SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Over 7+ years of experience in the IT industry that involves the complete Software Development Life cycle from analysis, design, coding, testing & implementation.
• Experience in development and implementation of EDI ANSI X12, Sterling Integrator, Sterling’s Gentran Server on UNIX, Gentran Integration Suite (GIS) & XML/XSLT applications.
• Hands on expertise in using various Mercator adaptors (Flat File, Schema, XML, Database, Email, FTP etc.).
• Demonstrated proficiency in EDI ANSI X12, X12N/HIPAA & EDIFACT standards.
• Strong Working experience with Transactions 888, 940, 945, 870, 943, 944, 852, 947, 754, 856, 214, 832, 810, 814, 820, 850, 855, 860, 865, 862, 867, 214, 837/835,276/277.
• Experience in creating maps using Gentran Server on UNIX and Windows configuring & interacting with trading partners in laying standard specifications for various transactions for both Inbound & Outbound Mapping using EDI / HIPAA ANSI X12 standards.
• Experience in E - Commerce, Retail, HealthCare, Insurance and Automotive sectors.
• Expertise in B2B standards, Implementation of Integrated EDI applications and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) for business processes across applications.
• Extensive knowledge in Energy Transactions including Enrollment and Historical usage request (814E), change request (814C), Drop request (814D).
• Extensive Experience in SQL/PL SQL, Stored Procedures and Triggers.
• Ability to do independently as well as in a team and experience in coordinating with different groups in a project.
• Experienced in HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), Health Care industry providing Business Process Assessment, Requirements Gathering, Gap Analysis, Implementation and Testing.
• Work on 837 and 835 projects, including syntax and business rules for X12 HIPAA 4010 and 5010 validation for loops, segments, elements, qualifiers and code sets.
• Proficient in creation, modifications, testing of envelopes, maps, business process, service/adapters and AS2/FTP communications. Worked on Migrating Communication setups (AS2, FTP, SFTP), Envelopes and Maps from GIS 4.3 to SI 5.1.
• Experience in Migrating Trading Partner setups with Communication setups to Sterling Integrator 5.1 (GIS) from Gentran Server for Windows.
• Highly familiar with understanding all phases of project development life cycle using standard methodologies including analysis, design, and development of software applications
• Extensivemappingandconfigurationexperience in EDI using Gentran Server for UNIX 6.1 and Sterling Integrator 5.0/5.2 managed file transfer by providing a broad file transfer protocol support.
• Experience in MFT (Managed File Transfer) and AFT (Advanced File Transfer) by providing a broad file transfer protocol support partner-to-partner file transfer for high-volume, assured data delivery of files.
• Experienced in Data Mapping and Data Conversion using Gentran, GIS/SI and EDIFECS tools.
• Experience in Sterling File Gateway (SFG) Managed File Transfer (MFT) applications to support file transfer protocols i.e. FTP/SFTP, HTTP, and AS2.
• Coordinate work for and with other Business Analysts, coordinate Unit Testing tasks, work with Trading Partners for connectivity issues; liaison between customers and corporate staff or between IT and Business Units; perform system matrix testing.
• Expertise in Object oriented design/programming (OOD/OOAP) using Java/J2EE
• Experience in Business Process modeling and conducting enterprise-wide requirements documentation sessions.
• Extensive experience in documenting requirements specifications in vision, use case survey, use case specifications, software requirements specifications, business rules, supplementary specifications, functional specifications, functional design, technical design, communication specifications and proof of concept documents.
• Trading partner assessment as well as corporate readiness for EDI production. Industry knowledge sharing to assist in long-term goals. Gap analysis skills developed from several EDI healthcare projects, spanning many years.
• Excellent Written & verbal Communication, Interpersonal and Organizational Skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Mapping Tools: Sterling Integrator 5.0/5.2/, Gentran 5.1/5.3/6.0, GIS 4.2/4.3, Sybase EC Map, EC Gateway, Sterling File Gateway, AFT.

Industry Standards: ANSI X12, EDIFACT and HIPAA.

EDI Tools: EDISIM 4.0, XMLSPY, FTP, HTTP/S, AS2, VAN.

SQL Editors: SQL NAVIGATOR, TOAD, SQL ANALYSER.

Reporting Tools: Crystal Reports, Data Reports, SQL server Reporting Services (SSRS).

EDI Transactions: 888, 940, 945, 870, 943, 944, 852, 947, 754, 856, 214, 832, 810, 814, 820, 850, 855, 860, 865, 862, 867, 945, 214, 837/835,276/277.

Languages: C, C++, C#, Unix Shell Scripting, SQL, PL/SQL, BPML, XSLT

Web Tools: HML, MS Front Page, Dream Weaver

Databases: Oracle 8i/9i/10g, SQL Server 2000/2008

Operating Systems: Windows 9x/NT/2000,Sun Solaris 5.8,AIX

Other Software: XML, DTD, XSD, XSLT, XMLSPY, Clear Case, ULTRAEDIT, SMART DB, CLEAR QUEST, REFLEXION GUI TOOL, WS-FTP, SQL Loader

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Greenville, SC

EDI Developer/Analyst/ Support

Responsibilities:-

• Working closely with the business users, Partners and implement their new Trading Partner onboarding setups.
• Developed partner specific 850,855,845,810,856,832, transaction maps for translating iDoc Data to X12, XML, and vice versa.
• Building VAN, FTP, SFTP, HTTP and AS2 connection for Partner’s EDI communications.
• Creating Mailboxes and routing rules, Codelists, Envelops and updating the Business Process.
• Setting up Partner profile and Transaction setups in SAP and performing the regression testing.
• Creating Customers sales order manually and through EDI and generating Order responses, Shipping Documents and Billing Documents for the End to End testing with Partner specific Scenarios.
• Worked on Production support and handling the EDI Tickets and solved them.
• Involved in Upgrading Sterling Integrator from 5.2.4 to 5.2.6.
• Worked on Designing and implementing new work flows for heavy Catalog Business Process.

Environment: - SAP ECC 6.0, Sterling Integrator 5.2.4, 5.2.6, Sterling Commerce, Windows Server 2000, Windows7, Service Now, and Work Front.

Confidential, Duncan, SC

EDI Developer

Responsibilities:-

• As part of EDI integration team, Holds responsible for creating new EDI interface in GIS and Sterling Integrator for EXTOL migration.
• Worked closely with Business users, Functional team and Trading Partners, Understand the Business requirements, analyze and implement the changes required.
• Created Business process, Data flows, System connections between SAP, SI and external partners.
• Requirement gathering, understand the present business flows and generated desired transactional data flow for Warehouse and Logistics business operations.
• Created Mapping Specs and developed Maps for 888, 940, 945, 870, 853, 943, 944, 947, 214, 856, 754, 214 3PL transactions to translate IDoc to ANSI X.12 using Sterling Map Editor.8.0
• Performed END to END testing.
• Development includes creating AS2 profile for external trading partners, Partners envelops, Maps, and Specifications and Guidelines.
• Worked on ALE, and BAPI services to build synchronous connection between SAP WMS system and Sterling Integrator.
• Prioritizing development stages, by issue Logging Tickets in REMEDY, and addressing those issues in specified timeframe.
• Actively Participated every day in call with the Trading Partner and discuss various business changes and challenges, and come up with optimized solutions and instruct the Trading partner with the necessary changes.
• Created Test Documents, functional specification and Technical Specifications for every transaction.
• Created SAP partner profiles in various SAP sub system and performed connection testing between sap and EDI middleware system.
• Set up AS2 communications for various trading partners.
• Created business process for both inbound and outbound transactions to SAP and other internal applications as per business

Environment:- SAP ECC 6.0, GIS 4.3, Sterling Integrator 5.1, Oracle 11g, Windows Server 2000, Windows7, Remedy 7.5, HP Quality Center 10.

Confidential, Rockville, MD

EDI Developer/Analyst

Responsibilities:-

• As a member of the EDI Development team, Responsible for creating logical and physical maps, business processes, service configurations, adapters, 24x7 production support of EDI applications.
• Created new Business Process for Customer Integration Project using Graphical Process Modeler and BPML.
• Worked as Analyst and designed gap analysis, map specification documents.
• Working with Sterling Integrator 5.1 upgrade project.
• Worked on assessment project for HIPAA 5010 and ICD10.
• Extensively involved in creating a Business rules comparison documents for all EDI transaction.
• Prepared crosswalk mapping documents for HIPAA 5010 for different EDI transaction ranging from 837, 835 etc.
• Develop Functional and Design Specifications, including use cases, data flows in support of timely, quality project implementation.
• Identify any new, changed, or deleted data elements as a result of the 5010 transaction changes, implementation of additional HIPAA transactions, and ICD-10 changes.
• Thoroughly involved in system Impact particularly for window, report, Interfaces for different EDI X12 transactions.
• Involved in operational Impact analysis specifically for different security policies.
• Experience in analyzing EDI X12Healthcaretransactions, versions 4010 and 5010, including but not limited to the following: 837 Claim, 835 Remittance, 999 acknowledgement.
• Involved in JAD sessions to identify the business flows and determine whether any current or proposed systems are impacted by the EDI X12 Transaction, Code set and Identifier aspects of HIPAA.
• Involved in JAD session with Client, for identifying the Business requirements from RFP, also prepared a requirement traceability matrix and trace the requirements back to the design documents.
• Created Gap Analysis documents for HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10.
• Involved in creating crosswalk between the ICD-9-CM version and the new ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS version to ensure compatibility between previously paid and current claims to ensure benefit and member liability calculations.
• Involved in walkthroughs of Gaps of the projects to the clients, and help them evaluate business needs and become 5010/ICD-10 compliant.
• Developed maps for various ANSI X12 transaction sets like 834, 835, 837, 278 and 274.
• Worked with various data formats like XML, Positional, Delimited and EDI.
• Documented technical processes for installing and upgrading ecMap/ecGateway/ecRTP.
• Send reports to other clients via email using SMTP adapter and MIME service
• Set up AS2 communications for various trading partners and Sterling VAN.
• Created business processes using Graphical Process Modeler/BPML and configured adapters and services as per business needs.
• Configured JDBC Adaptor to pull data from data base and vice versa. Created Code lists for various code conversions.
• Development and modification of various EDI maps using Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrator’s Map editor.
• Created business process for both inbound and outbound transactions to SAP and other internal applications as per business

Environment:- Gentran Server 5.3/6.0, Oracle 8i (SQL, PL/SQL), UNIX (Solaris, AIX) and Windows NT

Confidential, OH

Programmer Analyst (Sr. EDI Consultant)

Responsibilities:-

• Setup Trading partners, created standard to application and application to standard and pass-thru maps.
• Coordinated with Customers to create Implementation Guidelines.
• Created maps to translate data from X.12 format to SAP IDOC formats for Orders, Order confirmations, ASN’s, Inventory snapshots, and Inventory Transfers.
• Created/modified trading partner setup in SAP using WE20 transaction.
• Troubleshoot and reprocessed IDOCS using WE19 and BD87 and Handled discards.
• Wrote UNIX shell scripts to automate handling of data discards, data errors, compliance errors etc.
• Provide Production Support for the maps developed in Gentran.
• Configured and supported data Managers.
• Responsible for the complete design, development and implementation of 850, 856 GI (Goods Issue), 856 ASN, 810
• Created new maps based on the customer's requirements on the AI mapper /Map editor and setting up the trading partnership and configuring the data managers.
• Responsible for creating basic and Advanced Trading Partner profiles in the communities and Management of Communities in Sterling Integrator.
• Responsible for creating the Business process Models as per the business requirements Using Graphical process modular.
• Interacted with the trading partners to set up new trading partner relationship and resolve the production issues related to transaction 214, 810, 820, 823, 832, 850, 852, 856, 860, 875 and 997 on daily basis.
• Responsible for creating logical and physical maps, business processes, adapters, 24x7 production support of EDI applications
• Created SEF files, Implementation guides and logical maps using EDISIM.
• Configured and used ODBC/JDBC bridges to support Uniform Transaction identifier process to track Transaction across applications.
• Configured SAP, XML adapters to support the business requirements.
• Involved in fine-tuning the maps to increase the performance.
• Created Trading Partner profiles and Management of Communities in GIS 4.2.
• Creating the Business process Models as per the business requirements Using Graphical process modeller.
• Created the work flows to accomplish the Business process Models using BPML in GIS.
• Migrated Sybase EC Gateway maps onto GIS. Validated the maps after testing in Sybase EC Map, EC Gateway and GIS correspondingly.
• Improve the models to overcome frequent issues.
• Worked with GIS AS2 edition for exchanging the EDI documents for trading partners with digital signature.
• Configured GIS Needs to understand the data tables in SAP.
• Migrated Gentran 856asn, 810invoice, 846 Inventory Snapshot from Sybase EC Map to Gentran Visual Maps
• Experience in Troubleshooting of IDoc Errors.
• Scheduled and monitored of SAP Batch jobs processing programs using SM36 and SM37.
• Experience in Validation and Sanity Testing of EDI X12 to SAP IDocs data.
• Performed Unit Testing to test the functionalities.
• Used TOAD to view Database Objects, view and develop Database Scripts.

Environment:- Oracle 9i/10g, Gentran Server on Unix 6.0, GIS 4.2, TOAD, SAP IDocs, Ultra edit, AS2, EDISIM and HP UNIX,Sybase EC Map.

Confidential, NY

Integration Applications Developer

Responsibilities:-

• Created maps to translate data from X12 format to web service messages using Application Integration mapper.
• Develop/Modify EDI maps using Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrator’s Map editor.
• Created business process for both inbound and outbound transactions to SAP Order to Cash (OTC) and other internal applications as per business needs using Graphical Process Modeler (GPM) and BPML in Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrator.
• Configured and implemented Sterling file gateway process.
• Configured adapters, services, service configurations and protocol setups as per business needs.
• Responsible in setting up Trading Partner Identities, Document exchange, Packaging and Envelopes for both inbound and outbound partners.
• Set up various communications using Protocols FTP, HTTP, SMTP and AS2 with trading partners.
• Created UNIX shell scripts to automate the FTP process, handling of data discards, data errors, compliance errors etc.
• Collaborate with vendors, trading partners, and internal functional teams to define EDI requirements.
• Provided technical support of the EDI application, mappings, and interfaces, and testing.
• Translating the data from ANSI X12 to text format in inbound process using the translator.
• Set up and configured the AS2 communication protocol for exchanging the EDI documents for trading partners with digital Signature.
• Setup new EDI trading partnerships and created Trading Partner profiles and Management of Communities in GIS 4.3/SI 5.2.
• Wrote UNIX shells scripts to automate FTP and SFTP process.
• Developed PL/SQL packages to extract, validate and populate document tracking, auditing, and maintenance application.
• Trouble-shooted and resolved XSLT mapping issues and adapter failures/discards.
• Created and modified BPML to handle document archiving, failure notifications, acknowledgement reconciliations, and transaction metrics reporting.
• Created Shell scripts and database scripts to automate document tracking functionality.
• Scheduling of the scripts is done using Tidal and crontab.

Environment:- Sterling Integrator 5.1/5.2, Gentran Integration Suite (GIS) 4.2/4.3, Gentran server on UNIX 6.0, MS SQL Server (SQL, T-SQL), VAN, SAP, Ultra Edit, Solaris (Korn Shell scripting), Perl.

Confidential, Newton, MA

EDI Application Developer

Responsibilities:-

• Created maps to translate data from X12 format to AS/400 using Application Integration mapper.
• Wrote UNIX shells scripts to automate FTP and SFTP process.
• Converted and tested maps generated in Visual mapper to Application Integration Mapper.
• Maintenance of EDI Documents, data managers, and Gentran life cycle Database.
• Set up new trading partner’s profiles and maintain existing partners.
• Analyzed maps and converted them from 4010 to 5010 version.
• Created maps to convert data from XML to ANSI X12 and vice versa.
• Troubleshoot and resolved XSLT mapping issues and adapter failures/discards.
• Created and modified BPML to handle document archiving, failure notifications, acknowledgement reconciliations, and transaction metrics reporting.
• Created process flow, de-enveloping and routing process for Advanced Shipment Notification (856) transactions for various trading partners.
• Created Trading Partner profiles and Management of Communities in GIS 4.2.
• Involved in migrating the Maps from GXS to GIS Maps. Also Involved in Migration the communication Channel from GXS to GIS in Migration project.
• Configured and implemented AS2 communication process for various transactions. Implemented MDN based reconciliation procedure.
• Successfully upgraded GIS from version 4.2 to version 4.3. Tested and validated all communication protocols, adapters, BP’s, services, and archiving mechanisms.
• Implemented Ver. 4.3’s fact schema (dimensional and fact tables) to capture and report EDI transactional information and enhanced the document lifecycle tracking mechanism.
• Wrote UNIX shell scripts to augment trading partner specific transaction batching/splitting requirements.
• Created Shell scripts and database scripts to automate document tracking functionality.
• Scheduling of the scripts is done using Tidal and crontab.
• Setup Trading partners and Wrote Gentran scripts to support EDI application.

Environment:- Oracle 9i/10g(SQL, PL/SQL), Gentran server on UNIX 6.0, GIS Ver. 4.2 and 4.3, GXS,IBM AIX,AS/400,VAN, Ultra Edit, Solaris (Shell scripting),FTP/SFTP.