Senior Software Engineer - Edifecs & AWS (Remote)

SSG Official Website; Columbia (MD); Remote; USD 85,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Software Developer for a 100% remote US position in the Veterans Affairs department. The role requires 8+ years in EDI/enterprise ops, strong EDIFECS and AWS experience, and the ability to drive architecture decisions with cross-functional teams.

U.S. Citizenship and a Public Trust (MBI) clearance are required. This W-2 role emphasizes collaboration with DevSecOps, cloud, and EDI analysts to ensure secure, compliant processing.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise tech operations.
• Deep hands-on EDIFECS experience across X.12 transactions and gateways.
• Strong AWS cloud experience and EC2 sizing knowledge.
• Proven ability to translate architecture decisions to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and JIRA.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

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 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 teams, and business units.

Skills

EDIFECS architecture

AWS cloud

Communication skills

Platform architecture

EDIFECS XEServer

EDIFECS XEngine

TPM

EDI Gateway

SpecBuilder

API integrations

EDI troubleshooting

JVM tuning

Git & GitHub

IaC (Ansible, Terraform)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related field

EDIFECS certification

Tools

Edifecs XEServer

XEngine

TPM

SpecBuilder

EDI Gateway

APIs & Integration

GitHub

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) seeks a Senior Software Developer for a 100% remote US position in the Veterans Affairs department. The role requires 8+ years in EDI/enterprise ops, strong EDIFECS and AWS experience, and the ability to drive architecture decisions with cross-functional teams.

U.S. Citizenship and a Public Trust (MBI) clearance are required. This W-2 role emphasizes collaboration with DevSecOps, cloud, and EDI analysts to ensure secure, compliant processing.