What are the responsibilities and job description for the Infor XA / Infor ION Data Integration Developer position at TekShapers?
Infor XA / Infor ION Data Integration Developer
Location – Hagerstown, MD
Fulltime/Contract
Role Summary
We are seeking a hands-on data integration developer to build, configure, test, and support integrations between Infor XA / MAPICS and internal or external systems using Infor ION, ION Desk / ION Connect, ION API Gateway / IMS, Enterprise Connector, and XA IDF System-Link. The role is focused on BOD/XML message integration, API-based integration, transforma tion logic, error handling, monitoring, and production troubleshooting—not general application development.
Research strongly supports making Infor XA Infor ION the core requirement: XA/ION postings call out MAPICS/XA, Enterprise Connector or IMS setup, REST integration, IBM i / AS400, RPGLE, RPGXML, and master-data integration; ION-focused postings emphasize ION Desk connection points, data flows, BOD-centric design, XSLT mappings, API Gateway/security, OneView, and Error BOD troubleshooting.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and support inbound and outbound integrations between Infor XA and systems such as WMS, supplier portals, finance, ERP/CRM platforms, data platforms, and third-party applications.
- Configure and maintain Infor ION connection points, document/data flows, logical IDs, tenants, Authorized Apps, service-account credentials, IMS via API Gateway, and Enterprise Connector-based integrations.
- Configure and support XA IDF System-Link destinations, replication settings, publish jobs, BOD generation, XA outbox/inbox processing, and inbound BOD handling.
- Develop and maintain mappings and transformations for BOD/XML, XSLT, JSON, CSV/flat files, SQL/JDBC, REST/SOAP APIs, and message-based integrations.
- Support core manufacturing and supply-chain data flows such as Item/Material Master, Vendor/Supplier, BOM, Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, Supplier Invoices, Inventory, Warehouse, and Supplier Exchange.
- Troubleshoot integration failures using ION Desk, OneView, Error BODs, XA Transaction Status, System-Link logs, SLO/SLS/NLS logs, API Gateway errors, credential issues, certificate issues, and logical ID mismatches.
- Implement integration logging, retry/error handling, validation, monitoring, documentation, and deployment support across Dev/Test/Prod.
- Work with functional analysts, ERP SMEs, infrastructure teams, vendors, and business users to translate process requirements into reliable integration designs.
Infor’s XA configuration guidance describes XA generating BODs through System-Link, placing them in the XA ION outbox, ION Connect routing them through data flows, and inbound BODs returning through the System-Link inbox for processing.
Required Qualifications
- Must-have: Hands-on experience developing or supporting integrations involving Infor XA / MAPICS.
- Must-have: Hands-on experience with Infor ION / ION Desk, including connection points, document flows/data flows, BODs, and production troubleshooting.
- Must-have: Practical understanding of XA IDF System-Link, including destinations, replication settings, publish jobs, outbox/inbox concepts, and BOD processing.
- Must-have: Strong working knowledge of BOD-centric integration, including XML payloads, BOD verbs such as Sync/Process/Acknowledge/Get/Show, system-of-record concepts, and event-driven data publishing.
- Must-have: Experience with REST/SOAP APIs, XML, XSLT, JSON, CSV/flat files, SQL, authentication, error handling, and data transformation.
- Must-have: Ability to troubleshoot failed integrations end to end across application, middleware, data, credential, network, and payload layers.
- Must-have: Familiarity with IBM i / AS400 / Power Systems environments supporting XA integrations; RPGLE, CL, RPGXML, or DB2 for i experience is strongly relevant.
- Must-have: Prior experience supporting integration testing, deployment, documentation, and production support.
Infor documentation and market postings support these requirements: ION integrations use connection points and data flows; XA/ION work commonly involves System-Link, IMS via API Gateway, Enterprise Connector, RPGLE/RPGXML, REST APIs, BODs, and troubleshooting through ION/XA tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Boomi AtomSphere, including process building, connectors, profiles, maps, API Management, Boomi Runtime/Atom, and Boomi API Gateway.
- Experience with Boomi Gateway for API exposure, authentication, deployment, and API traffic management.
- Experience with IBM MQ / IBM Message Queue, JMS, queues, channels, listeners, topics/subscriptions, certificate management, stuck-message troubleshooting, and message-based integration support.
- Experience with EDI X12, AS2, SFTP/FTP, trading partner integrations, WMS, logistics, supplier exchange, or manufacturing supply-chain integrations.
- Scripting or programming experience in Java, Groovy, JavaScript, Python, C#, RPGLE, CL, or SQL/PL SQL.
- Boomi Developer certification, Infor ION training, IBM MQ experience, or similar integration-platform credentials.
Tekshapers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.