Senior Software Developer
About The Position
Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a Senior Software Developer to support the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a 100% U.S.-based remote W-2 position. Candidates residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. U.S. citizenship is required, and candidates must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. The role administers, configures, troubleshoots, and enhances the Edifecs platform to support reliable, compliant EDI transaction processing. It involves maintaining Edifecs modules, building and optimizing processing rules and workflows, diagnosing operational and transaction issues, supporting deployments and upgrades, and working with EDI analysts, DevSecOps, cloud, and business teams. The position requires substantial experience with EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations and software or data engineering, together with strong AWS experience. A bachelor's degree in a relevant technical discipline is requested, though equivalent practical experience is considered. EDIFECS certification is listed under professional certifications. Deep hands-on experience with healthcare EDI transactions, HIPAA, payer/PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations is desired; AWS certification is a bonus.
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, XEngine, TPM, EDI Gateway, and SpecBuilder.
- Experience with EDI integration and inbound/outbound connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, APIs, and gateway services.
- Experience with EDI troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, mapping and alignment defects, partner rejection patterns, batch-flow failures, and performance degradation.
- Experience optimizing job throughput and engine performance, tuning JVMs, managing memory, supporting high availability and failover orchestration, and using monitoring dashboards.
- Understanding of AWS EC2 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.
- 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.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- 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 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, 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-specific rejections, batch job failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
- Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
- Document architecture, including architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
- Work with development, operations, and security teams to support seamless production system operations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
