Software Systems Engineer Principal

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Software Systems Engineer Principal
Department: Veterans Affairs (VA)
Type: Full Time
Min. Experience: Experienced
Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI)
Salary Range: $109623 - $126790
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:

• 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)

• 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 ( 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

10 years of experience in EDI healthcare or enterprise application operations 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 transactions:

• X.12 medical claims (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 bonus

Formal Education

Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical discipline

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 is 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.

Required Experience:

Senior IC