Sr. Connectivity IT Architect

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

Job Description 

McKesson is in the business of better health, and we touch the lives of patients in virtually every aspect of healthcare.  

Job Description 

McKesson is in the business of better health, and we touch the lives of patients in virtually every aspect of healthcare. McKesson Medical-Surgical provides medical-surgical supplies and equipment to physicians' offices, home care agencies, long-term care facilities and surgery centers.  

The Sr Connectivity IT Architect is responsible for design and development of IT architecture supporting the CIMS integrations and McK Direct integration, assuring key business processes function within defined SLAs. The role will require direct interaction with McKesson customers, team members, Professional Services team members, business partners, and other IT teams.  Candidates are required to interact with a variety of customer roles and their (third party) system support teams to evaluate business processes and design and implement EDI/Connectivity solutions to meet the customer’s needs.   

Qualifications: 

 
Minimum Requirements 
6+ years of EDI or McKesson Direct experience 

Critical Skills 

• Experience with HL7, XML and cXML file formats 

• Experience with JD Edwards or Enterprise One 

• Experience with SAP 

• Strong verbal and written communication Skills 

• Experience interacting with customers on various levels including technical, business and management.   

• Design and detail process flow diagrams and data dictionaries

• Ability to tailor communications to the intended audience.   

• Excellent customer communication skills, verbal and written 

• Strong experience to drive project coordination and completion 

• Complex problem solving 

• 8+ years of experience in EDI trading partner management  

• Strong experience to drive project coordination and completion 

• In depth understanding of EDI X12 transaction sets used in a distribution business, their function, structure and application (i.e. 850, 855, 832, 810, 844, 849, 867 and 856). 

 Additional Knowledge & Skills 

• Performance tools like Runtime Analysis, Code Inspector, SQL Trace, System Log  

• Business knowledge around SAP business modules such as Logistics, Financials, Vistex, in order to effectively develop and enhance applications in SAP software and also support daily business processes.  

• Any suitable combination of education, training, or experience is acceptable.  

• A bachelor’s in computer science and technology would form the fundamentals or programming methods, hence would be most suitable form of education for such a role.  

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