Title : Sr. Integration Engineer (EDI)
Type : Contract-to-Hire
Location : Cincinnati, OH (Hybrid in office Mon Thu; relocation required before start if not local)
Start Date : ASAP
About the Role
We are seeking a Sr. Integration Engineer to join a small, highly collaborative team driving Kroger's Food Safety Tracking and Compliance Project . This role requires both technical expertise and strong communication skills, as you will be working closely with Kroger suppliers and representing the client in business-critical conversations.
This is a contract-to-hire opportunity, so candidates must be open to full-time conversion.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop high-quality codebases and lead design discussions.
- Implement and configure EDI integrations using IBM Sterling B2Bi.
- Represent Kroger with suppliers : manage communications, negotiations, and technical discussions.
- Participate in defining and executing against Kroger's technology roadmap.
- Mentor team members and coordinate with offshore teams.
- Support system architecture, migration planning, and enterprise standards implementation.
- Drive digital innovation using modern integration tools, APIs, and cloud technologies.
Must-Have Skills
5+ years in software / integration development with proven large-scale delivery.Strong experience with IBM Sterling B2Bi for EDI design, implementation, and maintenance.Expertise in EDI standards (ANSI X12, EDIFACT, XML, XSLT, XPath, BPML).Hands-on with Middleware (IBM MQ, Apigee, Kafka) and protocols (AS2, SFTP).Knowledge of IBM DataPower appliance .Solid foundation in Java, Spring Boot, SOAP / REST , and web technologies.Experience with CI / CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.Strong communication, business-facing, and negotiation skills.Preferred Skills
Awareness / experience with FSMA compliance.Cloud experience (Azure, GCP).Experience building elastic architectures .System architecture and enterprise-level solutioning.Strong leadership and mentoring background.Why This Role?
High visibility project in food safety and compliance .Hybrid schedule with a collaborative small team.Clear path from contract-to-hire with one of the nation's top retailers.Opportunity to represent Kroger in supplier-facing communications.