Senior Admin - EDI Technical Administration

Cencora, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Training programs

Mentorship programs

Job summary

Cencora, Inc. is seeking a senior EDI Technical Administrator to lead the EDI environment, ensuring high availability and performance across Sterling B2B Integrator, IBM Extender products, and Axway solutions.

You will work with infrastructure teams to optimize operations, drive architectural decisions, and support changes while aligning with business needs.

Qualifications

• BS degree in CS/IT with EDI certification required.
• 12+ years leading architecture, design and technical administration.
• Experience in 24x7x365 support operations.
• Proven EDI lifecycle, production EDI infra operations experience.
• Experience with Sterling B2B Integrator, IBM B2B products, Axway, Lightwell; Oracle Exadata helpful.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary contact for EDI Technical Administration issues in the EDI environment.
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to troubleshoot and resolve problems.
• Interface with EDI Delivery and Service Management to manage workload.
• Monitor and tune performance of the EDI landscape and perform capacity planning.
• Coordinate with EDI managers and vendors for software consistency.
• Participate in Change Management and approve EDI-related changes.

Skills

Technical leadership

Problem solving

Root cause analysis

Communication skills

Education

BS Degree in Computer Science or IT with EDI certification

Tools

Sterling B2B Integrator

IBM Transformation Extender

IBM Transformation Extender Advanced

Lightwell

Axway B2B

Axway Secure Relay

Connect:Direct

Oracle Exadata

Job description

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help us improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.

Job Details

The job requires in-depth "technical administration" experience and requires providing technical support for servers that host various types of applications for "Electronic Data Interchange" (EDI). Under general direction of the designated Manager, the candidate will be responsible for operations, architecture, and performance of the EDI landscapes. The candidate will serve as one of the primary contacts within the organization for the EDI Technical Administration and EDI Axway Support teams. If support isn't top-notch, the servers could crash or could have a bad performance. Such scenarios will directly impact Cencora's ability to process pharmaceutical orders. The candidate be responsible for proactively identifying opportunities to utilize the technology to solve technical and business problems.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

• Primary point of contact for all EDI Technical Administration issues related to the EDI environment.
• Will work closely with infrastructure teams (servers, network, storage, monitoring and so on) to troubleshoot and resolve problems.
• Interface with the EDI Delivery and EDI Service Management teams to effectively manage the workload.
• Actively manage the performance of the EDI landscape, including capacity planning and tuning.
• Coordinate with other EDI manager and vendors to ensure software consistency across the EDI landscape.
• Will participate in the IT Change Management process and validate/approval all EDI related changes.
• Keeps abreast of new developments and forecasts of future trends in the areas of EDI technology.
• Works with internal and external customers to understand their requirements in order to form a forward-thinking architectural vision for the infrastructure of the Company.
• Provide input on and support new projects affecting the EDI environments.
• Engage and interface directly with EDI as required for product support/questions.
• Defines solutions by identifying requirements and writing functional specifications; consults with technical subject matter experts.
• Advises on options, risks, costs versus benefits and impact on other business processes and system priorities; contributes to cost versus benefit measures.

Experience And Educational Requirements

• Requires a BS Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent, as well as product-related Certification in EDI
• Minimum of twelve (12) years directly related and progressively responsible experience in leading architecture design, technical implementation and technical administration
• Mandatory experience in 24x7x365 support
• Must have experience with multiple EDI implementation lifecycles and production EDI infrastructure operations
• Product specialty: Requires experience with implementation, operating, and performance management of Sterling B2B Integrator, IBM Transformation Extender, IBM Transformation Extender Advanced, and other IBM B2B products. Additionally, experience in Lightwell, Axway B2B, Axway Secure Relay and other B2B products such as Connect:Direct will be valuable. Experience in Oracle Exadata is recommended but not mandatory
• Experience with RCA (Root Cause Analysis), monitoring and implementation of preventative measures, is mandatory. Ability to foster innovation and "out of the box" thinking while ensuring practical applications of the ideas

Other Mandatory Requirements

• Ability to direct the formulation, definition and documenting of system architecture and objectives for assigned projects
• Solid understanding of business requirements and ability to prepare architectural specifications from which applications will be designed
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Strong organizational skills
• Good analytical, conceptual and problem solving skills to evaluate business problems and apply technology knowledge to identify appropriate solutions
• Good interpersonal skills; effective team player
• Excellent discovery and active listening skills
• Good relationship building skills
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Good group presentation skills

What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more. For details, visit https://www.virtualfairhub.com/cencora

Full time

Equal Employment Opportunity

Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company’s continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email [e-mail]. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned

Affiliated Companies

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