PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 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, and Sybase ECMap.
• 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.
• Extensive experience in developing transaction sets in EDI and data mapping and data conversion across Healthcare, Banking, Logistics, Distribution, Finance, and Material Management applications.
• Demonstrated proficiency in EDI ANSI X12, X12N/HIPAA & EDIFACT standards.Experienced in HIPAA -Health Care industry providing Business Process Assessment, Requirements Gathering, Gap Analysis, Implementation and Testing. Well versed with EDI and HIPAA transactions.
• Extensive mapping and configuration experience 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 Advanced File Transfer (AFT) by providing a broad file transfer protocol support partner-to-partner file transfer for high-volume, and 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.
• Expertise in Unit and Trading partner testing and Implementation Management. Experienced in GIS Map Editor, Visual Mapper, and Application Integrator.
• 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 protocols such as AS2, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, IBM VAN.
• Implementation of new software, upgrades and the regression testing before migration to production.
• Good knowledge in JAVA and Oracle RDBMS with proficiency in writing SQL queries and PL/SQL procedures.
• Assisted in enhancing existing business processes, created new ones and managing the promotion through SDLC.
• Hardworking, enthusiastic, self-starter, results-oriented team player with an ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and efficiently.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

EDI Translators/BP Engines: Gentran Integration Suite 4.2/4.3, Gentran Server 5.3, Sterling B2B Integrator 5.0/5.2, 6.0,6.1, Business Plugins, EDIFECS Spec builder, X-Engine, Transaction Manager, Altova Map force, Sybase EC Map/EC Gateway, Sterling File Gateway (SFG), Oracle E-Commerce Gateway, GXS AI Mapper(Workbench), See burger BIS 5.5 / BIC5, Ipswich Move IT Central, Move IT DMZ, Web Methods, MQ Series

EDI Standards: EDI X12(ANSI), EDIFACT, HIPAA, XML, MQ Series, BPML, BPEL, VLTrader, Rosetta net, UCC, VICS

Communication Protocols and Other tools: FTP, HTTP, SFTP, HTTPS, AS2, VAN, TCP/IP, PGP, SMTP, SNMP, IMAP, JMS, SAP Suite Adapter, Autosys, Control - M, SQL*Plus, SQL Loader, MS Visio 2000

EDI Transaction Sets: ANSI X12 810, 812, 820, 824, 830, 831, 832, 834, 835, 837,204,214, 270/271, 276/277, 210, 214, 220, 315,323,850, 852, 855, 856, 844, 845, 846, 857,861,864, 867, 875,879, 880, 940, 945, 980,990 and 997, HIPAA, HL7, EDIFACT, VICS, SAP IDOCS, SWIFT, LOCKBOX, UCC, ICD 9/10

Programming Languages: JAVA, SQL, PL/SQL, T-SQL, XSLT, CXML, COBOL, RPG ILE, CL, UNIX Shell Scripting, ABAP, Perl, UML, BPML, XML (XPath, XQuery)

Domain Knowledge: Supply Chain Management - Order Management System, Shipping System and Logistics, and Transport Management System

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Frisco,TX

EDI Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the complete design, development and Implementation of 215 Shipment Status,315 Ocean shipment status, 204 Carrier Manifest,210 Invoice, 110 Air Freight Invoice, 310 Freight receipt and invoice for Ocean, IFTMIN
• Developed of maps for various formats like XML, EDI, CSV, EDIFACT.
• Created Inbound and Outbound flow setups using Lightwell framework
• Crated test cases for the new maps and completed Unit & End to End testing for new maps & enhancements.
• Creating and deploying codelists in Sterling Integrator dashboard
• Troubleshoot and resolve map related & data issues
• Attending weekly status calls with team members & clients
• Troubleshoot & resolve assigned tickets with in SLA (service level agreement).
• Interacted with the internal Business teams and worked with the Trading Partners to gather requirements for new maps and enhancements for existing maps.

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Sr EDI Developer

Responsibilities:

• Working with the Business analysts to understand the requirement and develop relevant Mapping Requirement Specifications (MRS).
• Created trading partner profiles, envelope setups and communication setups like (using protocols FTP, SFTP)
• Development of XML Schemas and XML specifications by partner specific.
• Developed of maps from XML to various kinds of data format, XML, EDI, CSV.
• Maintained all trading partner set ups, EDI map relationships, and EDI code lists within the Apprise application, and for all EDI communication processes.
• Responsible for the complete design, development and Implementation of 850, 855, 830, 846, 204, 990, 214, 210, 997, 940, 810, 820, and 856 transaction sets.
• Worked closely with trading partners to write high level technical specifications to facilitate all connectivity processes.
• Developed SQL queries to interact with the lifecycle database and provide monthly capacity reports reflecting on the utilization of EDI infrastructure.
• Developed maps for different X12 transactions such as 856 Ship Notice/Manifest, 214 Shipment Status,
• 820 payment order and involved in setting up Trading partner profiles for the clients and sending them Functional Acknowledgement 997.
• Tracked all deployment and implementation related issues on JIRA.
• Responsible for Set up the new trading partners (communities, AS2, Code Lists etc.) in Sterling Integrator.

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Sr. EDI Developer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Business Process in SI using BPML, services, and adapters such as FTP, SFTP, Connect Direct and MQ Connectivity.
• Worked on deployments like, creating Mailboxes, Routing Rules, Virtual Roots and FTP Accounts.
• Developed XSLT to handle special requirement needing XML translation.
• Developed/Modified EDI maps using Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrator’s Map editor.
• Worked under Agile methodology under two weeks sprint in creating the tasks in TFS.
• Created business process for both inbound and outbound transactions to IDOCS and other internal applications as per business needs using Graphical Process Modeler (GPM) and BPML in Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrator.
• Attended weekly meetings and updated the knowledge transfer sessions to the offshore team.
• Created the implementation guides for different file formats (X12, XML, CSV, Delimiter, Fixed ASCII, Database).
• Provided on call production support and worked closely with the business and the trading partners. Helped middleware support team to meet daily needs of all the issues on all levels of priorities by analyzing and giving better solutions.
• Did the deployments including importing the Maps and Envelopes from QA server to the Production server.
• UNIX application server maintenance, the system performance for the daily transaction between the Trading Partner servers.
• Worked with the storage team on a daily basis and added all the production servers to meet the NFS mounts both on production and non-production servers.
• Solved issues like FTP Accounts with many trading partners who were using third party tools.
• Resolved issues on a daily basis for all the documents, example, 850,860,997,810,832,867,855…etc.
• Worked on Map related issues and suggested the other support teams on how to rectify the errors by changing the extended rules and also adjusted the input and output values accordingly.
• Monitored and maintained the Data Base Usage, Archive, Index, and Purge and also worked with the UNIX team to run the Shell scripts to clean the folders.
• Created and maintained the FTP, SFTP, AS2 accounts and also used these to route the documents for sending and receiving files.Fixed the AS2 issues when the interaction between trading partners failed and retrigger all the failed processes from our side and worked with the Trading Partner to send and receive the files.
• Interacted with the internal Business teams and worked with the Trading Partners to schedule and deploy the AS2 s when they were going to be expired.
• Actively worked with the EDI Development and support teams on the deployments and fixing the issues.
• Monitored the file transfer and checked the logs on a daily basis and provided the reports to business and the trading partners on the requirement basis.
• Created and modified the BP’s and deployed them first into QA and then to Production servers on a daily basis.

Confidential, Nashville, TN

Sr. EDI Developer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Gentran EDI tools and developed process and created maps.
• Provided support to EDI trading partners to ensure accurate and timely processing of data and also to ensure availability and reliability of solutions.
• Executed full-cycle implementation including: trading partner and communications setups, data mapping, UAT and regression testing, version upgrades, system migrations, and deployment.
• Created ASN setups for Opticom and sent the files to the vendors.
• Set up various communication-Protocols FTP, HTTP, SMTP and AS2 with trading partners for exchanging the EDI documents with digital Signature.
• Worked on creating the AS2 setups for the trading partners on VLTrader on development requests.
• Turned on / off System Logs, both on QA and the test servers.
• Developed/modified EDI maps using Sterling Integrator’s Map editor. Configured and implemented Sterling file gateway process.
• Maintenance of EDI documents, data managers, and SI 5.1 life cycle database.
• Created and modified the BP’s and deployed them first into QA and then to Production servers weekly.
• Extensively worked on developing and testing the Transportation management system documents like 204, 214, 219, 220, 850,856,858,943,944,947 and 990 for the carriers.
• Providedin depth support to EDI trading partners to ensure accurate and timely processing of data and to ensure availability and reliability solutions.
• Worked with other departments like, Oracle, Network team to resolve complex development EDI issues.
• Worked with business team on assigned help desk tickets and research data and bug fixes to resolve them with following application support protocols and help desk process flows.
• Interacted with the internal Business teams and worked with the Trading Partners to schedule and deploy the AS2 s when they are going to be expired.
• Investigated the Map related issues and rectified the errors by changing the extended rules and also adjusted the input and output values accordingly.
• Did deployments like imported the Maps and Envelopes from QA server to the Production server.
• Created the Flow of Business Process from End to End & Created and analyzed the flow of EDI documents and debugging.
• Developed XSLT to handle special requirement needing XML translation.
• Assisted with functional documentation and process flow design areas.
• Attended weekly meetings with internal teams and got the updates from the manager for the new development projects.
• Worked on deployments like creating Mailboxes, Routing Rules, Virtual Roots and FTP Accounts.
• Interacted with the internal Business teams and worked with the Trading Partners to schedule and deploy the AS2 s which were soon to be expired.

Confidential, Tempe, AZ

Sr. EDI Developer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created Business Process in SI5.2.3 using BPML, services, and adapters such as FTP, SFTP, and Connect Direct.
• Worked on deployments like, creating Mailboxes, Routing Rules, Virtual Roots and FTP Accounts.
• Performed data analysis, application file format validation, formatting, Trading Partner setup and mapping.
• Developed XSLT to handle special requirements needing XML translation.
• Created UNIX shell scripts to automate the FTP process, handling of data discards, data errors, compliance errors etc.
• Worked on Create, Modify and Delete the Code Lists on both S.I 5.2 and GIS 4.3 and deployed them into Production.
• Created the Envelopes on SI 5.2 and deployed them into production.
• Configured Active Directory for New User Creation.
• Created the implementation guides for different file formats (X12, XML, CSV, Delimiter, Fixed ASCII, Database).
• Provided on call production support to meet daily needs of all the issues on all levels of priorities.
• Interacted with Trading Partners and resolved their problems.
• Attended the daily team meetings and reported to the manager and also shared the knowledge on day to day issues with the team members. Attended the meetings with other development teams for the deployments and updated the teams about any pending tasks that were assigned by the other teams.
• Worked on the data migrations after the deployments from GIS to SI on the Production server.
• Did the deployments like import the Maps and Envelopes from QA server to the Production server.
• Did the UNIX application server restarts in timely manner to maintain the system performance for the daily transaction between the Trading Partner servers.
• Solved issues like FTP Accounts with many trading partners who were using third party tools.
• Resolved issues on a daily basis for all the documents, example, 850,860,997,810,832,867,855…etc.
• Investigated the Map related issues and rectified the errors by changing the extended rules and also adjusted the input and output values accordingly.
• On a daily basis worked with other teams like, Ebusiness, Order Procurement, EDISupplier, Complex Integrations, WHTrans Apps/Tibco, ISR Support, and Web Support.
• Worked with the divisions on Purchase Order issues for Orderscan and resolved them to smoothly send the orders from Dotcom to Tandem.
• Created new Maps and did the deployment of maps into QA server followed by Productions servers respectively.
• Monitored and maintained the Data Base Usage, Archive, Index, and Purge and also worked with the UNIX team to run the Shell scripts to clean the folders.
• Created and Maintained the FTP, SFTP, AS2 accounts and also used these to route the documents for sending and receiving files and also at times fixed the AS2 issues when the interaction between trading partners fails and retrigger all the failed processes from our side and worked with the Trading Partner to send and receive the files.
• Interacted with the internal Business teams and worked with the Trading Partners to schedule and deploy the AS2 s when they were going to be expired.
• Created SHH Authorized keys and after creating the SHH Authorized Keys needed to assign them to the FTP accounts in S. Deployed them into Production and worked with the Trading Partner and made them add the SHH Authorized Keys and do the testing on the Trading Partner server.
• Actively worked with the EDI Development and support teams on the deployments and fixing the issues.
• Turn on / off System Logs both on QA and the test servers.
• Created and modified the BP’s and deployed them first into QA and then to Production servers daily.
• Worked on SI and GIS on the UNIX application server maintenance and restarts.
• Worked on setting up of Lockboxes and also fixed issues for bank Lockbox missing files and also did the migration of Lockboxes.

Confidential, Bartlesville, OK

Sr. EDI Developer

Responsibilities:

• Performed data analysis, application file format validation, formatting, Trading Partner setup and mapping.
• Setup Trading partners, created standard to application and application to standard and pass-thru maps.
• Created the implementation guides for different file formats (X12, XML, CSV, Delimiter, Fixed ASCII, Database)
• Responsible in setting up Trading Partner Identities, Document exchange, Packaging and Envelopes for both inbound and outbound partners for multiple transactions in Sterling Integrator.
• Developed/Modified EDI maps using Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrators Map editor.
• Set up various communications using Protocols FTP, HTTP, SMTP and AS2 with trading partners.
• Set up and configured the AS2 communication protocol for exchanging the EDI documents for trading partners with digital Signature.
• Created business process for both inbound and outbound transactions to SAP and other internal applications as per business needs using Graphical Process Modeler (GPM) and BPML in Gentran Integration Suite/Sterling Integrator.
• Worked on migrating communication setups (AS2, FTP), Envelopes and Maps from GIS 4.3 to SI 5.2.
• Translated the data from ANSI X12 to text format in inbound process using the translator.
• Created and modified BPML to handle document archiving, failure notifications, acknowledgement reconciliations, and transaction metrics reporting.
• Developed various business processes and maps for both EDI transactions and non EDI interfaces.
• Created various routing rules and mailboxes for both inbound and outbound transaction sets.
• 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.
• Created UNIX shell scripts to automate the FTP process, handling of data discards, data errors, compliance errors etc.
• Worked with business teams to identify integration points and develop business processes to transform messages using XSLT.
• Created test plans for load and performance tests with twice the daily EDI volume.
• Responsible for analyzing, designing, implementing, testing, monitoring the changes and moving to Production support.
• Involved in production support, trouble-shooting the day to day issues of the application.

Confidential

EDI Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed the Mapping specification documents with the help of the business team.
• Extensively worked on developing and testing the Transportation management system documents like 204, 214, 210, 315, 990 and 864 for the carriers.
• Created and maintained the partner profiles and the necessary EDPAR and EDSDC tables in SAP.
• Helped in the creation of Business requirement documents (BRD), systems requirement specifications (Technical specifications documents) and X12 mapping specification documents.
• Created the documentation for one to one mapping from the internal layer to the X12 specifications.
• Implemented one to one mapping from data file to EDI file by Map analysis.
• Extended the standard IDOC’s and created the custom IDOC’s in SAP.
• Tested the documents internally with the Manhattan Associates, SAP and EAI layer to make sure the documents are passing to the B2B (Gentran) with all the mandatory values in it.
• Used FTP and AS2 to transfer the files from one place to another. Setup AS2 communications with customers and suppliers.
• Created the Business processes using the Graphic process modeler (GPM) and deployed them onto GIS.
• Created generic business processes to zip/unzip, and PGP encrypt/decrypt files.
• Configured FTP, SFTP, FTPS adapters.
• Converted the XML files into X12 and X12 to XML files on GIS for sending and receiving the EDI files.
• Created EDIFACT format files from Flat files and vice versa.
• Modified the existing mappings for ORDERS, INVOIC, and DESADV in EDIFACT format.
• Identified the gaps while in the process of internal testing and did the Gap resolution.
• Fixed the defects which occurred during testing by changing the mappings in Gentran and GIS.
• Sat with the business team to analyze and develop the different scenarios to test the documents according to those scenarios.
• Performed the End to End testing with the partners for all the scenarios we have.
• Created Trading partner profiles, new maps and modified existing maps using Sterling Integrator Map editor and deployed the maps on to GIS.
• Gave production support and monitored the flow of documents on a daily basis.
• ASN (856 EDI document) - Created a process that generates an ASN (856 EDI document) to Customer for a Direct Ship Orders with information from the third party Vendors (facilitated by a Consolidator/Broker/3PL such as EXEL).

Confidential, NY

EDI Developer

Responsibilities:

• Implemented HIPAA/EDI Transactions like 834, 835, 837, 276, and 277. Implemented 270/271 Health Care Eligibility Benefit Inquiry and Response transactions.
• Provided Production Support to LOA application (EDI is a part of Loop order automation) and updating the logs and EDI files.
• Used Edifecs Spec Builder to build, edit and customize the implementation guidelines.
• Managing Enrollments for corporate group accounts and Individual accounts and Coordinating with Claims & ITS team.
• Performed Unit and System Testing on all EDI transactions both inbound and outbound.
• Involved in dealing with trading Partners and conveying the implementation guidelines and specifications.
• Worked on 270/271 (Eligibility Request & Response) for different clients in EDI Translations, Requirements analysis in different segments and elements that are required to send to the clients within the HIPAA regulations.
• 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 Claredi and worked on requirements documents and companion documents of different states.
• Created specs with EDIFECS spec builder for all the trading partners.
• Worked on integration with new trading partners using Gentran server for UNIX 5.3.
• Modified maps to support newer versions and upgraded from Gentran 3.2 version to Gentran 5.3 version.
• Created/modified trading partner setup.
• Provided Production Support for the maps developed in Gentran.
• Configured and supported data managers.
• Maintenance of EDI documents, data managers, and Gentran life cycle database.
• Verifiedthat all data was successfully processed and trouble-shoot any failures during translation and address the issues to the team.
• Worked on sending and receiving the files through communication protocols like HyperTerminal, Files Encryption, Decryption, creating and sending password protected files.