Senior Software Developer
About The Position
Syms Strategic Group is seeking a Senior Software Developer to administer, configure, troubleshoot, and enhance the Edifecs platform for reliable, compliant EDI transaction processing in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The role involves maintaining Edifecs modules, developing and optimizing processing rules and workflows, resolving transaction and performance issues, managing platform operations, and supporting releases and upgrades. The developer will collaborate with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, cloud teams, business teams, and other development, operations, and security stakeholders. This is a full-time, 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 the candidate must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).
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 interface management for inbound and outbound connectivity, including AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS channels.
- Experience with API-based integrations and gateway services.
- Experience troubleshooting EDI transactions, mappings, partner rejections, batch workflows, and performance issues.
- Experience with throughput optimization, engine and JVM tuning, memory management, high availability, 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.
- Experience with infrastructure as code using Ansible and Terraform.
- Experience gathering and translating business reporting requirements into technical data models.
- Ability to resolve ambiguous architecture decisions with limited direction.
- Experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, and JIRA.
- Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and documentation skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI); selected applicants are subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Nice To Haves
- EDIFECS certification.
- Deep hands-on experience with X12 EDI transaction standards and workflows, including medical claims transactions 837, 834, 835, and 277; 270/271 and 278; 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.
Responsibilities
- Administer, configure, troubleshoot, and enhance the Edifecs platform to support 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.
- Conduct root-cause analysis of transaction failures, mapping defects, partner-specific rejections, batch workflow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
- Optimize job throughput and engine performance, support high availability and failover orchestration, and use monitoring dashboards for proactive issue detection.
- 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.
- Work collaboratively 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
