Senior Software Developer

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

2d•$85,389 - $116,975•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Software Developer to support the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a full-time, 100% U.S.-based remote position requiring U.S. citizenship and possession of, or eligibility to obtain, a Public Trust (MBI). The salary range is $85,389–$116,975. Candidates residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. This is a W-2 position. The role focuses on administering, configuring, troubleshooting, and enhancing the Edifecs platform to ensure reliable and compliant EDI transaction processing. The developer will work with Edifecs modules and workflows, EDI integrations, AWS environments, performance and availability, compliance, and production operations in collaboration with analysts, engineering, cloud, business, and security teams. The position calls for 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. Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience. An Edifecs certification is listed under professional certifications. Desired qualifications include hands-on experience with healthcare X12 transactions, HIPAA cloud data architecture, healthcare payer/PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations; AWS certification is a bonus. Selected applicants will undergo a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Candidates must provide screening-question answers supported by their resumes. Interviews are conducted on Microsoft Teams with the camera on, and applicants will be asked to provide a LinkedIn profile link.

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, including orchestrations, batch flows, and execution contexts; XEngine, including validation, rulesets, and canonical structures; TPM, including trading partner configuration, routes, and agreements; EDI Gateway visibility, audit, search, and reprocessing; and SpecBuilder implementation guide definitions and map development.
Experience managing technical aspects of inbound and outbound EDI connectivity, including AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS channels, as well as API-based integrations and gateway services.
Experience troubleshooting EDI, including root-cause analysis of transaction failures, mapping defects, partner-specific rejection patterns, batch 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, 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.
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to explain technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
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.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent practical experience is considered.
U.S. citizenship is required.
Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).

Nice To Haves

EDIFECS certification.
Deep hands-on Edifecs experience with X.12 EDI transaction standards, 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, 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.
Work collaboratively with development, operations, and security teams to support seamless production system operations.
Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
Communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
Document architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.