Senior Software Developer
About The Position
Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is hiring a Senior Software Developer to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). This is a full-time, 100% U.S.-based remote position focused on administering, configuring, troubleshooting, and enhancing the Edifecs platform to support reliable, compliant EDI transaction processing. The position requires Public Trust (MBI) clearance eligibility and U.S. citizenship. Candidates residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. The role involves configuring and maintaining Edifecs modules and workflows, resolving transaction and performance issues, supporting deployments and upgrades, and collaborating with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, Cloud teams, and business teams. It also requires substantial EDI, healthcare or enterprise application operations, software or data engineering, and AWS experience, along with strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills. The position is W-2. Applicants must provide a LinkedIn profile link during screening. Interviews are conducted on Microsoft Teams with the camera on. Selected applicants are subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance. Background investigation may include criminal history, employment and education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness. Military veterans are encouraged to apply. SSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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 orchestration, batch flows, and execution contexts; XEngine validation, rulesets, and canonical structures; TPM trading partner configuration, routes, and agreements; EDI Gateway visibility, audit, search, and reprocessing; and SpecBuilder implementation guide definitions and map development.
- Experience managing inbound and outbound EDI connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS, as well as API-based integrations and gateway services.
- Experience with job throughput optimization, engine performance tuning, JVM tuning and memory management, high availability and 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.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including the 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, including Scrum and Kanban, and JIRA.
- Strong documentation habits, including architecture diagrams, data dictionaries, and migration runbooks.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- U.S. citizenship is required for this opportunity.
- Must possess or qualify for Public Trust (MBI).
Nice To Haves
- EDIFECS certification.
- Hands-on experience with EDI X12 transaction standards, 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.
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 transactions and identify root causes of transaction failures, mapping defects, partner-specific rejections, batch job flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
- Optimize job throughput and engine performance; support JVM tuning, memory management, high availability, failover orchestration, and monitoring dashboards for proactive detection.
- 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.
- Work collaboratively with development, operations, and security teams to support seamless production operations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
