ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Join a leading global IT services and consulting powerhouse with over 240,000 dedicated employees serving clients across six continents. You'll be working on a critical project for a German market leader in cloud ERP software, playing a pivotal role in upgrading their entire SAP PI/PO legacy landscape to the latest technologies. This is a high-impact consulting engagement where your expertise will directly enable smooth operations and continuous service improvements for a customer that serves global clients daily. 

PROJECT & CONTEXT

You'll lead the technical architecture and implementation of a major SAP PI/PO upgrade project, working within an agile DevOps framework based on Scrum and ITIL principles. The existing landscape supports a vast array of functionalities critical to managing cloud ERP services on a global scale — meaning reliability and quality are non-negotiable. Your responsibilities span analyzing business requirements, designing the future-state architecture, implementing solutions using the latest S/4 HANA technology stack, and providing 3rd level support to ensure seamless ongoing operations. Daily communication with key stakeholders including business leaders, product owners, architects, and senior management will be essential. You'll be a crucial member of a distributed project team across Germany, bringing technical leadership and a results-driven mindset to every challenge.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR (Required)

• Minimum 6-8 years of hands-on experience with SAP PI/PO development based on S/4 HANA as a technical lead
• Excellent skills in SAP Process Orchestration and Integration Suite, covering both build and run areas:
  • SOAP/REST/RFC/JMS/JDBC adapters
  • Message Mappings, XSLT Mappings, JAVA Mappings
  • JAVA Adapter developments
  • SAP PI/PO administration and monitoring
• Solid understanding of SAP S/4HANA architecture
• Basic skills in ABAP development: ABAP-OO, ABAP XI-Proxy technologies, ODATA Gateway services, RESTful ABAP Programming Model, SAP transportation model
• Strong grasp of integration technologies: OpenAPI 3.0/Swagger, HTTP protocol, REST/SOAP, SSL, VPN
• Proven ability to work within agile DevOps environments using Scrum and ITIL frameworks
• Excellent presentation and communication skills in English (B2 Upper Intermediate minimum)
• Strong customer and service orientation with a can-do mentality
• Results-focused mindset with commitment to quality and deliverables
• Ability to provide 3rd level support and troubleshooting

NICE TO HAVE (Preferred)

• Basic skills in SAP Integration Suite: Cloud Integration/IFlows, API Management, Event Mesh
• Experience working with German customers or in German business environments
• Background in leading upgrade or migration projects
• Familiarity with distributed team collaboration across multiple locations
• Experience with continuous service improvement processes
• Knowledge of cloud-native integration patterns