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 full-time, 100% U.S.-based remote position supporting Edifecs platform operations and EDI processing. The role administers, configures, troubleshoots, and enhances Edifecs to ensure reliable and compliant electronic data interchange transaction processing. Candidates 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. The developer works with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, cloud teams, and business teams to maintain and optimize Edifecs modules, transaction workflows, integrations, and production operations. The position calls for substantial experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations, as well as software or data engineering and AWS. A bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent practical experience is required.
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 managing inbound and outbound EDI connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS, as well as API-based integrations and gateway services.
- Experience with EDI troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of transaction failures, mapping defects, partner rejections, batch flow failures, and performance degradation.
- Experience with throughput optimization, engine and JVM performance tuning, memory management, high availability, failover orchestration, and 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.
- Experience with infrastructure as code, including Ansible and Terraform.
- Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and ability to explain technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to drive ambiguous architecture decisions to resolution with limited direction.
- Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban) and JIRA.
- Strong documentation habits, including architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
- Ability to work collaboratively with development, operations, and security teams.
- 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).
Nice To Haves
- EDIFECS certification.
- Deep hands-on EDIFECS experience with X12 EDI transaction standards, including medical claims workflows 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, Java Virtual Machine (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 rejection patterns, batch job flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
- Support integrations and inbound/outbound connectivity across applicable channels, APIs, and gateway services.
- Optimize job throughput and engine performance, and support high availability, failover orchestration, and proactive monitoring.
- Communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
- Document architecture, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
- Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to ensure seamless production system operations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
