B2B / EDI Integration Engineer - Axway B2Bi & IBM Ecommerce

Eli Lilly And Company; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Eli Lilly And Company is seeking an experienced B2B/EDI integration specialist to own and administer Axway B2Bi and IBM Ecommerce platforms. You will ensure reliable, compliant movement of transactional data between Lilly and external partners, distributors and suppliers, and sustain service capability for partner-facing integrations.

Responsibilities include onboarding trading partners, validating EDI envelopes, monitoring end-to-end transaction flows, and maintaining translation and mapping

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience administering or developing on Axway B2Bi and IBM Ecommerce.
• Proficient with EDI standards (X12/EDIFACT) and B2B transport (AS2/OFTP2/SFTP).
• Experience onboarding and certifying trading partners.
• Familiar with XML/flat-file translation and mapping tools.
• Strong incident troubleshooting in 24/7 production environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer Axway B2Bi and IBM Ecommerce platforms and partner configurations.
• Onboard new trading partners and certify test transactions before go-live.
• Monitor end-to-end B2B transaction flows; triage failed or delayed EDI transactions within SLA.
• Maintain translation/mapping logic for PO, invoices, ASNs, and other EDI documents.
• Collaborate with upstream teams to troubleshoot data integration issues.
• Support platform patching, certificate renewals, and DR/failover testing.
• Document partner configurations and SOPs.
• Participate in on-call rotation for partner‑integration incidents.

Skills

Axway B2Bi

IBM Ecommerce

EDI standards (X12/EDIFACT)

Onboarding & certification

XML/flat-file mapping

Incident troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

IBM Data Movement tools certification

Tools

Axway B2Bi

IBM Ecommerce

XML/EDI mapping tools

EDI translators

Job description

Role Summary

Owns Lillys B2B/EDI trading-partner integration platforms and administer - Axway B2Bi and IBM Ecommerce - ensuring reliable, compliant movement of transactional data between Lilly and its external partners, distributors and suppliers. This role restores and sustains service capability for partner-facing integrations, closing a critical skills gap in EDI standards and B2B protocol support.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support Axway B2Bi and IBM Ecommerce platforms, including partner community configuration, translation maps, and message routing.
• Onboard new trading partners: configure AS2/OFTP2/SFTP connections, validate EDI envelopes (X12, EDIFACT), and certify test transactions before go-live.
• Monitor B2B transaction flows end-to-end; triage and resolve failed or delayed EDI transactions within SLA.
• Maintain translation/mapping logic for purchase orders, invoices, ASNs, and other standard EDI document types.
• Partner with upstream application teams (order management, supply chain, finance) to troubleshoot data integration issues across the B2B layer.
• Support platform patching, certificate renewals, and DR/failover testing for both platforms.
• Document partner configurations, runbooks, and standard operating procedures per Lilly IT standards.
• Participate in on-call rotation for partner‑integration incidents.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years experience administering or developing on Axway B2Bi (or equivalent B2B integration platform) and IBM Ecommerce.
• Working knowledge of IBM Ecommerce/Sterling-type B2B/order-integration platforms.
• Hands-on experience with EDI standards (X12 and/or EDIFACT) and B2B transport protocols (AS2, OFTP2, SFTP).
• Experience with trading‑partner onboarding and certification processes.
• Familiarity with XML/flat-file translation and mapping tools.
• Strong incident troubleshooting skills in a 24 7 production environment.

What Success Looks Like

Partner transaction failures are resolved within SLA, new trading‑partner onboarding time is reduced, and B2B/EDI knowledge is no longer a single‑person dependency on the team.

Key Attributes

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, incident-driven environment.
• Team player with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.
• Willingness to work in shifts/on-call rotations as required by business needs.
• Understanding ITIL processes - Incident, Problem, and Change Management.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work under pressure during production incidents.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to adjacent Data Movement technologies (IBM MQ, Aspera) for cross-team collaboration.
• Scripting skills (Shell, Python) for automation of partner onboarding or monitoring tasks.
• Experience in a regulated/pharma environment with change-control and audit requirements.

Education/Certifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
• IBM Certified Data Movement tools platforms.