SAP Technical Solutions Consultant at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To apply  specialisation within multiple SAP  projects and support  and technical expertise that meets customer business needs by interacting with stakeholders to define requirements and priorities. 
• Performs systems analysis, solution design, develop, supports and maintains SAP system.  Drvies technical solution design, system integration, SAP architecture and landscape.

Job Responsibilities

• Preparing Architecture with complete analysis of the system connection, system authentication, requests, responses, logging etc
• Liaise with the business / functional consultants and conduct JAD sessions to understand their requirements in order to inform solution designs
• To have practical understanding of Agile practices and tooling such as Jira and Confluence
• To have the ability to conduct unit, E2E and Regression testing as well as ensuring all technical specifications are documented in detail
• Collaborate and share knowledge with the team
• Implementation and Configuration: Overseeing the implementation and configuration of SAP CPI integrations, including adapter setup and managing different SAP modules and non-SAP systems
• Performance Optimization: Identifying performance bottlenecks and providing tuning recommendations for SAP CPI processes to improve integration performance
• Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Monitoring CPI flows, proactively identifying issues, and troubleshooting errors in real-time to ensure smooth integration
• Security Management: Ensuring security protocols are adhered to in CPI integrations, including certificate-based authentication, OAuth, and handling encrypted data transfers
• Data Mapping and Transformation: Managing and optimizing complex data transformations using Groovy and message mapping for different scenarios
• Documentation: Creating detailed technical documentation of integration flows, configurations, and best practices to ensure clear communication across teams
• Groovy script and Message mapping 
• Knowledge of SAP CPI Design Best practices, Error Handling Mechanism, SAP CPI Architecture 
• API Management: Experience in integrating with SAP API Management and handling API Gateway configuration
• Adapters Configuration: Expertise in configuring adapters such as SOAP, REST, SFTP, SuccessFactors, and IDOC
• Performance Tuning and Optimization: Ability to identify performance bottlenecks in integration scenarios and optimize CPI flows
• Drive the overall SAP integration strategy and architecture across business units, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives
• Mentor and upskill junior and senior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence
• Engage with executive stakeholders to align integration solutions with broader business goals and priorities
• Evaluate and introduce emerging SAP technologies and best practices to maintain a leading-edge integration landscape 
• Establish and enforce integration governance, standards, and quality assurance processes to ensure robust, scalable, and secure solutions
• Version Control: Familiarity with version control for integration artifacts 
• Transport: Experience with transport integration and continuous deployment using solution manager
• Good understanding on the integration patterns, best practices, cloud, and on-premises application integration concepts 
• Work on complex mapping transformation, resolving technical issues, adapter configurations
• Security Integration: Knowledge of securing integration processes, including OAuth2, SAML, certificates, and tokens
• SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) - Cloud Foundry would be beneficial
• Extensive experience leading large-scale SAP CPI/BTP projects and complex migration initiatives, delivering robust and future-ready integration solutions
• Recognized expertise in SAP integration security, compliance, and risk management, with a strong focus on safeguarding data and ensuring regulatory adherence
• Exposure to multi-cloud and hybrid integration architectures
• Experience with SAP roadmap planning and digital transformation initiatives

Technical Knowledge

• SAP PI/PO (Process Integration/Orchestration) 
• Cloud Integration with third-party systems 
• OAuth and SAML for secure integrations 
• SAP ABAP 
• ABAP and backend SAP ODATA Services 
• SAP Cloud System 
• SAP Cloud Connector 
• Node JS 
• SQL database queries 
• SAP CAP (Cloud Application Programming) 
• JMS Queue background 
• SAP Cloud Connector 
• SAP ECC, SAP Business Technology Platform (Cloud Foundry), SAP BW, ARIBA, SuccessFactors, Fieldglass, Groovy scripts.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Bcom/IS/IT ENG/BSc/Com Science related degree  

Preferred Certifications

• Preferred certifies in more than multiple SAP module /ASAP certification 

Minimum Experience Level

• 10 years plus SAP Functional experience

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Performance monitoring and tuning
• Data Analysis and Interpretation
• IT Solutions Architecture
• ASAP
• SAP System
• SAP Architecture
• knowledge of SAP
• Microsoft Office
• System Development Life cycle(SDLC)
• Problem solving skills

Behavioural Competencies

• Building Trusting Relationships
• Customer Focus
• Communication
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Strategic Influence
• Coaching
• Innovation