This principal software engineer role focuses on administering, configuring, troubleshooting, and enhancing the Edifecs platform for compliant Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transaction processing. It involves working with various Edifecs modules and collaborating with multiple technical and business teams.
Responsibilities
Administer, configure, troubleshoot, and enhance the Edifecs platform, ensuring reliable and compliant Electronic Data Interchange (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/keystore configurations
Support release deployments, environment refreshes, patching, and upgrades
Collaborate with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, Cloud teams, and business teams
Requirements
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
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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
EDIFECS certification
8+ years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations
8+ years of experience in software or data engineering with strong AWS experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent practical experience considered
U.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunity
Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI)
Nice to have:
Deep 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, 835, 277, etc)
270/271 and 278 transactions
999 transactions
Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in cloud data architecture
Experience with healthcare payer/PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations
AWS certification
Important Details
Candidates from CA, CO, IL, MN, NJ, NY, OR, or WA will not be considered
This is a W-2 position
Application Process
All interviews will be conducted on Microsoft Teams with your camera on; there will be no exceptions
You will be requested to provide a link to your LinkedIn profile
Security Clearance
Applicants selected will be 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. Individuals may also be subject to a background investigation including, but not limited to criminal history, employment and education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness.
About the Company
Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking talented individuals for positions within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG) is a Small Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) located in Ashburn, VA supporting multiple federal agencies including the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD).
