Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented MUMPS Developer Location: Remote Department: Veterans Affairs (VA) Type: Full Time Min. Experience: Experienced Security Clearance Level: Public Trust (MBI) Salary Range: $62,818.02 - $93,948.33 Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply! Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Provide expert engineering, sustainment, and enhancement support for VA E&E products, including VistA REE during its operational period - Support Veteran Experience Services Eligibility and Enrollment (VESEE) sustainment and enhancement for VA E&E products, including VistA RE&E - Develop and maintain components within the Legacy Technology Stack, including MUMPS (VistA) - Operate in a delivery environment with sprint-based execution, reporting progress, issues, metrics, and risks - Design, develop, and sustain MUMPS routines and VistA RE&E packages - Refeactor legacy code to improve reliability, performance, and maintainability - Analyze and document existing VistA REE workflows (registration, eligibility, enrollment) to inform migration and integration with the Enterprise System (ES) - Implement integration bridges between VistA REE and ES using HL7, RPCs - Develop data extraction, normalization, and reconciliation utilities to migrate RE&E data into ES with full lineage and auditability - Perform ongoing maintenance, including bug fixes, performance tuning, routine maintenance, and documentation upkeep - Track, analyze, and resolve Tier 2/3 user-reported issues with minimal disruption - Support monitoring activities and proactively identify issues and contribute to optimization - Support secure operations and compliance activities (FedRAMP, FISMA, IRS 1075, HIPAA) - Assist with patching and remediation - Implement enhancements and upgrades based on priorities, feedback, and refinements - Support integration/configuration coordination to maintain interoperability with other systems Required Skills and Experience - MUMPS (VistA) development experience supporting legacy applications - Hands-on production support experience with triage, RCA, validation, Tier 2/3 resolution - An ability to support maintenance work and maintain documentation - An ability to work within sprint cadence and provide sprint reporting inputs (status, issues, metrics, and risks) Professional CertificationsExperience supporting VA VistA RE&E or E&E capabilities Familiarity with regulated federal environments and compliance expectationsYears of Professional ExperienceTwo (2) or more years of professional experienceDesired experiencen/aFormal EducationBachelor’s degree in technical discipline (8 years of experience in lieu of degree to meet education requirement)Citizenship RequirementU.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunitySecurity Clearance RequirementsMust possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI)CRITICAL NOTES: - 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 - Recruiters or Third parties will not be considered - This is a 100% U.S. based remote position. However, candidates from CA, CO, IL, NJ or NY will not be considered - This is a W-2 position - All interviews will be conducted on Microsoft Teams with your camera on; there will be no exceptions - As part of our screening process, you will be requested to provide a link to your LinkedIn profile - This position is contingent upon contract award 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.

• Develop complex business applications using Laravel and React frameworks • Collaborate with a remote team on various projects • Participate in learning and implementing new technologies

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Scala 2.12/2.13 • Build RESTful APIs and microservices using frameworks such as Play Framework or Akka HTTP • Implement data access layers using Slick or other Scala‑friendly persistence tools • Write clean, testable, and efficient code • Collaborate with product, DevOps, and data engineering teams to deliver high‑quality features • Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and technical design sessions • Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability • Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to continuous improvement

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