Sr. Software Engineer (VA FEE)

SAIC•El Paso, TX

2d•Remote

About The Position

SAIC has an exciting opportunity for a Sr. Software Engineer to join a high-performance team. This role serves as the lead technical resource for the VA’s Fee Basis (FEE) systems, ensuring stability, accuracy, and continuity of mission‑critical operations. This role is responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting production code that directly enables more than $1 billion in annual payments to community care nursing homes providing care to Veterans. In addition to primary FEE responsibilities, the role provides essential backup development and operational support for the Community Care Program Center (CCPC) and Third‑Party Outpatient (TOP) systems. This position is also critical to ongoing Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM)–related releases, including development and integration work supporting upcoming debt‑collection capabilities being advanced by the VA and Oracle Health. This is a 100% Remote role.

Requirements

Serve as lead technical resource for VA’s Fee Basis (FEE) systems.
Develop, maintain, and support production code for FEE systems.
Provide backup development and operational support for CCPC and TOP systems.
Support EHRM-related releases, including development and integration for debt-collection capabilities.
Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve complex issues across FEE, CCPC, and TOP environments.
Collaborate with business analysts, payment operations teams, and technical stakeholders.
Maintain system documentation.
Participate in release planning, testing, deployment validation, and monitoring.
Identify process improvements and modernization opportunities.

Responsibilities

Serve as primary developer responsible for all enhancements, maintenance, and operational support for the Fee Basis (FEE) systems.
Ensure uninterrupted functionality of systems responsible for over $1B annually in community‑care nursing home payments, preventing delays or errors that directly affect Veteran care reimbursement.
Develop, test, deploy, and sustain code supporting core FEE business rules, payment logic, and operational workflows.
Provide backup development and operations support for CCPC and TOP systems, ensuring continuity of service and seamless coverage during high‑volume or critical processing periods.
Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve complex issues across FEE, CCPC, and TOP environments, ensuring rapid restoration of service when incidents occur.
Support EHRM‑related development activities in partnership with VA and Oracle Health, including upcoming debt‑collection integrations and release cycles.
Collaborate with business analysts, payment operations teams, and technical stakeholders to clarify requirements, align system behavior with policy, and confirm readiness for production releases.
Maintain documentation for system code, logic flows, operational procedures, and release changes to support auditability, maintainability, and knowledge transfer.
Participate in release planning, end‑to‑end testing, deployment validation, and post‑deployment monitoring for FEE, CCPC, TOP, and EHRM‑related changes.
Identify process improvements and modernization opportunities within legacy payment systems while ensuring stability, compliance, and minimal disruption to mission‑critical operations.