Software Engineer Principal

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Atlanta, GA

1d•$85,389 - $116,975•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is hiring a full-time Software Engineer Principal to support the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a 100% U.S.-based remote, W-2 position, with candidates residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington excluded. The salary range is $85,389–$116,975. U.S. citizenship is required, and the selected candidate must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). The role involves administering and improving the Edifecs platform to support reliable, compliant EDI transaction processing, and collaborating across EDI, DevSecOps, Cloud, and business teams. SSG encourages military veterans to apply. Applicants should have at least eight years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations, as well as at least eight 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. Interviews are conducted on Microsoft Teams with the candidate’s camera on, and candidates will be asked to provide a LinkedIn profile link.

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 orchestrations, 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 EDI inbound and outbound connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS, as well as API-based integrations and gateway services.
Experience troubleshooting EDI transaction failures, mapping or misalignment defects, partner-specific rejection patterns, batch job flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
Experience optimizing job throughput and engine performance, 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.
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 (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; equivalent practical experience is considered.
U.S. citizenship is required for this opportunity.
Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).

Nice To Haves

EDIFECS certification.
Hands-on experience with X.12 EDI transaction standards and 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, 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.
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 system operations.