Software Engineer Principal
About The Position
Syms Strategic Group is seeking a Software Engineer Principal to administer, configure, troubleshoot, and enhance the Edifecs platform for reliable, compliant EDI transaction processing in support of the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a 100% U.S.-based remote, W-2 position. Applicants residing in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. U.S. citizenship is required. The selected applicant must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI) and will be subject to a government security investigation and other background checks. The role works with Edifecs modules including XEServer, XEngine, TPM, SpecBuilder, and related components. It involves building and optimizing processing rules, routing logic, and batch workflows; resolving mapping, validation, functional, and performance issues; managing logging, JVM tuning, and certificates/keystores; and supporting deployments, environment refreshes, patching, and upgrades. The engineer collaborates with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, Cloud teams, and business teams. The position requires at least eight years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations, and at least eight years in software or data engineering with strong AWS experience. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline is requested, with equivalent practical experience considered. EDIFECS certification is listed under professional certifications. Interviews are conducted on Microsoft Teams with the camera on, and applicants 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 XEServer orchestrations, batch flows, and execution contexts; XEngine validation, rulesets, and canonical structures; TPM trading partner configurations, routes, and agreements; EDI Gateway visibility, audit, search, and reprocessing; and SpecBuilder Implementation Guide definitions and map development.
- Experience with inbound and outbound EDI connectivity using AS2, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS channels.
- Experience with API-based integrations and gateway services.
- Experience troubleshooting EDI transaction failures, mapping and misalignment defects, partner-specific rejection patterns, batch job flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
- Knowledge of 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.
- Infrastructure-as-code experience with Ansible and Terraform.
- Ability to communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience gathering and translating business reporting requirements into technical data models.
- 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.
- Ability to work collaboratively with development, operations, and security teams.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).
Nice To Haves
- EDIFECS certification.
- Hands-on experience with healthcare X12 EDI transactions, including medical claims (837, 834, 835, 277, etc.), 270/271, 278, 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 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.
- Troubleshoot EDI transaction failures, mapping defects, partner rejection patterns, batch-flow failures, and throughput or performance degradation.
- Support job-throughput optimization, engine and JVM performance tuning, memory management, high availability, failover orchestration, and proactive monitoring.
- 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
