Senior Software Developer

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Bethesda, MD

2d•$85,389 - $116,975•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group is seeking a Senior Software Developer to support the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a 100% U.S.-based remote W-2 position focused on administering, configuring, troubleshooting, and enhancing the Edifecs platform to support reliable and compliant Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) processing. Candidates from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. U.S. citizenship is required, and the candidate must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Selected applicants are subject to a government security investigation and other background checks. The salary range is $85,389–$116,975. The developer will configure and maintain Edifecs components, build and optimize processing rules and workflows, resolve mapping and performance issues, and support deployments, environment refreshes, patches, and upgrades. The role works with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, cloud teams, and business teams. It requires extensive Edifecs, EDI, and AWS expertise, along with strong troubleshooting, documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills. The posting specifies 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 a relevant technical discipline or equivalent practical experience is required. EDIFECS certification is listed under professional certifications.

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 XEServer orchestration, batch flows, and execution contexts; XEngine validation, rulesets, and canonical structures; TPM partner configuration, routes, and agreements; EDI Gateway visibility, audit, search, and reprocessing; and SpecBuilder implementation guide definitions and map development.
Experience with EDI inbound and outbound connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS; API-based integrations and gateway services.
Experience troubleshooting EDI issues and conducting root-cause analysis.
Experience optimizing job throughput and engine performance, tuning JVMs and managing memory, supporting high availability and failover orchestration, and using monitoring dashboards.
Understanding of AWS EC2 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, auditing, and partner governance.
Infrastructure-as-code experience with Ansible and Terraform.
Ability to communicate 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.
Ability to collaborate with development, operations, and security teams.
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

Deep hands-on Edifecs experience with X12 EDI 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 or PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations.
AWS certification is a bonus.
EDIFECS certification is listed under professional certifications.

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.
Troubleshoot EDI transaction failures, mapping defects, partner rejection patterns, batch job flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
Support throughput optimization, engine performance tuning, memory management, high availability and failover orchestration, and proactive monitoring.
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.
Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to support seamless production operations.