EDI Engineer at EDI Staffing

The EDI Engineer needs to be able to plan, create, analyze, and implement electronic data interchange (EDI) systems and supporting processes. They ensure these systems are working properly to enable the efficient exchange of information with trading partners. They will implement, test, and certify new trading partners. They also assess the business needs and challenges and identify ways to optimize these systems to best serve those purposes. They are also responsible for testing, maintenance, and troubleshooting, and provide tech support along with additional IT duties.

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience with EDI X12 standards, including but not limited to 850, 856, 855, 812, 820 and 997.
• Collaborate with internal teams, customers, and vendors to establish, maintain, and troubleshoot EDI connections, ensuring data integrity and compliance with trading partner requirements.
• Design, develop, and implement EDI maps, ensuring proper translation of data formats between different systems and trading partners.
• Conduct rigorous testing and validation of EDI transactions to ensure accuracy, compliance, and adherence to business rules and regulatory standards.
• Daily processing of EDI files
• Daily review of EDI transactions and resolution of transactions containing errors or failures and resolving issues quickly.
• Communicate daily with customer service and trading partners regarding integrated orders that may have issues, or questions related to set up or processing
• Provide timely updates and requested details for ongoing projects.
• Provide training and documentation as needed to customer service, sales, and trading partner
• Openly provide feedback to management on ways to improve service, processes, and efficiency.
• Provide support for integrated EDI and ECommerce processes and tasks as assigned.
• Prepare and maintain the database for the electronic data interchange
• Undertake security procedures for the safety of EDI
• Coordinate with the employees of the IT staff and ensure the maintenance of the EDI system
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of EDI processes, configurations, mappings, and protocols, ensuring clarity, consistency, and ease of reference for stakeholders.

• 5+ years of EDI experience
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV/Business Central (BC)
• Experience with EDI communication protocols such as AS2, FTP, SFTP, VAN, WebSphere MQ, etc.
• Expert verbal as well as written communication skills
• Expert interpersonal skills
• Ability to understand client needs
• Expert understanding of various business practices
• Ability to relate or explain technical information to non-industry personnel
• Excellent time management skills