Senior Software Developer (EDI)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Ballenger Creek, MD

2d•$85,389 - $116,975•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is hiring a Senior Software Developer focused on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) for a full-time, 100% U.S.-based remote role supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs. The position owns functional EDI workflows, partner requirements, and data validation rules to ensure accurate transaction processing and support business operations. The role interprets and troubleshoots healthcare transaction sets, analyzes compliance and partner-specific validation requirements, documents mappings and integration changes, and works with stakeholders to resolve issues and assess operational impact. The developer collaborates with EDI analysts, DevSecOps engineers, cloud teams, business teams, and integration specialists. Work includes supporting AS2, SFTP, and HTTPS flows; validating data exchanged with non-X.12 partners; identifying middleware- or API-related issues; querying SQL transaction details; validating payloads, timestamps, statuses, and error flags; and reconciling raw EDI with stored data. The position also supports audit and compliance reviews, maintains data quality guardrails, and creates and updates transaction-flow documentation, error reports, SOPs, and partner reference guides. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Candidates residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. This is a W-2 position. Applicants selected are subject to a government security investigation and other background checks. Interviews take place on Microsoft Teams with camera enabled; applicants will be asked to provide a LinkedIn profile link.

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 X.12 loops, segments, elements, and element-level errors.
Strong understanding of SNIP validations (Levels 1–7), companion guides, and segment- or element-level error analysis.
Familiarity with Edifecs Transaction Management or equivalent tools.
Experience interpreting Edifecs XEngine validation results and understanding processing rules and transaction profiles.
Experience with SpecBuilder maps and implementation guides.
Ability to identify issues sourced from Edifecs routes, profiles, or rulesets and interpret Edifecs logs and error codes at the functional layer.
Proficiency in identifying root causes of transaction errors, resolving mapping mismatches, troubleshooting payer or state-system rejections, and reviewing parsed EDI structures in SQL databases.
Strong experience with AWS cloud environments.
Ability to understand inbound and outbound workflow architecture.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including communicating 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.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
U.S. citizenship required.
Must possess or qualify for Public Trust (MBI).

Nice To Haves

Professional EDIFECS certification.
Deep hands-on Edifecs experience with X.12 healthcare transaction standards, including medical claims (837, 834, 835, 276/277), 270/271, 278, 820, and 999/277CA.
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, business teams, and integration specialists.
Support AS2, SFTP, and HTTPS integration 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.
Analyze transaction errors, mapping mismatches, payer or state-system rejections, and parsed EDI structures stored in SQL databases.
Create transaction-flow documentation and error-trend reports, handle escalations, and update SOPs and partner reference guides.
Communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders and help resolve ambiguous architecture decisions.