SUMMARY:

• Exceptional experience in the analysis, design, development, maintenance of data integration and distributed applications using EDI and Mainframes for Retail services.
• A qualified Master’s degree in Software Engineering and a dynamic IT professional with 8 years of experience in IT Industry as a Mainframe and EDI Developer.
• In depth knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) with understanding of various phases such as Requirements, Analysis, Development, testing, implementation and documentation and maintenance.
• Extensive experience in data mapping, business process work flow design and development, trading partner testing and validation, production support, and logical mapping using IBM B2B Sterling Integrator, EDI Gentran, Inovis Managed Services TrustedLink Enterprise (TLE), TLI and other EDI subsystems.
• Expertise in B2B standards, Implementation of Integrated EDI applications and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) for business processes across applications.
• Development and implementation experience in EDI ANSI X12, Sterling’s Integration Services, TLE on UNIX, EDI Gentran, IBM Sterling Integrator (SI), MS SQL 2000 & 2005, Sterling Commerce Connect: Direct, Windows batch.
• Experience in Migrating Trading Partner setups with Communication setups to Sterling B2B Integrator 5.0 (GIS) from Gentran Server for Windows.
• Experienced in HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), Health Care industry providing Business Process Assessment, Requirements Gathering, Gap Analysis, Implementation and Testing. Well versed with EDI and HIPAA transactions.
• Worked on Sterling File Gateway for secure file transfer activities.
• Broad experience in all aspects of EDI (customer and supplier requirements, analysis, documentation, map specifications, user guidelines, end - to-end testing and map/trading partner implementation and production support).
• Extensive experience in Business Analysis to Translate EDI Requirements into Functional Specifications and Develop Logical Mapping for Gentran / GIS - SAP I-doc / Mainframe.
• Experience in developing, implementing and testing EDI ANSI X12, IBM Sterling, IBM Gentran on Mainframes, Sterling’s Gentran Server on UNIX, Gentran Integration Suite (GIS) & XML/XSLT applications, TLE in UNIX & XML/XSLT applications.
• Expertise in Sterling B2B Integrator, Sterling Control Center, Sterling File Gateway Products.
• Expertise in gap analysis of 4010/5010 of all transactions such as 850, 860, 855, 846, 856, 810, 812, 820, 824, 864, 852, 870, 832, 753, 754, 997.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of X12, XML standards, VICS, UCC.
• Experience as an EDI analyst performing verification and validation of the EDI transactions.
• Hands on experience with developing and testing ANSI(ASC) X12 transactions: 850, 860, 855, 846, 856, 810, 812, 820, 824, 864, 852, 870, 832, 753, 754, 997. Also, have a strong knowledge of Retail domain and transactions.
• Worked in creating the BPMLs.
• Gathered requirements for projects, analyze the impact of each project, provide estimates for projects, and working towards completion of each project.
• Experience in Design, Development and Implementation of Integrated SAP EDI applications.
• Provided analysis for and managed multiple project implementations in a cross-functional organization
• Expertise in setting up migration mapping from older versions to newer versions.
• Worked on various communication protocols and encryption tools like FTP, SFTP, HTTPS, AS2, VAN.
• Ability tomulti-taskwork across different applications. Diverse work experience with different functionalities of the application, with Development and Production Support projects.
• Experience working in the domain of Retail applications.
• Strong Functional knowledge of EDI, SAP, Legacy Supply chain, Finance, Planning and forecasting, Return System.
• Developed new maps for various ANSI X12 transactions in 4010, 4030 and 5010 versions (ANSI, VICS).
• Coordinated AS2 and VAN mailbox set ups as AS2/VAN monitoring
• Created the modifications and maintain EDI scripts.
• Experience in setup trading partners and configuration in UAT, PROD, DEV, SIT and MAINT environments.
• Made sure there were no issues during testing and after production move (P2P).
• Helped team members in configuration and setup in all the environments.
• Participated in in troubleshooting of production issues with testers and automation engineers to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
• Responsible for EDI map analysis, development, testing and implementation. Analyzed current EDI maps.
• Performed as Gap analysis and gather business requirement
• Provided EDI support for customers and internal users.
• Responsible for gathering business requirement
• Designed the test case that ensured and implemented solution function without error or disruption to business operation
• Dealt with troubleshooting issues for current transactions or maps.
• Made changes in existing maps and applications based on user needs and EDI specs.
• Created detailed mapping specifications and developed new maps for 850, 810, 812, 860, 855, 856, 852, 820, 830, 824, 832, 870 documents.
• Worked for more than 200 partners and developed various EDI maps in TLE and mapping workbench as per partner requirements.
• Developed more than 50 new maps for partners for various EDI document types.
• Involved in new Trading Partner setups based on the user needs and Testing the Maps developed.
• Worked extensively EDI Mapping using Gentran on Mainframes, TLE for SAP IDOCS and TLI tools.
• Developed SQL to extract data from various DB2 tables, Used File Aid to extract data from VSAM files based on the user requirement.
• Strong knowledge on various VANS - STERLING COMMERCE, Connect Direct, SPS Commerce.
• Activities included - clarifying and editing analyst specifications, coding and user acceptance testing, modifications, and final application implementation.
• Hands on experience in core Mainframe technologies like COBOL, JCL, DB2, IDMS, CICS,MQ, VSAM, Quikjob, QuikIDMS.
• Having strong experience on ISPF and TSO.
• Good working knowledge in Panvalet.
• Extensive experience in IBM Utilities like SORT, SYNCSORT, IDCAMS, IEBCOMPR, IEBCOPY, IEBEDIT, IEBGENER, IEFBR14, File Aid, DB2 (LOAD, UNLOAD, Rexx, Easytreive, REORG, RUNSTATS, ESP, ChangeMan).
• Good working knowledge on some of the debugging tools like CA-Intertest/BATCH and IBM debugger.
• Having good experience on job monitoring & scheduling tool like ESP.
• Monitoring batch jobs for production support, solving issues and abends in minimal possible time.
• Good working experience in converting theMainframeOutput files to Text format using FTP and NDM to transfers files between mainframe computers or midrange computers.
• Having strong experience on writing SQL Queries (DDL and DML) to extract data from database Using QMF and SPUFI.
• Good experience with relational database performance tuning and data modeling.
• Ability to be a splendid team player and communicate/interact effectively with business analysts, Project Managers and global clients.
• Excellent analytical and technical skills along with the quick learning skills of new technologies.
• Good exposure in understanding the client requirements, developing solutions, preparing work specifications, ensuring on-time deliveries of work requests, and reviewing the deliverables.
• Good working experience in Coordinating and Supporting the Development, Testing and Deployment of project in Off-Shore/On-Site model.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

EDI Tools: IBM Sterling Customer Center 17.2.1.1a Gentran 5.1/5.3/6.0/6.1/6.6, TLE Server 6.0.5.0, Mapping Workbench 6.0.5.0, TLI, SAP R/3, SAP 6.5, SAP IDOCs, Sterling Integrator, Connect Enterprise, Remedy, QC, SEEBURGER, Gentran.

Mainframe Tools & utilities: TSO/ISPF, IBM UTILITIES, IDCAMS, IEBGENER, IEFBR14, SYNCSORT, ABEND-AID, FILE-AID, SPUFI, QMF, IBM debugger, FTP, IN sync, Control-M, TWS OPC, Panvalet, SDF, SDF2.

Business Process Tools: MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Outlook, Lotus Notes, Citrix.

EDI Standard: EDIX12(ANSI), VICS, UCC.

Transaction sets: 850, 860, 855, 846, 856, 810, 812, 820, 824, 864, 852, 870, 832, 753, 754 and 997.

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows NT, Windows XP, Z/OS, OS/390, MVS/ESA Windows 98/2000/XP/2003

Databases: SQL Server 2008R2/2005, DB2, MS Access, VSAM, IDMS, Gentran

Language: SQL, PL/SQL, COBOL, JCL, TLE mapping Workbench, UNIX shell script, C and C++.

Online Transaction processing: CICS

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, ODBC.

Servers: SharePoint, Exchange 2003, MTS, FileZilla

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Plano, Texas

Senior EDI Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, Requirements gathering, function/technical specification, development, deploying, testing and supported in L2 and L3 production support.
• Created business processes, data maps, setup communication protocols, performed functional and integration testing with trading partners.
• Participated in the review of the requirements and developed logical maps (MRS), Trading partner liaisons, developing implementation guides and file formats. Worked closely with business and IT teams to design the EDI specifications.
• Provided primary system administration and day-to-day operation support for application analyzes business and user needs, documents requirement.
• Designed and specified functional and technical solution and provided project management through solution implementation.
• Possess development and implementation experience in EDI ANSI X12, HIPAA, EDIFACT, XML, Sterling Integrator, Sterling's Gentran Server on UNIX, Gentran Integration Suite GIS XML/XSLT applications.
• Responsible for reviewing and contributing to designs.
• Experience in working with EAI/EDI applications.
• Developed data translation map and business processes to integrate the data.
• Strong Working experience with EDI ANSI X12 documents including 850, 860, 855, 846, 856, 810, 812, 820, 824, 864, 852, 870, 832, 753, 754 and 997.
• Develop and modifying maps for new and existing customer using an EDI translation application of Gentran and TLE Mapping Work Bench 6.0.5, Sterling Integration 5.2.5
• Updated the testing status of each of the suppliers on SharePoint and followed up with them on a regular basis. Collected the EDI files from testers and send it to the suppliers after a high-level validation of the 850,860, 855, 856 and 810 EDI files.
• Deliver new and complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Ensured that the product developed satisfies the business requirements using through unit testing procedures
• Participated in daily and weekly standups to discuss the project status and the assigned task were reviewed.
• Experience in creating maps using Application Integrator, 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.
• Daily meetings with customer service representatives and BAs to discuss on any open issues and project status.
• Testing by comparing the test file with the production file and with the SAP data for 850, 860, 855, 846, 856, 810, 812, 820, 824, 864, 852, 870, 832, 753, 754 and 997 EDI files.
• Created the modifications and maintain EDI scripts.
• Worked in creating the BPMLs.
• Created and modified BPML to handle document archiving, failure notifications, acknowledgement reconciliations, and transaction metrics reporting.
• Developed/Modified EDI maps using Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrator's Map editor.
• Extensively worked with the EAI to do mapping for the transactions 850, 860, 855, 846, 856, 810, 812, 820, 824, 864, 852, 870, 832, 753, 754 and 997
• 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 adapters, services, service configurations and protocol setups as per business needs.
• Set up Trading Partner Identities, Document exchange, Packaging and Envelopes for both inbound and outbound partners.
• Set up various communications using Protocols HTTP and AS2 for the trading partners.
• Participated in in troubleshooting of production issues with testers and automation engineers to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
• Provided technical support of the EDI application, mappings, and interfaces, and testing.
• Translating the data from ANSI Positional to IDOC for the SAP inbound process using the translator.
• Setup new EDI trading partnerships and created Trading Partner profiles and Management of Communities in GIS 4.3/SI 5.2.
• Developed PL/SQL packages to extract, validate and populate document tracking, auditing, and maintenance application.
• 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.
• Trouble-shooted and resolved XSLT mapping issues and adapter failures/discards.
• Coordinated AS2 and VAN mailbox set ups as AS2/VAN monitoring
• Responsible for EDI map analysis, development, testing and implementation. Analyzed current EDI maps.
• Used Ultra edit to read the EDI input files.
• Extensive Experience in preparing Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and executing them based on the Business rules and System requirements.
• Ability to do independently as well as in a team and experience in coordinating with different groups in a project.
• Excellent Written Verbal Communication, Interpersonal and Organizational Skills.
• Manage development and migration of EDI projects in Gentran environments.
• Performed as Gap analysis and gather business requirement
• Provided EDI support for customers and internal users.
• Responsible for gathering business requirement
• Designed the test case that ensured and implemented solution function without error or disruption to business operation
• Dealt with troubleshooting issues for current transactions or maps.
• Coordinating with Offshore, to get the tasks completed on time with proper communication.
• Test case preparation and execution activity. Status Reporting.
• Prepared test cases, test scripts & test data.
• Reviewing the modules developed and tested by the team to confirm with standards
• Conduct status meetings with team members and resolve their issues.
• Design the checklist and update the checklist as needed
• Mentoring the team members.
• Closely monitoring the Batch Jobs and make sure there will be no issues.
• Support 24X7 and make sure the Job abends are fixed on time and avoid delay in order processing.
• Handles Incidents/tickets created by business users and resolve on time.
• Identified and fixed the root cause of many issues and avoided repeating tickets for the issues.
• Done lot of Service requests as a part of EDI consultant to develop a functionality, modify existing functionality, develop maps, transactions and lot more, based on customer requirements.
• Performed best in my company in reducing tickets volume to 50% this quarter and make sure to fix any recurring issues and provide permanent solution to the issue with Service requests.
• Received s and appreciations from my management for reducing tickets volume by 50% for my team.
• Updated EDI functional groups for project progress.
• Conducted UAT in coordination with business analysts.
• Participated in validation of QA results for UAT and maps.
• Assisted in calls with clients and GXS for resolution of connectivity issues.
• Installed communication devices for EDI Managed services.
• Implemented EDI transactions and pre-production testing.
• Provided technical assistance for all phases of SDLC.
• Executed migration for EDI platforms within GIS and GXS.
• As an Onsite team lead, coordinating team activities and daily status calls and provide up to date updates to customers.
• Review and analysis of Functional Specifications, determining effort estimation, Code Review and Quality analysis of Developments.
• Evaluated Sterling daily transactions for required action.
• Generated reports containing transaction success and details.
• Created deployment releases for various environments.
• Implemented orders reconciliation for SI and eStore systems.
• Installed and upgraded Sterling Integrator for fix packs.
• Reported DB progress and prepared DB index schedules.
• Conducted impact analysis and assisted in code reviews.
• Executed CMM guidelines and administered mainframe related apps.
• Tested various inbound/outbound flow for lot of Trading partners.
• Handling maintenance and the enhancements, which may be major or minor depending upon the requirement submitted thru PPMS or SR respectively.
• Updating code lists and maintaining them for new trading partners.
• Incorporating new changes in both inbound and outbound transactions maps.
• Tested and deployed to development environment and QA environment.
• Configured adapters, services, service configurations and protocol setups as per business needs.
• Setup Trading Partners, Business agreements in Business Connect.
• Set up various communications using Protocols FTP, HTTPS, and SFTP with trading partners.
• Established and maintain effective working relationships within project team so that the nature of the work is always collaborative with everyone participating in the process to deliver the efforts projected for the month within SLA.
• Reviewing the modules developed and tested by the team to confirm with standards
• Aid the production support during Implementation.
• Resolving project related issues and problems and providing better solutions if possible.
• Validating the issues reported by my team during execution and logged the defects into quality center, this avoided logging of invalid defects.
• Involved in On-Call Production Support 24x7, Problem solving, Performance monitoring, and interacting with users.
• Involved in Production Support changes and any special requests.
• Acknowledged the user service requests, tickets and provided the user with the perfect resolution.
• Involved in highly complex system analysis and came up with the solution.
• Weekly Status meeting to update the regular tasks and tickets with the status.
• Reduced lot of SLA misses and avoided chargebacks for the same.
• Developed automation tools and reduce manual work in the team. This had saved revenue to my company.
• I have taken responsibility as an onsite team lead and Incident Manager for EDI track in my company and supported offshore and customers with large number of tickets and finding resolutions to issues.
• My timely response to emails and timely resolution of tickets has been appreciated from customers, VF customer service representatives and BAs.
• I will treat every emails and tickets as a high priority and work on the same day to provide solution and response.
• Have managed to maintain and run EDI system smoothly without any issues and without any customer escalations.
• Worked on more than 10 Continuous Improvements every quarter and provided my CIs to my Manager every month. I will always make sure to work on at least 4 Continuous Improvements every month.
• I have fixed lot of outstanding issues for most of dot com customers (eg: Target.com, Kohls.com, Walmart.com etc.) and reduced lot of manual work and abends.
• Fixed recurring job abends/failures and helped team in spending time on Job abends and avoiding cycle delays.
• I have started extended my support to other interfaces like SAP and made sure no issues in system and helped my team members in any difficulties.
• I am helping my offshore team members any time when they have issues or running out of any problems.
• Taken responsibility to provide PPMS status and updates on tickets to BAs and customers by conducting/presiding meetings for EDI.
• I always used to provide information and resolutions right away whenever users call and asks for any information over the phone.
• Have been receiving appreciations from my mangers for the support and work I do in Onsite.
• After taking ownership of the EDI and SAP Coalitions, I have reduced lot of Incident tickets by fixing repeated issues and providing permanent solutions to issues.
• I have done lot of background analysis for large project requirements and helped in reaching out for a solution and correct requirement definition.
• Done lot of research and reduced around 100 tickets per month both in Jeanswear and Outdoor Coalitions by permanent fixes to issues.
• Starting educating new offshore team members on Outdoor coalitions and helped them in facing customers confidently.
• Have good name and trust from customers and customer service representatives.

Environment: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, HP Service Managers, TPPs, Sterling Integrator Map Editor 5.2.4, Operational Reports, SAP, Ultra Edit, ANSI X12, SAP, UNIX, Putty server, XML, Warehouse management system, Quality Center, MS Outlook, GXS, MS-Excel, SharePoint, Microsoft office, Visual Basic, Mainframe, UNIX Z/OS, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, FILEAID, Intertest, IBM Utilities, SDSF, IDMS, DB2, SDF, SDF2, TLE, Mapping Workbench, TLI

Confidential, Greensboro, North Carolina

Senior EDI/Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, Requirements gathering, function/technical specification, development, deploying, testing and supported in L2 and L3 production support.
• Created business processes, data maps, setup communication protocols, performed functional and integration testing with trading partners.
• Participated in the review of the requirements and developed logical maps (MRS), Trading partner liaisons, developing implementation guides and file formats. Worked closely with business and IT teams to design the EDI specifications.
• Provided primary system administration and day-to-day operation support for application analyzes business and user needs, documents requirement.
• Designed and specified functional and technical solution and provided project management through solution implementation.
• Possess development and implementation experience in EDI ANSI X12, HIPAA, EDIFACT, XML, Sterling Integrator, Sterling's Gentran Server on UNIX, Gentran Integration Suite GIS XML/XSLT applications.
• Responsible for reviewing and contributing to designs.
• Experience in working with EAI/EDI applications.
• Developed data translation map and business processes to integrate the data.
• Strong Working experience with EDI ANSI X12 documents including 850, 860, 855, 846, 856, 810, 812, 820, 824, 864, 852, 870, 832, 753, 754 and 997.
• Develop and modifying maps for new and existing customer using an EDI translation application of Gentran and TLE Mapping Work Bench 6.0.5, Sterling Integration 5.2.5
• Updated the testing status of each of the suppliers on SharePoint and followed up with them on a regular basis. Collected the EDI files from testers and send it to the suppliers after a high-level validation of the 850,860, 855, 856 and 810 EDI files.
• Deliver new and complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Ensured that the product developed satisfies the business requirements using through unit testing procedures
• Participated in daily and weekly standups to discuss the project status and the assigned task were reviewed.
• Experience in creating maps using Application Integrator, 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.
• Daily meetings with customer service representatives and BAs to discuss on any open issues and project status.
• Testing by comparing the test file with the production file and with the SAP data for 850, 860, 855, 846, 856, 810, 812, 820, 824, 864, 852, 870, 832, 753, 754 and 997 EDI files.
• Created the modifications and maintain EDI scripts.
• Worked in creating the BPMLs.
• Created and modified BPML to handle document archiving, failure notifications, acknowledgement reconciliations, and transaction metrics reporting.
• Developed/Modified EDI maps using Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrator's Map editor.
• Extensively worked with the EAI to do mapping for the transactions 850, 860, 855, 846, 856, 810, 812, 820, 824, 864, 852, 870, 832, 753, 754 and 997
• 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 adapters, services, service configurations and protocol setups as per business needs.
• Set up Trading Partner Identities, Document exchange, Packaging and Envelopes for both inbound and outbound partners.
• Set up various communications using Protocols HTTP and AS2 for the trading partners.
• Participated in in troubleshooting of production issues with testers and automation engineers to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
• Provided technical support of the EDI application, mappings, and interfaces, and testing.
• Translating the data from ANSI Positional to IDOC for the SAP inbound process using the translator.
• Setup new EDI trading partnerships and created Trading Partner profiles and Management of Communities in GIS 4.3/SI 5.2.
• Developed PL/SQL packages to extract, validate and populate document tracking, auditing, and maintenance application.
• 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.
• Trouble-shooted and resolved XSLT mapping issues and adapter failures/discards.
• Coordinated AS2 and VAN mailbox set ups as AS2/VAN monitoring
• Responsible for EDI map analysis, development, testing and implementation. Analyzed current EDI maps.
• Used Ultra edit to read the EDI input files.
• Extensive Experience in preparing Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and executing them based on the Business rules and System requirements.
• Ability to do independently as well as in a team and experience in coordinating with different groups in a project.
• Excellent Written Verbal Communication, Interpersonal and Organizational Skills.
• Manage development and migration of EDI projects in Gentran environments.
• Performed as Gap analysis and gather business requirement
• Provided EDI support for customers and internal users.
• Responsible for gathering business requirement
• Designed the test case that ensured and implemented solution function without error or disruption to business operation
• Dealt with troubleshooting issues for current transactions or maps.
• Coordinating with Offshore, to get the tasks completed on time with proper communication.
• Test case preparation and execution activity. Status Reporting.
• Prepared test cases, test scripts & test data.
• Reviewing the modules developed and tested by the team to confirm with standards
• Conduct status meetings with team members and resolve their issues.
• Design the checklist and update the checklist as needed
• Mentoring the team members.
• Closely monitoring the Batch Jobs and make sure there will be no issues.
• Support 24X7 and make sure the Job abends are fixed on time and avoid delay in order processing.
• Handles Incidents/tickets created by business users and resolve on time.
• Identified and fixed the root cause of many issues and avoided repeating tickets for the issues.
• Done lot of Service requests as a part of EDI consultant to develop a functionality, modify existing functionality, develop maps, transactions and lot more, based on customer requirements.
• Performed best in my company in reducing tickets volume to 50% this quarter and make sure to fix any recurring issues and provide permanent solution to the issue with Service requests.
• Received s and appreciations from my management for reducing tickets volume by 50% for my team.
• Updated EDI functional groups for project progress.
• Conducted UAT in coordination with business analysts.
• Participated in validation of QA results for UAT and maps.
• Assisted in calls with clients and GXS for resolution of connectivity issues.
• Installed communication devices for EDI Managed services.
• Implemented EDI transactions and pre-production testing.
• Provided technical assistance for all phases of SDLC.
• Executed migration for EDI platforms within GIS and GXS.
• As an Onsite team lead, coordinating team activities and daily status calls and provide up to date updates to customers.
• Review and analysis of Functional Specifications, determining effort estimation, Code Review and Quality analysis of Developments.
• Evaluated Sterling daily transactions for required action.
• Generated reports containing transaction success and details.
• Created deployment releases for various environments.
• Implemented orders reconciliation for SI and eStore systems.
• Installed and upgraded Sterling Integrator for fix packs.
• Reported DB progress and prepared DB index schedules.
• Conducted impact analysis and assisted in code reviews.
• Executed CMM guidelines and administered mainframe related apps.
• Tested various inbound/outbound flow for lot of Trading partners.
• Handling maintenance and the enhancements, which may be major or minor depending upon the requirement submitted thru PPMS or SR respectively.
• Updating code lists and maintaining them for new trading partners.
• Incorporating new changes in both inbound and outbound transactions maps.
• Tested and deployed to development environment and QA environment.
• Configured adapters, services, service configurations and protocol setups as per business needs.
• Setup Trading Partners, Business agreements in Business Connect.
• Set up various communications using Protocols FTP, HTTPS, and SFTP with trading partners.
• Established and maintain effective working relationships within project team so that the nature of the work is always collaborative with everyone participating in the process to deliver the efforts projected for the month within SLA.
• Reviewing the modules developed and tested by the team to confirm with standards
• Aid the production support during Implementation.
• Resolving project related issues and problems and providing better solutions if possible.
• Validating the issues reported by my team during execution and logged the defects into quality center, this avoided logging of invalid defects.
• Involved in On-Call Production Support 24x7, Problem solving, Performance monitoring, and interacting with users.
• Involved in Production Support changes and any special requests.
• Acknowledged the user service requests, tickets and provided the user with the perfect resolution.
• Involved in highly complex system analysis and came up with the solution.
• Weekly Status meeting to update the regular tasks and tickets with the status.
• Reduced lot of SLA misses and avoided chargebacks for the same.
• Developed automation tools and reduce manual work in the team. This had saved revenue to my company.
• I have taken responsibility as an onsite team lead and Incident Manager for EDI track in my company and supported offshore and customers with large number of tickets and finding resolutions to issues.
• My timely response to emails and timely resolution of tickets has been appreciated from customers, VF customer service representatives and BAs.
• I will treat every emails and tickets as a high priority and work on the same day to provide solution and response.
• Have managed to maintain and run EDI system smoothly without any issues and without any customer escalations.
• Worked on more than 10 Continuous Improvements every quarter and provided my CIs to my Manager every month. I will always make sure to work on at least 4 Continuous Improvements every month.
• I have fixed lot of outstanding issues for most of dot com customers (eg: Target.com, Kohls.com, Walmart.com etc.) and reduced lot of manual work and abends.
• Fixed recurring job abends/failures and helped team in spending time on Job abends and avoiding cycle delays.
• I have started extended my support to other interfaces like SAP and made sure no issues in system and helped my team members in any difficulties.
• I am helping my offshore team members any time when they have issues or running out of any problems.
• Taken responsibility to provide PPMS status and updates on tickets to BAs and customers by conducting/presiding meetings for EDI.
• I always used to provide information and resolutions right away whenever users call and asks for any information over the phone.
• Have been receiving appreciations from my mangers for the support and work I do in Onsite.
• After taking ownership of the EDI and SAP Coalitions, I have reduced lot of Incident tickets by fixing repeated issues and providing permanent solutions to issues.
• I have done lot of background analysis for large project requirements and helped in reaching out for a solution and correct requirement definition.
• Done lot of research and reduced around 100 tickets per month both in Jeanswear and Outdoor Coalitions by permanent fixes to issues.
• Starting educating new offshore team members on Outdoor coalitions and helped them in facing customers confidently.
• Have good name and trust from customers and customer service representatives.

Environment: Sterling Integrator Map Editor 5.2.4, SAP, Ultra Edit, ANSI X12, SAP, UNIX, Putty server, XML, Warehouse management system, Quality Center, MS Outlook, GXS, MS-Excel, SharePoint, Microsoft office, Visual Basic, Mainframe, UNIX Z/OS, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, FILEAID, Intertest, IBM Utilities, SDSF, IDMS, DB2, SDF, SDF2, TLE, Mapping Workbench, TLI

Confidential

EDI/Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, Requirements gathering, function/technical specification, development, deploying and testing.
• Created business processes, data maps, setup communication protocols, performed functional and integration testing with trading partners.
• Participated in the review of the requirements and developed logical maps (MRS), Trading partner liaisons, developing implementation guides and file formats. Worked closely with business and IT teams to design the EDI specifications.
• Provided primary system administration and day-to-day operation support for application Analyzes business and user needs, documents requirement
• Designed and specified functional and technical solution and provided project management through solution implementation
• Develop and modifying maps for new and existing customer using an EDI translation application of Gentran and TLE Mapping Work Bench 6.0.5.0
• Updated the testing status of each of the suppliers on SharePoint and followed up with them on a regular basis. Collected the EDI files from testers and send it to the suppliers after a high-level validation of the 850,860, 855, 856 and 810 EDI files.
• Deliver new and complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Participated in daily and weekly standups to discuss the project status and the assigned task were reviewed.
• Testing by comparing the test file with the production file and with the SAP data for 850, 860, 855, 846, 856, 810, 812, 820, 824, 864, 852, 870, 832, 753, 754 and 997 EDI files.
• Created the modifications and maintain EDI scripts
• Participated in in troubleshooting of production issues with testers and automation engineers to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
• Coordinated AS2 and VAN mailbox set ups as AS2/VAN monitoring
• Responsible for EDI map analysis, development, testing and implementation. Analyzed current EDI maps.
• Performed as Gap analysis and gather business requirement
• Provided EDI support for customers and internal users.
• Responsible for gathering business requirement
• Designed the test case that ensured and implemented solution function without error or disruption to business operation
• Dealt with troubleshooting issues for current transactions or maps.
• Coordinating with Offshore, to get the tasks completed on time with proper communication.
• Test case preparation and execution activity. Status Reporting.
• Prepared test cases, test scripts & test data.
• Reviewing the modules developed and tested by the team to confirm with standards
• Conduct status meetings with team members and resolve their issues.
• Design the checklist and update the checklist as needed
• Mentoring the team members.
• Closely monitoring the Batch Jobs and make sure there will be no issues.
• Support 24X7 and make sure the Job abends are fixed on time and avoid delay in order processing.
• Handling maintenance and the enhancements, which may be major or minor depending upon the requirement submitted thru PPMS or SR respectively
• Established and maintain effective working relationships within project team so that the nature of the work is always collaborative with everyone participating in the process to deliver the efforts projected for the month within SLA.
• Reviewing the modules developed and tested by the team to confirm with standards
• Aid the production support during Implementation.
• Resolving project related issues and problems and providing better solutions if possible.
• Validating the issues reported by my team during execution and logged the defects into quality center, this avoided logging of invalid defects.
• Involved in On-Call Production Support 24x7, Problem solving, Performance monitoring, and interacting with users.
• Involved in Production Support changes and any special requests.
• Acknowledged the user request and provided the user with the perfect resolution.
• Involved in highly complex system analysis and came up with the solution.

Environment: ANSI X12, SAP, XML, Warehouse management system, Quality Center, MS Outlook, GXS, MS-Excel, SharePoint, Microsoft office, Visual Basic, UNIX Z/OS, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, FILEAID, Intertest, IBM Utilities, SDSF, IDMS, DB2, SDF, SDF2, TLE, Mapping Workbench, TLI

Confidential

EDI/Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for EDI map analysis, development, testing and implementation. Analyzed current EDI maps.
• Provided primary system administration and day-to-day operation support for application Analyzes business and user needs, documents requirement
• Designed and specified functional and technical solution and provided project management through solution implementation
• Develop and modifying maps for new and existing customer using an EDI translation application of Gentran and TLE Mapping Work Bench 6.0.5.0
• Updated the testing status of each of the suppliers on SharePoint and followed up with them on a regular basis. Collected the EDI files from testers and send it to the suppliers after a high-level validation of the 850,860, 855, 856 and 810 EDI files.
• Participated in daily and weekly standups to discuss the project status and the assigned task were reviewed.
• Created the modifications and maintain EDI scripts
• Participated in in troubleshooting of production issues with testers and automation engineers to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
• Provided EDI support for customers and internal users.
• Designed the test case that ensured and implemented solution function without error or disruption to business operation
• Test case preparation and execution activity. Status Reporting.
• Prepared test cases, test scripts & test data.
• Support 24X7 and make sure the Job abends are fixed on time and avoid delay in order processing.
• Handling maintenance and the enhancements, which may be major or minor depending upon the requirement submitted thru PPMS or SR respectively
• Established and maintain effective working relationships within project team so that the nature of the work is always collaborative with everyone participating in the process to deliver the efforts projected for the month within SLA.
• Reviewing the modules developed and tested by the team to confirm with standards
• Aid the production support during Implementation.
• Resolving project related issues and problems and providing better solutions if possible.
• Validating the issues reported by my team during execution and logged the defects into quality center, this avoided logging of invalid defects.
• Involved in On-Call Production Support 24x7, Problem solving, Performance monitoring, and interacting with users.
• Acknowledged the user request and provided the user with the perfect resolution.
• Involved in highly complex system analysis and came up with the solution.

Environment: ANSI X12, SAP, XML, Warehouse management system, Quality Center, MS Outlook, GXS, MS-Excel, SharePoint, Microsoft office, Visual Basic, UNIX Z/OS, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, FILEAID, Intertest, IBM Utilities, SDSF, IDMS, DB2, SDF, SDF2, TLE, Mapping Workbench, TLI