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Thorndale Partners · 2 weeks ago

Sr. EDI Engineer

Nashville Metro

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Thorndale Partners is seeking an experienced EDI Engineer to drive all aspects of electronic data interchange (EDI) and broader B2B integrations for their enterprise. This role involves partner onboarding, transaction monitoring, and serving as the technical subject matter expert for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and related technologies.

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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

IBM Sterling B2B IntegratorEDI map developmentXPath/XSLTJava/GroovySQLANSI X12EDIFACTCXMLJSONSoft skills

Required

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