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# MUMPS Developer

- **Company:** Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)
- **Location:** Alpharetta, GA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $62,818.0 - $93,948.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Bug Management, Data Mining, Information Management, Interoperability, M Programming Language, Performance Tuning, Enterprise Software Applications, Health Level Seven International, Service Stack, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8e11c1bebc6a9483

## About the Role

* 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 Certifications
Experience supporting VA VistA RE&E or E&E capabilities
Familiarity with regulated federal environments and compliance expectations
Years of Professional Experience
Two (2) or more years of professional experience
Desired experience
n/a
Formal Education
Bachelor's degree in technical discipline (8 years of experience in lieu of degree to meet education requirement), Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI)

## Description

* 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


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