SUMMARY

• Currently working as an EDI Consultant with 6+ years experience and background in analysis, design, development and implementation of different EDI Integrations using IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, Gentran Integration Suite, IBM Sterling file Gateway, Sterling control center and Gentran Server for Windows.
• Implemented EDI solutions in different industries - Apparel, Retail and Distribution, Supply Chain, Healthcare, Banking.
• Extensive Knowledge on B2B integration and EDI customer on-boarding.
• B2B Integration using Sterling Integrator v 5.2.4/5.2.6 , GIS 4.2, Sterling file gateway 2.2, Gentran Server-Windows 6.0.
• Experience in trading partner setup / on-boarding, mapping specifications guides and documentation, troubleshooting, problem resolution, customer / vendor / internal customer data issue resolution, interface development for import / export of EDI transactions like 850, 852, 855, 856,845, 846, 860,865,867,810, 832, 834, 835, 837, 270/271 and 997 .
• Experience in Business processes implementation which includes analyzing application requirements, understanding existing technical requirements, designing, developing and implementation for SAP/EDI interfaces.
• Very good hands on experience with SAP workflow and IDOC structure/ processing.
• Hands-on experience creating orders (ORDERS), acknowledgements (ORDRSP), invoices (INVOIC) and ship notices (DESADV) in SAP environment.
• Knowledge of different communication protocol such as AS2, FTP, SFTP,FTPS and IBM VAN,VPN-FTP.
• Successful project tracking and end-to-end test case executions using Panaya Cloud Suite for SAP integrations, HP ALM.
• Implementation of new software, upgrades and the regression testing before migration to production.
• Assisted in enhancing existing business processes, created new ones and managing the promotion through SDLC.
• Experience in Business Application Infrastructure Support, Release Coordination, Project Planning & Implementation from Gap Analysis till Cut-over Support
• Hardworking, enthusiastic, Self-starter, result-oriented team player with ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

EDI Translators/BP Engines: Sterling Integrator 5.1/5.2, Gentran Integration Suite 4.2, Gentran Server 6.0,6.1, Sterling file Gateway 2.2,Sterling control center

EDI Standards: EDI X12(ANSI), HIPAA, XML,CSV,Rosetta net

Communication Protocols: FTP, HTTPS, SFTP,FTPS, AS2,IBM VAN, TCP/IP,VPN-FTP

EDI Transaction Sets: SAP ECC 6.0, Customer Legacy system, Axway Cyclone, IBM Cloudant, IBM PEM ANSI X12 850, 852, 855, 856,845, 846, 860,867, 865,810, 832, 834, 835, 837, 270/271 and 997.

Domain Knowledge: Apparel, Supply Chain, Retail and Distribution, Banking Sector, Shipping and Logistics, Healthcare Domain .

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Greensboro, NC

EDI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Working as an EDI Consultant with the Projects team responsible for EDI Customer/Trading Partner on boarding for various Internal Brands(North Face, Timberland, Reef, Vans, Jansport, etc) at Confidential Corp.
• Responsible for gathering requirements, gap analysis, reviewing the EDI guidelines/requirements from customers and develop mapping templates for EDI development team, UAT, Production deployment and post production hypercare support activities.
• Effectively coordinate with IBM Managed Services team to develop and test various EDI transactions- 850, 855, 856, 810, 860, 865, 846, 997 using connectivity methods like AS2, FTP, VAN, SFTP etc.
• Worked closely with various Internal business users, Warehouse teams, Compliance teams to successfully integrate EDI customers on Order Processing system- SAP.
• Good hands on experience with SAP workflow, IDOC processing and setting up EDI partner profiles and parameters necessary for EDI integration with Customers.
• Responsible for test data creation, unit testing, Integration testing, UAT and End- to-end testing with 3rd party vendors like SPS commerce, DiCentral, CommerceHub and Automated self service testing using Amazon's Vendor Portal.
• Successful project tracking and end-to-end test case executions using HP ALM.

Confidential, Winston-Salem, NC

EDI B2B Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead EDI Consultant on the Project helping client migrate business units from the legacy architecture to Global SAP ERP platform.
• Worked on Sterling Integrator v5.2.4 and SAP (ECC 6.0) integration project.
• Extensive knowledge of B2B, B2C retail, Marketplace, sales &distribution domains.
• Responsible for various EDI activities such as requirement gathering, planning, Gap Analysis, development, test case execution, end-to-end testing, Production deployment and post production hypercare support activities.
• Responsible for gathering the requirements from Legacy mainframe team, business users, trading partners and develop specification guidelines for Development Team for implementations of EDI documents such as (850, 855, 810, 856, 846, 867,870,997 etc.), XML, Flat files, CSV to SAP IDOCs and vice-versa.
• Good experience with SAP workflow and IDOC processing in Sales and Distribution and Retails domains, Order to cash flow.
• Experience with Vendors/Customers co-ordination for successful EDI onboarding.
• Effectively coordinate with off-shore development team and responsible to verify if all development and testing deadline were met. Trouble-shoot any failures and address the issues in a timely manner.
• Worked on Trading Partners setup in Sterling Integrator involving Documents Envelopes, Code-list setup, AS2 Partner profile Set-ups, and FTP VAN connections on IBM Sterling Integrator.
• Responsible for creating trading partner setups and Partner Profiles in SAP. Worked on various test orders (ORDERS), acknowledgements (ORDRSP), invoices (INVOIC) and ship notices (DESADV) in SAP test environments for end-to-end cycle with trading partners.
• Successful project tracking and end-to-end testing using Panaya Cloud Suite for SAP integrations.
• Effectively coordinated with various internal teams-SAP business users, warehouse team, compliance team and 3rd party EDI vendors-SPS commerce, CommerceHub etc for successful implementation of the Project.
• Provided post go-live hypercare and production support.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

File Gateway Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on IBM Sterling File Gateway implementaion and Customer Onboarding project using - IBM Sterling File gateway(v2.2), IBM Sterling Integrator(v5.2.4)Sterling control Center, IBM Cloudant-JSON PEM.
• Responsible for requirement gathering from Internal business team, external trading partners and Vendors.
• Determine the feasibility of new requirements and do the estimation required for development
• Create the technical design documents after analyzing the business requirements.
• On boarding Trading partners in Sterling File gateway platform.
• Make configurations in Sterling File Gateway for onboarding new trading partners, routing channel template, routing channels.
• Make configurations in Sterling file Gateway to send consolidated files to external trading partners
• Creation of various reports using IBM Cloudant-JSON for successful tracking for the migration Project.
• Regularly coordination with offshore team and client to successfully migrate trading partners on to SFG.
• Establish connectivity with external trading partners using SFTP, AS2,FTPS,HTTPS,VPN-FTP etc.
• Coordinate with network and security team to open Firewall connection from Confidential to external IP addresses.
• Daily monitoring of Inbound and outbound transmissions and debugging production issues using sterling control center.

Confidential, Greenville, SC

EDI B2B Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Sterling Integrator (SI- 5.2.4/5.2.6 ) and SAP (ECC 6.0) integration project. Responsible for various EDI activities such as Planning, Gap Analysis, requirement gathering, development, test case execution, end-to-end testing and post production support activities.
• Worked on enhancing existing Business Process and Application Integration Mapping (SAP IDOCS, XML, X12 and Flat file), and VAN and AS2 setups in IBM B2B SI.
• Responsible for New EDI implementations of various EDI X12 documents such as (850, 855, 810, 856, 846, 867,870,997 etc.), test case Execution, Build-deployment, Post production support.
• Very good hands on experience with SAP workflows and IDOC processing.
• Created Mapping specifications (MRS documents) based on the requirements from the internal business teams, customers and vendors.
• Responsible for development of Specifications for SAP IDOC to X12, XML, Flat file formats and Lead the off-shore development team in development/testing of over 300 maps for various EDI transaction sets. (850, 855, 810, 856, 846, 867,870,845,997 etc.)
• Responsible for New customer onboarding of over 15 new customers/vendors on EDI projects and handled complete End-to-end Trading Partner onboarding—Requirement gathering, Gap analysis, Map development, Test system setup, Unit testing, Integration testing, UAT, Production deployment and post production support.
• Enhanced existing EDI documents based on customer and vendor requirements.
• Responsible to verify if all the Maps were developed and working as expected and data was successfully translated .Trouble-shoot any failures during translation and addressing the issues.
• Worked on Trading Partners setup involving Documents Envelopes, Code-list setup, AS2 Partner profile Set-ups, and FTP VAN connections on IBM Sterling Integrator 5.2.
• Responsible for creating trading partner setups and required EDPAR configurations in SAP. Hands on experience using Orders(ORDERS), acknowledgements (ORDRSP), invoices (INVOIC) and ship notices (DESADV) in SAP test environments for end-to-end cycle testing with trading partners.

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

EDI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for requirement gathering, planning, Gap Analysis, Design, Development and Implementation of ANSI X12 EDI maps using Sterling Integrator
• Worked with EDI HIPAA i, 837p, 837d, 835,834, 270/271, 276/277, 278 documents.
• Responsible for HIPAA Compliance & Testing of 834, 835 and 837 Transactions.
• Defined Test Cases for HIPPA transactions, created EDI test files based on functional scenarios.
• Worked on Trading Partners setup -Involving Documents Envelopes, AS2 Partnership Set-ups, and FTP VAN connections on Sterling Integrator.
• Worked on 834’s Benefit Enrollment in analysis, translation of flat files to EDI format and EDI Files to Flat files and analyzed the files through Clar-edi and worked on Requirements documents and Companion documents for different states.
• Loaded Eligibility Data for members into system from the state, vendors using Proprietary format, ANSI 834 through EDI, and web interface.
• Participated in designing application file layouts and EDI layouts for 837,834 and 835.
• Responsible to verify all data was successfully processed and trouble-shoot any failures during translation and addressing the issues.
• Coordinated with the trading partners to resolve Inbound and Outbound EDI errors.

Confidential, Boise, ID

EDI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the EDI production support team responsible for monitoring Micron's high volume EDI transcations on a Global Platform..
• Used Sterling Integrator 5.2, Gentran 6.0, SAP ECC 6.0, IBM Sterling inflight management tools, Axway Cyclone AS2 tools.
• Implementation of EDI connectivity with customers, suppliers, distributors and financial institutions using GIS/SI & Integration of EDI data with SAP ERP system.
• Troubleshoot problems by identifying issues and work with internal resources or Customers to reach resolution.
• Identified root cause on production file issues and assisted with recommendations regarding solutions. Used the Sterling Insight document tracking tool to monitor existing Customer transactions including user issues and trading partner issues.
• Good hands on experience navigating/monitoring the SAP Production to identify the root cause for EDI failures and coordinate with the respective business team for resolution of the issues.
• Responsible for resolving error related toinbound (810,832,846,850,855,860,865, 856,997)andoutbound (810,832,846,850,855,860,865,856,997) ANSI X12EDItransactions, Rosetta Net transactions (3A4, 3C3 etc.)

Confidential, Oklahoma

EDI Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Sterling SI 5.1 tools and processes, Application Integration Mapping (EDIFACT, SAP IDOCS, and XML), SQL Mapping, and AS2 Communication.
• Worked on several maps for various X12, EDIFACT based transaction sets.
• Experience in migration of data from Gentran Server to Sterling Integrator.
• Setup Trading partners in SAP and creating various work flows for the transfer of data between partners.
• Responsible for creating the customer mailboxes and configuring them for different work flows.
• Created EDI mappingdocuments to/fromSterlingIntegratorand to/from SAPwhich were included inall EDITechnical Specifications.
• Updating existing maps based on new requirements.
• Setting up various kind of communication channels like SFTP, FTP, AS2 and mailboxes.
• Develop/Modify EDI maps using Gentran Integration Suite/SterlingIntegratormap editor.
• Involved in production support, trouble-shooting the day to day issues of the application.
• Managed the purging of data in SI from time to time by generating various rules. Created map and trading partner set ups using map editors.
• Responsible for error resolution of various EDI transactions.