Introduction
As an Application Package Specialist, you'll help clients in the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions. You'll gain in-depth consulting skills, business knowledge, and packaged solution expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into the clients’ business environment. Join us and start your path as a key player to achieve client expected business results and become the expert you want to be.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As an Integration consultant, you will play a pivotal role in designing, implementing, and overseeing the integration strategy for an organization. Your primary responsibility is to create and monitor efficient, scalable, and secure data exchange solutions that connect various systems and applications, enabling seamless communication and data flow.
Integration Strategy and Planning: Collaborate with business leaders and IT stakeholders to define the integration strategy. Develop a clear roadmap for integrating systems and applications, considering both immediate and long-term objectives.
Team Leadership: Provide strong leadership to the integration team, including integration architects, developers, and analysts. Mentor and guide team members in their professional development.
Quality Assurance: Establish and enforce integration standards and best practices to maintain consistency, reliability, and quality in integration solutions.
API Management: Develop and oversee an API strategy, including API design, documentation, and version control. Promote the efficient use of APIs within the organization.
SAP Integration Implementation: Develop, configure, and implement SAP Cloud Foundry or SAP PO integration scenarios, leveraging pre-built and custom integration content. Ensure that integration flows are robust, secure, and meet performance expectations.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Proficiency in SAP Integration technologies, including but not limited to SAP PI, RFC, IDoc, SOAP, REST, SFTP, OData, and XML.
Strong understanding of SAP application modules and their data structures.
Experience with Java or Groovy programming languages for customization and scripting.
Define data mapping rules and implement data transformations as needed to ensure compatibility between systems.
Create integration flows using SAP Cloud Foundry or SAP PO development tools. Implement error handling and monitoring mechanisms.
Set up monitoring tools and dashboards to proactively identify and resolve integration issues. Monitor system performance and optimize integration flows.
Manage integrations across a range of SAP platforms, including but not limited to: S/4HANA, EWM, IBP, SAC, CPI, Cloud Foundry.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

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Location Statement Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

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