Edifecs Application Engineer

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group seeks an Edifecs Application Engineer to administer and optimize the Edifecs platform in a remote role. You will configure XEServer, XEngine, TPM, and SpecBuilder, and build processing rules and batch workflows. Collaboration with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps, Cloud teams, and business units is essential.

Required 8+ years in EDI/healthcare or enterprise ops, strong AWS experience, and EDIFECS expertise. U.S. citizenship and Public Trust clearance are prerequisites.

Qualifications

• Solid experience with EDIFECS architecture and transaction lifecycles.
• Strong AWS cloud experience and EC2 sizing, OS tuning, and I/O patterns.
• Hands-on with Edifecs XEServer, XEngine, TPM, and EDI Gateway.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical data models.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, troubleshoot, and enhance the Edifecs platform for reliable EDI processing.
• Configure and maintain XEServer, XEngine, TPM, SpecBuilder, and related modules.
• Build, deploy, and optimize Edifecs processing rules, routing, and batch workflows.
• Analyze mapping issues, validation failures, and performance bottlenecks.
• Manage JVM tuning, logging, and certificate/keystore configurations.
• Support releases, environment refreshes, patches, and upgrades.
• Collaborate with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps, Cloud, and business teams.

Skills

Edifecs architecture

AWS cloud

Communication

Edifecs XEServer

XEngine

TPM

EDI Gateway

SpecBuilder

AS2

SFTP/FTPS/HTTPS

API integrations

EDI troubleshooting

Throughput optimization

JVM tuning

EC2 sizing

OS tuning

Storage I/O

SSL/TLS mgmt

Git/GitHub

Compliance

IaC (Ansible, Terraform)

Architecture decisions

Data modeling

Agile/Jira

Documentation

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline

EDIFECS certification

Tools

GitHub

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Edifecs Application Engineer

Location: Remote

Department: Veterans Affairs (VA)

Type: Full Time

Min. Experience: Experienced

Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI)

Salary Range: $85,389 - $116,975

Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply!

Essential Duties and 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

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:

• Edifecs XEServer (orchestrations, batch flows, execution contexts)
• XEngine (validation, rulesets, canonical structures)
• TPM (trading partner configuration, routes, agreements)
• EDI Gateway (visibility, audit, search, and reprocessing)
• SpecBuilder (Implementation Guide (IG) definitions, map development)

• 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 Certifications

EDIFECS certification

Years of Professional Experience

8+ years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations
8+ years of experience in software or data engineering with strong AWS experience

Desired experience

Deep hands-on EDIFECS experience in Electronic Data Interchange X.12 (EDI) Transactions Standards involving key X12 workflows involving the following:

• 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 in a bonus

Formal Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; equivalent practical experience considered

Citizenship Requirement

U.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunity

Security Clearance Requirements

Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI)

CRITICAL NOTES:

1. 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.
2. Recruiters or Third parties will not be considered.
3. 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.
4. This is a W-2 position
5. All interviews will be conducted on Microsoft Teams with your camera on; there will be no exceptions
6. As part of our screening process, you will be requested to provide a link to your LinkedIn profile

U.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunity. 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.

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or genetic information.