PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

• Over 7 + years of experience in EDI and worked as Senior EDI Analyst / Developer with extensive experience in multi divisional corporate EDI environments.
• Highly Experienced in Distribution, Manufacturing, Supply chain, Healthcare, Shipping and Logistics industry providing Business Process Assessment, Requirements Gathering, Gap Analysis, Implementation and Testing.
• Proficient in creation, modifications, testing of envelopes, maps, business process, service/adapters and AS2/FTP communications. Worked on Migrating Communication setups (AS2, FTP), Envelopes and Maps from GIS 4.3 to SI 5.1.
• Expertise in ANSI X12, EDIFACT Standards and implementing EDI transactions 204, 210, 214, 300, 310, 315, 810, 811, 820, 830, 850, 852, 855, 856, 860, 861, 864, 867, 835, 837, 270/271, 276/277, 990 and 997 among others.
• 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.
• Create customized BPs using GIS BPML. Development and Implementation of GIS services and adapters such as FTP, HTTP, SFTP, FSA, SMTP, JDBC, LWJDBC, SFTP, AS2, XSLT, Web services, JMS MQ - Series Adapter and Adapters related to Mailbox on GIS CL2 Command Line, Connect Direct.
• Experienced in working with FTP, FTPS, SFTP, AS1, AS2, AS3, Web Services Communication between trading partners and VAN.
• Worked on EDIFACT EDI transactions like ORDERS, ORDRSP, DESADV, INVOIC, and REMADV among others.
• Experienced working with File Formats like ANSI X12, EDIFACT, IDOC, CSV, XML, and legacy specified application file formats.
• Experience on XML, XSD, XPATH, XSLT and other internet related technologies.
• Responsible for the daily EDI operations, which included administration, control, scheduling and balancing of EDI documents.
• Experienced in Data Mapping and Data Conversion using EDI/HQ, Gentran, Sterling Integrator
• Worked on different EDI Products like GIS, STERLING INTEGRATOR, and GXS on Windows Server with SAP ERP as backend system.
• Worked with Scheduling and Performance Tuning of Business processes in GIS/SI.
• Daily checking Project tracking using tools like JIRA, MS Project.
• 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, and perform system matrix testing.

SKILLS AND TOOLS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sr. EDI Analyst/Developer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Designed and developed EDI interfaces with the following EDI documents - 850,860, 855, 856, 810, 846, 867, and 997, ORDERS, ORDRSP, INVRPT, DESADV, INVOIC, SLSRPT, CONTRL, IDoc, Flat File, CSV, and XML.
• Worked on FTP, FTP/S,HTTP/HTTPS, Web services, SFTP/SSH protocols, PGP encryption and mailboxes during B2B integration
• Responsible for onboarding trading partners to EDI and Implemented end to end integration testing for more than 200 trading partners
• Working daily EDI operations, which included administration, control, scheduling and balancing of EDI documents.
• Developed design documents and mapping specification (MRS) for the maps. Created both inbound and outbound generic and partner specific EDI business flows.
• Implementation of B2B sterling Integration, design, develops, maintain and troubleshoot IBM Sterling Integrator custom business processes and Services.
• Designed and developed business processes, envelopes and maps for the identification, capture, processing, formatting, and dissemination of EDI information using ANSI ASC X12 and EDIFACT Standards.
• Analyzed the existing maps for data input and output requirements and created detailed logical map documents (mapping guides.)
• Responsible to verify all data was successfully processed and trouble-shoot any failures during translation and address the issues to the team.
• Developed business processes to connect to VANs & trading partners to send/receive EDI transmissions.
• Working on transforming data between formats: XML, delimited or fixed- format files.
• Communicate with managers and business stake holders on project statuses.
• Daily checking Project tracking using tools like JIRA, MS Project.

Sterling Integrator Developer

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Designed, Developed and Maintained EDI Maps with the specified business rules. HIPAA map transactions: 837P v4010/5010 Health Care Claim, 276/277 v4010/5010 Claim Status Request/Acknowledgement, 270/271 v4010/5010 Eligibility Coverage, 277U v4010/5010 Acknowledgement Response, 835 v4010/5010 Health Care Claim Payment Advise.
• Involved in HIPAA Certification process of 835 using Claredi online system using HIPAA guidelines.
• Design logical and physical documentation for the XML-to-5010-835 conversion and web clearinghouse.
• Work in EDI/GIS/SI support on rotational basis.
• Responsible in setting up Trading Partner Identities, Document exchange, Packaging and Envelopes for both inbound and outbound partners.
• Troubleshoot file transmission problems and assisted customers in a call center environment with EDI and Medicaid Insurance claim related inquiries explained and enforced guidelines in the X12 Implementation guides (837P, 837I, 837D, 270/271).
• Work with SI Resource manager to export/import maps from test to production after successful end-end testing.
• Troubleshoot and resolved XSLT mapping issues and adapter failures/discards.
• Extensive use of SFTP, FTP, HTTP, Mailbox, File system, Web services, Command Line, JDBC, SOAP, Translation and system Adapters
• Working on SQL performance monitoring and tuning of reporting data by optimizing indexes and stored procedures.
• Implementation of B2B (EDI) Integration.
• Create, update and monitor business processes for FTP and SFTP send/receive errors.
• Perform system health check once every day.

EDI Developer / Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• As an analyst, working with customer requirements and managing available resources of EDI in Road Transportation and Ocean Liner Service in shipping business.
• Developed Business Processes (BPML), Maps (Extended rules, standard rules), Services, adapter configurations for various supply chain logistics EDI transactions to integrate warehouse management (WMS), Transportation management (TMS), and financial applications.
• Customer communication to provide ongoing status updates to project stakeholders
• Responsible for the daily production support and on-going development of the EDI business process & systems for client of EDI Consulting Services.
• Working as communication person between trading partners and company towards gathering information and building relationship with trading partner and bringing resolution for problems in production issues for ocean (309, 350, 300, 301, 310, 315) and land transportation (204,214, 990) related EDI transactions.
• Processing several data formats based on customer requirements such as XML, EDIFACT, Positional, Delimited and EDIX12.
• Developed and Implemented interfaces onto the internal Order Management System (OMS), Transportation Management System (TMS), and Shipping Systems.
• Perform gap analysis between existing maps and the new requirements for the following EDI Transaction Sets: Manifests (309, 350, 353, and 355), EDI 204, 210, 214, 990, 300, 301, 310, and 315 transactions.
• Creation of implementation guides to document detailed exchange requirements such as structures, timing and business rules (GAP analysis documents.) Creation of application layout files
• Set up new trading partners and maintain existing partners
• Configured and tested various communication protocols FTP, SFTP, AS2, JDBC, and JMS adapters.
• Processing transaction through FTP connection for inbound and outbound mailboxes.
• Set up and configured the AS2 communication protocol for exchanging the EDI documents for trading partners with digital Signature.
• Maintenance of EDI Documents, data managers, and Gentran life cycle Database.
• Performed Unit and system testing on all EDI transactions both inbound and outbound.
• Documenting complete project, requirement analysis, implementation and complete work flow with interactive details
• Processing knowledge in SI Change Control Process - Elite and ConnectWise for handling customer queries, break-fix and enhancement issues.

EDI Developer / Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:

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