction sets, analyzing SNIP compliance and partner-specific validation rules, documenting mappings and integration requirements, and working with business stakeholders to resolve issues and assess operational impacts. The developer collaborates with EDI analysts, DevSecOps engineers, cloud teams, business teams, and integration specialists. The role includes supporting AS2, SFTP, and HTTPS flows; validating data exchanged with non-X.12 partners; identifying issues caused by middleware or APIs; querying SQL transaction data; validating payloads, timestamps, statuses, and error flags; and reconciling differences between raw EDI and stored data. The position also supports audits and compliance reviews and maintains data-quality guardrails. The position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Applicants must be based in the United States; candidates from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington will not be considered. This is a W-2 position. The stated salary range is $85,389–$116,975.

Requirements

At least 8 years of Edifecs product experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations.
At least 8 years of EDI/HIPAA experience.
Strong understanding of payer/provider workflows.
Ability to interpret EDI loops, segments, and element-level errors.
Familiarity with Edifecs Transaction Management or equivalent tools.
Strong experience in AWS cloud environments.
Strong understanding of EDI X.12 loop, segment, and element interpretation; SNIP validations (Levels 1–7); companion guide interpretation; and segment- or element-level error analysis.
Experience interpreting Edifecs XEngine validation results and understanding processing rules and transaction profiles.
Experience working with SpecBuilder maps and implementation guides.
Ability to identify issues originating in Edifecs routes, profiles, or rulesets.
Ability to interpret Edifecs logs and error codes at the functional layer, rather than at the platform-administration level.
Proficiency identifying transaction-error root causes, resolving mapping mismatches, troubleshooting payer or state-system rejections, and reviewing parsed EDI structures stored in SQL databases.
Ability to understand inbound and outbound workflow architecture.
Ability to communicate 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 transaction-flow documentation, error-trend reports, escalations, SOPs, and partner reference guides.
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 standards, including medical claims (837, 834, 835, 276/277), 270/271, 278, 820, and 999/277CA transactions.
Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in cloud data architecture.
Experience with healthcare payer/PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations.
AWS certification.

Responsibilities

Own functional EDI workflows, partner requirements, and data validation rules.
Ensure accurate transaction processing and support business operations.
Interpret and troubleshoot transaction sets, including 270/271, 276/277, 278, 820, 834, 835, 837, and 999/277CA.
Analyze SNIP compliance, companion guides, and partner-specific validation rules.
Document mapping and logical requirements for new partners and integration changes.
Partner with business stakeholders to resolve issues and assess operational impacts.
Support audit and compliance reviews and maintain data-quality guardrails.
Collaborate with EDI analysts, DevSecOps engineers, cloud teams, and business teams.
Work with integration specialists on AS2, SFTP, and HTTPS flows.
Validate data sent to and received from non-X.12 partners.
Identify issues introduced by middleware layers or APIs.
Query SQL for transaction details.
Validate payloads, timestamps, statuses, and error flags.
Reconcile mismatches between raw EDI and stored data.