SUMMARY:

• Over 9+ years of Strong technical Experience in developing and testing applications for B2B integration using different EDI and XML file formats using sub - systems like Sterling Integrator, Gentran Integration Suite, GXS Biz Manager and Gentran Server (Windows & UNIX).
• Extensive Knowledge on B2B integration, production support, testing, implementation, and documentation of information systems. B2B Integration using Sterling Integrator 5.0,5,1,5.2, GIS 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, Gentran Server 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, Sybase ECMap, Oracle EDI Gateway.
• Strong Expertise in development and implementation experience in EDI ANSI X12, HIPAA, VICS, UCC, EDIFACT, XML, Sterling Integrator, Sterling’s Gentran Server on UNIX, Gentran Integration Suite (GIS), GXS Application Integrator Workbench, GXS Enterprise Gateway & XML/XSLT applications.
• Expertise in ANSI X12, EDIFACT Standards and implementing EDI Order to Cash transactions 810, 811, 820, 830, 850, 852, 855, 856, 860, 861, 864, 867, 835, 837, 270/271, 276/277 and 997. Set up of AS2, SFTP, FTPS, Web Services Communication between trading partners and VAN.
• Extensively wrote SQL queries and UNIX shell scripts to reduce manual effort. Expertise in COBOL, JCL, Sub-files, CL commands, and System commands.
• Experience in Visual Mapper and Application Integrator Mapper.
• Strong knowledge, in mapping EDI formats and SAP applications. Strong Analysis in system specifications and business requirements.
• Installed Sterling File Gateway and configured community, partners, groups, mailboxes, Channels and templates. Added new file gateway protocol for FSA handling. Added Connect Direct protocol handling.
• Strong Knowledge of different communication protocol such as AS2, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SFTP and IBM VAN.
• Have good experience in creation of complex Business Processes using GPM and also by writing BPML Code. Business process development using text editor and Graphical Process Modeler (GPM).
• Experience with SAP EDI configuration including IDOCs and Workflow. Proficient with SAP IDOC formats and proficient in troubleshooting SAP issues like data issues, status code issues etc.
• Create customized BPs using GIS BPML. Development and Implementation of GIS services and adapters such as FTP, HTTP, SFTP, FSA, SMTP, JDBC, LWJDBC, SFTP, AS2, XSLT, Web services, JMS MQ-Series Adapter and Adapters related to Mailbox on GIS CL2 Command Line, Connect Direct.
• Extensive experience in - trading partner setup / on-boarding, mapping specifications and documentation, troubleshooting, problem resolution, customer / vendor / internal customer data issue resolution, interface development for import / export of EDI data.
• Trading Partner set up in SFG. Configuration ssh2 connectivity methods, authentication certificates.
• Manage the requirements and selection for Trading Partners and Vendors. Experience in Migrating Trading Partner setups with Communication setups to Sterling Integrator 5.1 (GIS) from Gentran Server for Windows.
• Setup Sterling file gateway for managed file transfer (MFT).Worked on Sterling File Gateway for secure file transfer activities.
• Excellent understanding of related customer/channel partner business processes and information flow for both SAP and EDI communications.
• Good knowledge in IBM Sterling Connect Enterprise Experience in working with UNIX environment, Shell scripting. Excellent troubleshooting and issue resolution skills.
• Expert in articulating technology solutions to both business and technical users to drive tangible business outcomes. Handled roles spanning from design & development of end to end EDI applications, Team Leading and Production Support.
• Strong Ability to handle complete life cycle of EDI projects by working closely with clients for collecting requirements, propose technically feasible solutions, set accurate expectations on level of effort, risks, and time-lines to design, build, and deliver EDI integrated solutions.
• Experience in working with cross cultural teams across geographies and implementing global delivery model with good business communication and coordinating skills, flexible to changing circumstances.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating System: Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP,UNIX, IBM Z/OS

Programming Languages: C, C++, SQL, PL/SQ, XML, Unix Shell Scripting, BPML, XSLT.

EDI Mappers: Visual Mapper, GXS Application Integrator and GIS Map Editor

EDI Standard: EDI X12(ANSI), HIPAA, EDIFACT,SAP IDOCS, BPMLSOAP, Rosetta net

Mapping Tools: Sterling Integrator 5.0/5.2, Gentran 5.1/5.3/6.0, GIS 4.2/4.3, GXS Mapper 3.12.0Sybase EC Map, EC Gateway, Sterling File Gateway, AFT, MFT, EDIFECS Specbuilder, X-Engine, MQ Series.

ERP System: Oracle APPS,Order Management, TMS, SAP R/3 (SD, MM, PP, BW), SAP IDOCS

EDI Transactions: 204, 210, 211, 214, 270, 271, 810, 811, 812, 820,824,831, 832, 834,835, 837, 850, 856, 860,875,940, 943, 944, 945, 997

Databases: DB2,Oracle 11g, SQL Server 2000/2005

Tools: TSO/ISPF, File-Aid,CA-7,SQL Navigator, SQL Loader

Packages: MS Office (Excel, Access, Visio, Word), MS Outlook 2000, Photoshop, Flash

Protocols/Messaging: FTP, HTTP, HTTP/S, SFTP, AS2,Connect:Direct

Other Tools: VAN, TCP/IP, SMTP, SNMP, IMAP.

CAREER OVERVIEW:

Confidential, Portland, OR

Senior EDI/ Sterling Integrator Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the complete design, development and Implementation and mapping using Sterling Integrator Map Editor for 810, 820, 832, 850, 852, 855, 856, 860, 870, 875, 880, 210, 214, 990 and 997 transaction sets.
• Worked on Migration Project for Migrating Communication setups, Envelopes and Maps GIS to IBM Sterling B2B Integrator.
• Modified business processes to replace retiring services and adapters with new services and adapters.
• Set up communications using different Protocols FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SFTP, SMTP and AS2 with trading partners.
• Creating Application Integrator Maps for 210, 214, 810, 820, 832, 846, 850, 852, 855, 856, 860, 870, 875, 880, 990 and 997 etc.
• Developed maps using complex extended rules and standard rules.
• Worked in teams with Business analysts to understand the requirement and develop relevant mapping requirement specifications.
• Responsible for Setting up the new trading partners (Communities, AS2, Code Lists etc) in Sterling Integrator.
• Proficient in creation, modifications, testing of envelopes, maps, business process, service/adapters and set up AS2 communications for various trading partners.
• Implemented end to end integration for more than 100 trading partners.
• Involved in Designed and development more than 200 Maps in various different formats like X12, EDIFACT, CSV, SQL, XML and SAP Idocs.
• Developed design documents and mapping specification (MRS) for the maps. Created both inbound and outbound generic and partner specific EDI business flows.
• Worked on EDI Implementation with new trading partners using Gentran Server on Windows
• Development and modification of various EDI maps using Sterling Integrator for both inbound and outbound transactions like 850, 856 (Pick and Pack, Standard ASN), 860 and 810.
• Hands on experience in AFT and MFT.
• Trouble-Shooting in retrofitting the older version maps and making new 5.2 compatible.
• Perform Gap Analysis on the requirements.
• Creating Acceptance Test Cases and burn test cases.
• During on boarding process worked in teams to resolve critical issues.
• Tested work flow scenarios in Sterling Integrated Dev environment, SI QA Environment and turned into Production environment.
• Responsible to verify all data was successfully processed and trouble-shoot any failures during translation and address the issues to the team.
• Involved in 24x7 Production Support using ITSM tool after Go Live.

Tools: and Technologies: Integrator 5.0/5.2, ITSM, Gentran Server on Windows, UltraEdit, FileZilla

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Sterling Integrator Developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Design Business Process in Sterling Integrator 5.0, 5.2 and experience in upgrade GIS 4.3 to 5.2.
• Created trading partner profiles, envelope setups and communication setups like (using protocols FTP, SFTP)
• On boarded new partners using SFG 2.2 (Sterling File Gateway).
• Created partner profiles, routing templates and routing channels in SFG.
• Customized generic SFG business process to enhance the functionality to meet different partner requirements.
• Migrated existing AS2, SFTP partner’s communications to SFG.
• Understanding of the business rules and needs for different trading partners, implemented business flows.
• Involved in Daily Production support activities and fixing the issues and providing root cause analysis.
• Performance tuning and Customized existing Process in current Production environment.
• Providing administration support activities in all stages of Sterling Integrator applications.
• Creation and execution of test data and test plans. Involved in Unit, functional and Integration Testing.
• Responsible for Set up the new trading partners (communities, AS2, Code Lists etc) in Sterling Integrator.
• Building Trading Partnership into EDI environment by setting up trading profiles and EDI transactions.
• Responsible for implementing new EDI transactions and moving into production environment.
• Responsible for any EDI data issues in production environments and making changes accordingly.
• Experience on Setting up of mail boxes in Gateway in Operation center.
• Experience on end to end customer testing for all the EDI documents.
• Extensive experience in gathering requirements preparing Business Requirement documents and Technical documents for all new Trading partners which are moving to EDI.

Tools: and Technologies: Sterling Integrator (SI) 5.0, 5.2, Sterling File Gateway (SFG 2.2), UNIX, BPML, XSLT, XML, AS2, SFTP.

Confidential, Durham, NC

EDI Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for analysis and drawing the functional specifications out of the given business requirements and breaking the work into several modules.
• Created business process for both inbound and outbound transactions to Oracle and other internal applications as per business needs using Graphical Process Modeler (GPM) and BPML in GXS
• Responsible in setting up new trading partner setup in GXS Biz Manager based on Party Hierarchies and Transformation of Existing Parties detailing Profile with Control Numbers.
• Set up various communications using Protocols FTP, HTTP, SMTP and AS2 with trading partners.
• Worked on automating data loading, extraction, reports generation using UNIX Shell Scripting.
• Created maps for Order to Cash transaction sets (850,855,856,860,865,810,812) with Biz mapping using GXS Mapper Version 3.12.0.
• Very Strong experience working on correlation documents (MRS - Mapping Requirement Spec.) with regards to EDI transaction sets 850 (Purchase Order), 855 (Purchase Order Acknowledgement), 810 (Invoice), 856 (Advance Shipment Notice), 865(Purchase Order Change Acknowledgement), 832 (Price/Sales catalog), 846 (Inventory inquiry), 855 (Vendor Managed Inventory ), and 869/870 (Order Status inquiry/response), 300/301 (EDI Bookings)
• Conditional Cardinality Mapping, Target Enveloping, Work Fields, Counter Functions, Element Groups & SDQ mapping.
• Creating ODBC map that involve oracle and incoming EDI data. map for EDI to Non-EDI, XML translation.
• Expert working Knowledge of UNIX Shell Scripting and Scheduling Cron jobs and tools like WINSCP, PUTTY, FTP/SFTP
• Worked on several maps for various X12, EDIFACT, SAP IDOCS and TRADACOM based transaction sets. Excellent Mapping skills. Handled complicated looping in development of various transaction mappings.
• Implemented GXS Mapper Architecture and Promoted Document Definitions and stored maps to Biz manager Database.
• Worked on EDI reversed maps and standards, uploading user maps, EDI standards to the repository & Importing sample maps, source files for testing.
• Developed maps with EDI X12, EDIFACT for implementing XML Doc Type transactions to Oracle Standard EDI Gateway with Strong experience working on DBMS.
• Import, Export maps to validate XML file and establishing secure link.
• Exchanging information with the party & creating, validating, saving, promoting document definitions.
• Envelope recognition BDD’s, control number management & adding, validating, tracking a node.
• Defining flat file using EDI X12 HL segment processor, HL Structure Builder & Defining XML files using XML tags, syntax notes.
• UNIX Shell Scripting was used for scheduling batch jobs. The system was used to run batch processes and reports that utilized PL/SQL and Oracle Reports.
• Worked on Reconciliation, Exceptions, Messaging, Documentation & Archiving Maps in GXS Biz Manager.
• Reading MDN, Trans. Mailbox, Statistical, ebXML, EDI, Party Reports.
• Developed administrative tools using UNIX Shell Scripting.
• Responsible for LDAP, Audit Log, Gateway Alerts, Maintenance, Certificate Management & Secure External Monitoring.
• Tested maps with unit testing, regression testing in development, quality before turning it to production.
• Worked with Business Analyst for UAT testing, FUT testing, PIT1, PIT2 testing and Framework testing.

Tools: and Technologies: GXS Biz Manager, Oracle Standard EDI Gateway, UNIX, UNIX Shell Scripting, X12, EDIFACT.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

EDI Developer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, Developed and Maintained EDI Maps with the specified business rules. HIPAA map transactions: 837P v4010/5010 Health Care Claim, 276/ 10/5010 Claim Status Request/Acknowledgement, 270/ 10/5010 Eligibility Coverage, 277U v4010/5010 Acknowledgement Response 10/5010 Health Care Claim Payment Advise.
• Responsible for AI4.1 to AI 5.2. Migrations of all User/System Maps, Setups in new environment. Trouble-Shooting in retrofitting the older version and making new 5.2 compatible.
• Involved in mapping development in various different formats like X12, EDIFACT, CSV, SQL and SAP Idocs.
• Developed design documents and mapping specification (MRS) for the maps. Created both inbound and outbound generic and partner specific EDI business flows.
• Involved in mapping for 850,864,810,820,856,855,832,834,210,214,990 Transactions and INVOIC, ORDERS, ORDRSP, CONTRL, DESADV messages for various trading partners.
• Worked on EDI Implementation with new trading partners using Gentran Server on Windows
• Extensive hands on experience in AFT and MFT
• Worked on FTP, FTP/S,HTTP/HTTPS, Web services, SFTP/SSH protocols, PGP encryption and mailboxes during B2B integration
• Implemented end to end integration for more than 200 trading partners
• Designed and developed more than 150 Maps in ANSI X12,EDIFACT,XML and SAP Idocs
• Extensive use of SFTP, FTP, HTTP, Mailbox, File system, Web services, Command Line, JDBC, SOAP, Translation and system Adapters
• Supported GIS, SI on Windows 2003 and 2008 with MS SQL database.
• Worked on Migrating Communication setups (AS2, FTP), Envelopes and Maps from GIS 4.3 to SI 5.1.
• Worked on Sterling File Gateway Application for transferring files between partners using different protocols and file formats.
• Migrated Trading partners from Gentran Server (GIS 4.3) to Sterling Integrator 5.2.
• Proficient in using data translation tools IBM GIS 4.3 Version and GIS 5.1 for Windows.
• Responsible for the complete design, development and Implementation of 850, 846, 204, 990, 214, 210, 997, 940, 810, 820, and 856 transaction sets.

Tools: and Technologies: Gentran Server for Windows, IBM Gentran Integration Suite 4.3, Sterling Integrator 5.2, iSeries (AS/400), FTP, SFTP, AS2, PGP, Ultra edit.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

EDI Developer

Responsibilities:

• Created and edited maps for various retail transactions including 810, 820, 880, 850, 856, 855, 846, 940, 945, 888, 947 and 856.
• Interacted with trading partners to gather business requirements and also responsible for creating test cases and test scenarios
• Interacted with trading partners and creating standard specifications for various transactions for both inbound and outbound using ANSI X12, EDIFACT (D93A, D96A) standards.
• Created new maps for various transactions using Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrator for both inbound and outbound transactions.
• Developed and implemented managed file transfer (MFT) partner communities, routing ruleset, route provisioning using Sterling File gateway (SFG).
• Created configurations for mailboxed, users, profiles, and auditing for Managed file transfer (MFT) using SFG.
• Experience in implementing Managed File Transfer (MFT) applications to support FTP/SFTP, HTTP, and AS2 file transfer protocols.
• Configured partner profiles for both inbound and outbound for various partners.
• Configured and mapped inbound and outbound documents, which included 810, 820, 824, 850, 855, 856, 860 and 832 using Sterling Integrator BPs (GPM and BPML).
• Based on the reports developed around 100 maps. Grabbed test data from the internal applications to test the Application Integrator (AI) maps. Compared NT/MF files.
• Assistance in-migrating to a new EDI X12 850,810 maps in version 4030.
• Created new mail boxes for various Trading Partners and set the communication for different Trading Partners using different VAN like GEIS, Inovis, etc.
• Created implementation guide lines for all the warehouse transactions using EDISIM.
• Created test data using EDISIM Test data generator for various retail transactions.
• Involved with various teams (order fulfillment, Revenue Management etc.) in creating test scripts for Integration and String testing.
• Equalized the trading partnerships for Home Depot to trade electronically as one.
• Importing and exporting IDOC layouts from SAP to Gentran. Wrote UNIX shell scripts to automate FTP Process.
• Responsible for generating reports out of EDI production life cycle database automated reporting to support daily operations.
• Provided 24X7 production support and also involved in various knowledge transfer sessions.

Tools: and Technologies: Sterling Integrator 5.0/5.2, GXS AI & Enterprise, GXS Enterprise Gateway,GXS Trade guide, Gentran server on UNIX 6.0, MS SQL Server(SQL, T-SQL, SSIS), SAP IDOCs, Putty, Ultra Edit, Solaris (KornShell scripting), Perl.