Senior EDI Architect

Tech3pillars Technologies; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech3pillars Technologies is seeking a Senior EDI Architect with 10+ years of enterprise B2B/EDI experience. You will lead design, modernization, and support of large-scale EDI ecosystems using Axway B2Bi, IBM Sterling Integrator, IBM ITXA, and the homegrown CIMS platform, driving onboarding, transformation, and secure partner connectivity across OTC/OTP processes.

You will guide trading partner onboarding, establish standards, and ensure observability, performance, and security.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in EDI/B2B integration architecture, solution design, implementation, and support.
• 5+ years leading EDI modernization, migration, onboarding, or transformation initiatives.
• Experience in high-volume, business-critical B2B environments.
• Experience collaborating with suppliers, customers, distributors, banks, and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise EDI and B2B integration architecture, standards, reference patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and supportable solutions for a large trading partner ecosystem.
• Lead EDI platform modernization, consolidation, and cloud migration initiatives.
• Design hybrid integration solutions using EDI, APIs, event-driven services, messaging, and microservices where appropriate.
• Provide architectural guidance across Axway B2Bi, IBM Sterling Integrator, IBM ITXA, CIMS, and Java-based services.
• Drive governance, capacity planning, performance tuning, availability, security, and observability.
• Establish observability practices covering message tracking, logging, alerting, auditability, SLA monitoring.
• Lead end-to-end onboarding and lifecycle management for customers and partners.
• Define connectivity, mapping, testing, certification, cutover, and production support standards.
• Create reusable templates, guides, and procedures for partner implementations.
• Translate business requirements into secure, scalable EDI solutions with cross-functional teams.
• OTC: order intake, validation, acknowledgement, fulfillment, invoicing, and payment processing.
• OTP: supplier ordering, acknowledgement, shipping notices, invoice validation, and remittance.

Skills

EDI architecture

B2B integration

Solution design

Leadership

Partner onboarding

Axway B2Bi

IBM Sterling

IBM ITXA

CIMS

Java/J2EE

Tools

Axway B2Bi

IBM Sterling

IBM ITXA

CIMS

Java/J2EE

Job description

Role: Senior EDI ArchitectPrimary platforms: Axway B2Bi, IBM Sterling Integrator, IBM ITXAProtocols: AS2, SFTP and related B2B protocolsExperience: 10+ yearsCustom platform: CIMSERP, Business processes: SAP/ECC/S4, JD Edwards, OTC and OTP

Position SummaryWe are seeking an experienced Senior EDI Architect with more than 10 years of expertise in enterprise B2B/EDI integration, supply chain business processes, and EDI platform architecture. The successful candidate will lead the design, development, modernization, and support of large-scale EDI ecosystems involving Axway B2Bi, IBM Sterling Integrator (SI), IBM Transformation Extender Advanced (ITXA), Java-based integration applications, and the homegrown CIMS orchestration platform. The role requires strong technical leadership in trading partner onboarding, EDI transformation, secure partner connectivity, orchestration, and end-to-end Order-to-Cash (OTC) and Order-to-Pay (OTP) processes across supply chain environments.

Experience Requirements10+ years of hands‑on experience in EDI/B2B integration architecture, solution design, implementation, and support.5+ years of experience leading EDI modernization, migration, onboarding, or transformation initiatives.Experience supporting high-volume, business-critical B2B transaction environments.Proven ability to work with suppliers, customers, distributors, carriers, logistics providers, 3PL partners, banks, and internal business teams.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture and Solution Design

• Define enterprise EDI and B2B integration architecture, standards, reference patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Design scalable, secure, resilient, and supportable solutions for a large trading partner ecosystem. Create reusable onboarding, transformation, routing, exception-handling, monitoring, and recovery patterns.
• Lead EDI platform modernization, consolidation, and cloud migration initiatives.
• Design hybrid integration solutions using EDI, APIs, event-driven services, messaging, and microservices where appropriate.

Platform Leadership

• Provide architectural and technical guidance across Axway B2Bi, IBM Sterling Integrator, IBM ITXA, CIMS, and Java/J2EE-based integration services.
• Drive platform governance, capacity planning, performance tuning, availability, security, and operational excellence.
• Establish observability practices covering message tracking, logging, alerting, auditability, SLA monitoring, and root-cause analysis.

Trading Partner Management

• Lead end-to-end onboarding and lifecycle management for customers, suppliers, carriers, banks, and logistics partners.
• Define connectivity, mapping, testing, certification, cutover, validation, and production support standards.
• Create reusable partner templates, implementation guides, checklists, and operating procedures.
• Collaborate with business teams and external partners to translate requirements into secure, supportable EDI solutions.

Business Process Integration

• Order-to-Cash (OTC) Customer order intake and validation. Order acknowledgment and exception management. Fulfillment, warehouse processing, shipping, and delivery notifications. Invoicing, payment/remittance, returns, and related downstream processing.
• Order-to-Pay (OTP) Supplier ordering and acknowledgment. Supplier collaboration and advance ship notice processing. Receiving, invoice validation and matching, and payment/remittance processing. Exception handling and status visibility across the procurement lifecycle.