EDI/B2B Analyst

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture.  The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes.  Our employees and our members come FIRST.  Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.  In 2018, Costco contributed over $39 million to organizations such as United Way and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the second largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in twelve countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco consistently ranks in the top five of Forbes “America’s Best Employers”.

Costco has a great opportunity for a B2B Analyst interested in secure transport and data transformation. We are looking for an individual that wants to help drive our Secure Transport platform to the Cloud. Responsibilities include configuration, testing, implementation and ongoing support of platforms within the B2B environment. The B2B Analyst will be required to partner with key business units and project teams as part of Costco modernization efforts.

The ideal candidate has the ability to rapidly learn technical concepts and apply them as solutions in the Costco EDI environment. Candidates should have the ability to coordinate with vendor and Costco IT groups to implement system upgrades and customizations. The B2B Analyst is expected to provide a high level of end-user support.

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ROLE

• Analyzes, designs and integrates configurations, customized solutions in B2B environment.
• Provides troubleshooting documentation for 1st and 2nd level support teams to assist them with resolving system issues.
• Provides status reports, progress updates for assigned tasks.
• Works with business areas and project teams to prioritize work list, coordinates testing and implementations.
• Adheres to established standards and procedures, including configuration management, coding, testing and documentation standards.
• Works in partnership with key business users, identifying potential ways of improving the efficiency and/or effectiveness of current business operations.
• Assisting with change management planning and implementation.
• Ensures compliance with regulations including, but not limited to SOX and PCI.
• Performs maintenance of systems technical documentation continuously.
• Works off-hours as required, including weekends, holidays, and 24/7 on call responsibilities on a rotational basis.

REQUIRED

• Experience using Axway Secure Transport or similar multi-protocol File Transfer system.
• Understanding of X12 and EDIFACT standards, mapping and development of EDI  transactions.
• Experience and willingness to teach/mentor others.
• Experience with managing security certificates, Public / Private Keys, SSL, SSH.
• General architectural understanding of B2B systems including traversing firewalls.
• Ability to interact effectively with internal clients, team members, vendors and management.
• Possess a strong ability to translate user requirements into technical solutions.
• Possess proven ability to manage vendor engagements with successful outcome.

Recommended

• Three or more years’ experience with B2B systems.
• Understanding of canonical data models for EDI transactions.
• Experience with job scheduler; such as Robot, AJS, UC4.
• Experience networking protocols.
• Knowledge of Configuration Management software (Puppet, Ansible, Terraform or Chef). 
• Proven ability to successfully balance workload on multiple high priority projects.
• Must have strong analytical, problem solving skills.

Required Documents

• Cover Letter
• Resume

Apart from any religious or disability considerations, open availability is needed to meet the needs of the business.  If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.