10+ years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations, software or data engineering with strong AWS experience
Strong knowledge of EDIFECS architecture and transaction lifecycles
Proficiency with Git and GitHub, including collaborative workflows
Experience with EDI troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Responsibilities
Lead the Edifecs application support organization to ensure operational stability and compliance
Manage staffing and drive roadmap execution for the Edifecs platform
Collaborate with product, architecture, vendor, and business teams
Guide architecture decisions and modernization efforts for cloud scalability
Analyze and resolve mapping issues and performance bottlenecks
Support release deployments and environment refreshes
Collaborate with EDI Analysts and DevSecOps Engineers for seamless operations
Benefits
Remote work flexibility
Encouragement for military veterans to apply
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in healthcare
Engagement with diverse teams across product and architecture
Professional development opportunities in a supportive environment
Full Job Description
Full Stack Developer (Edifecs Lead) Location: Remote Department: Veterans Affairs (VA) Type: Full Time Min. Experience: Experienced Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI) Salary Range: $109,623 - $126,790 If you have previously applied to Syms Strategic Group (SSG), there is no need to reapply. Applications are still under review.
Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply! Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Act as the Edifecs Platform Manager leading the Edifecs application support organization, ensuring operational stability, scalability, compliance, and strategic alignment
Provide technical oversight, manage staffing, and drive roadmap execution
Partner with product, architecture, vendor, and business teams
Guide architecture decisions, modernization efforts, cloud scalability, and performance strategies
Configure and maintain XEServer, XEngine, Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs), SpecBuilder, and related modules
Guide Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Analysts with the building, deployment, and optimization of 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/keystore configurations
Support release deployments, environment refreshes, patching, and upgrades
Collaborate with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, Cloud teams, and business teams
Required Skills and Experience
Strong knowledge of EDIFECS architecture and transaction lifecycles
Strong experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environments
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
A hands-on understanding of the platform architecture and operational behaviors across the following:
Experience with EDI Integration and Interface Management of all technical aspects of inbound/outbound connectivity, consistent with the following:
Applicability Statement 2 (AS2), Secure File Transfer Portal (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol Secure (FTPS), Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) channels
Application Programming Interface (API)-based integrations and gateway services
Experience with EDI troubleshooting providing root-cause analysis of transaction failures, mapping/misalignment defects, partner-specific rejection patterns, batch job flow failures, and throughput/performance degradation
Experience with job throughput optimization, engine performance tuning, JVM tuning and memory management, high availability and failover orchestration, and monitoring dashboards for proactive detection
An understanding of AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance sizing, Operating System (OS) tuning, storage Input/Output (I/O) patterns, file transfer endpoints, routing, firewall coordination, network path debugging, and Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificate lifecycle management
Proficiency with Git and GitHub, including branching strategies, pull requests, and collaborative workflows
Compliance, audit, and partner governance knowledge
Infrastructure as code experience (Ansible and Terraform)
A strong ability to communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
Experience gathering and translating business reporting requirements into technical data models
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
An ability to work collaboratively with development, operations, and security teams to ensure seamless production system operations
Professional CertificationsEDIFECS certificationYears of Professional Experience10+ years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations, software or data engineering with strong AWS experienceDesired experienceDeep hands-on EDIFECS experience in Electronic Data Interchange X.12 (EDI) Transactions Standards involving key X12 workflows involving the following transactions:
X.12 medical claims (837, 834, 277, etc)
270/271 and 278 transactions
Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in cloud data architecture Experience with healthcare payer/PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations AWS certification in a bonusFormal EducationMaster's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical disciplineCitizenship RequirementU.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunitySecurity Clearance RequirementsMust possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI)CRITICAL NOTES:
SSG will not make assumptions regarding your qualifications. Your answers to the mandatory screening questions must be supported by the information on your resume. Applications with inconsistencies will not be considered.
Recruiters or Third parties will not be considered.
This is a 100% U.S. based remote position. However, candidates from CA, CO, IL, MN, NJ, NY, OR, or WA will not be considered.
This is a W-2 position
All interviews will be conducted on Microsoft Teams with your camera on; there will be no exceptions
As part of our screening process, you will be requested to provide a link to your LinkedIn profile
