Edifecs Application Engineer

About the role

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Edifecs Application Engineer for a remote position supporting the Veterans Affairs (VA) department. This is a full‑time role requiring a Public Trust (MBI) security clearance and U.S. citizenship, with a salary range of $85,389 – $116,975.

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

Skills

• Strong knowledge of EDIFECS architecture and transaction lifecycles
• Strong experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Hands‑on understanding of platform architecture and operational behaviors across XEServer, XEngine, TPM, EDI Gateway, SpecBuilder
• Experience with EDI integration and interface management (AS2, SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS, API‑based integrations)
• 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
• Understanding of AWS EC2 instance sizing, OS tuning, storage I/O patterns, file transfer endpoints, routing, firewall coordination, network path debugging, and SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle management
• Proficiency with Git and GitHub (branching strategies, pull requests, collaborative workflows)
• Compliance, audit, and partner governance knowledge
• Infrastructure as code experience (Ansible and Terraform)
• Ability to communicate technical architecture decisions 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
• Ability to work collaboratively with development, operations, and security teams

Qualifications

• EDIFECS certification (preferred)
• 8+ years of experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations
• 8+ years of experience in software or data engineering with strong AWS experience
• Deep hands‑on EDIFECS experience with X12 transactions (837, 834, 835, 277, 270/271, 278, 999)
• Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in cloud data architecture
• Experience with healthcare payer/PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations
• AWS certification (bonus)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline; equivalent practical experience considered
• U.S. citizenship required
• Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI) security clearance

Pay

$85,389 – $116,975

Schedule

Full Time