What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Integrations -API / EDI Engineer position at Thorndale Partners?
DETAILS: SR INTEGRATION ENGINEER - API/ EDI
Title: Sr. EDI Engineer
Compensation: 135-140k base Strong Bonus (total comp 160's) Excellent benefits
Location: Hybrid Role (4 days in office) Office is in Smyrna, TN (Suburb of Nashville)
OVERVIEW: SR EDI ENGINEER We are seeking an experienced EDI Engineer to drive all aspects of electronic data interchange (EDI) and broader B2B integrations for our enterprise. This position owns partner onboarding and off-boarding, proactively monitor and tune transactions, and serve as the technical SME for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator (SI) and related technologies (Sterling File Gateway, Control Center, and ideally Sterling Partner Engagement Manager tools). Your deep hands-on mapping and business-process-modelling skills, coupled with strong stakeholder-facing abilities, wiAll ensure smoother trading partner experience and resilient, compliant and prompt data exchanges.
RESPONSIBILITIES: SR EDI ENGINEER
- Partner Lifecycle - Lead end-to-end onboarding/off-boarding of trading partners (requirements gathering, mapping, connectivity, certifications, go-live). Maintain partner profiles, certificates, schedules, and SLAs; coordinate mass migrations or consolidations when required.
- Transaction Monitoring & Support - Monitor daily EDI/B2B traffic (X12, EDIFACT, XML/JSON, cXML, flat files) via Sterling dashboards, alerts, and custom reports. Troubleshoot failures, perform root-cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes in collaboration with infrastructure, network, and business teams.
- Mapping & Development - Design, code, and test complex maps, adapters, and business processes in SI (Graphical Process Modeler/BPML). Optimize performance, re-factor legacy maps, migrate existing EDI transactions from legacy to modern B2B systems and enforce mapping standards and reusable components.
- Stakeholder Engagement - Serve as technical contact for external partners and VANs; translate business requirements into technical solutions. Provide support, mentor junior staff, and contribute to 24×7 on-call rotation.
- Continuous Improvement - Track KPIs (acknowledgement timeliness, error rates, cycle times); recommend automation and process improvements. Evaluate emerging B2B/EDI tools and suggest roadmap enhancements with PEM, API-first B2B gateways, FTP to SFTP conversions etc.
- Determines and corrects errors where problems may span systems.
- Provides on-call support on a rotating basis for all production related problems with responsibility to provide the computer operator with instructions to correct problem.
- May be on call backup to others where key knowledge exists.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: SR EDI ENGINEER
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering or related field or directly related experience.
- 7 years of experience of hands-on EDI map development.
- Experience with IBM Sterling B2B Integrator (v6.X ), Sterling File Gateway, Control Center. in high-volume environments. Strong familiarity with Sterling adaptors (FTP/S, HTTP/S, AS2, MQ, ODBC/JDBC).
- Programming/Scripting: XPath/XSLT, Java/Groovy, SQL, UNIX shell or PowerShell for automation and monitoring.
- Functional Experience: Hands-on experience working on integrating existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, warehouse management systems (WMS), other backend systems and external partner systems using Integration tools.
- Standards & Protocols: Deep knowledge of ANSI X12, EDIFACT, cXML, HIPAA, GS1, JSON, CSV; AS2, SFTP, REST APIs, VAN.