Description :

Role : Senior Consultant SAP CPI.

Experience : 6 to 8 Years.

Location : India Mumbai/Pune/Hyderabad/Noida/Delhi.

Shift : UK Shift.

Required Skills & Experience :

Technical Expertise :

- Strong hands-on experience with SAP CPI / Integration Suite.

- Deep understanding of :

a. SAP S/4HANA integration patterns.

b. APIs, IDocs, OData, SOAP, REST.

- Advanced skills in :

a. Groovy scripting.

b. XML, JSON, XSD.

c. XSLT.

- Experience working on SAP BTP.

Media / Enterprise Environment Experience (Highly Desirable) :

- Experience supporting high-availability, business-critical environments.

- Understanding of tight operational windows (payroll, publishing, finance close).

- Experience working in regulated, audit-driven enterprises.

- Hands-on experience with SAP Integration Suite capabilities, including API Management is desirable.

Nice to Have :

- Experience with AIF.

- Exposure to Event Mesh.

- SAP CPI / Integration Suite certification.

- Experience in large S/4HANA transformation programs.

- Familiarity with ServiceNow and ITIL processes.

Soft Skills :

- Calm and structured under pressure.

- Strong ownership mindset for business-critical integrations.

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

- Proactive, detail-oriented, and solution-focused.

Key Responsibilities :

Integration Design & Delivery :

- Design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade integrations using SAP CPI / Integration Suite.

- Develop robust iFlows using adapters including :

a. OData.

b. SOAP.

c. REST.

d. IDoc.

e. SFTP.

f. AS2.

- Implement message mappings using :

a. Graphical mapping.

b. XSLT.

c. Groovy scripting.

SAP & Business-Critical Integrations :

- Integrate S/4HANA including :

- SAP Ariba (procurement & suppliers).

- SAP SuccessFactors & Fieldglass (HR, payroll inputs, contractors).

- Legacy ECC and third-party systems.

- Support hybrid integration scenarios (cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-on-prem).

- Ensure accurate and timely data flows supporting :

a. Finance close cycles.

b. Payroll runs.

c. Supplier payments.

d. Regulatory reporting.

Hypercare, AMS & Incident Management :

- Provide Hypercare support post-go-live, ensuring rapid issue resolution.

- Monitor integrations using CPI monitoring tools and alerts.

- Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes.

- Support BAU AMS operations including :

- Incident, problem, and change management.

- On-call or critical incident support (where required).

- Work closely with ServiceNow for incident tracking and SLA adherence.

Security, Stability & Compliance :

- Configure and manage :

- Certificates and keystores.

- OAuth, client certificates, basic authentication.

- Implement error handling, retries, and resilience mechanisms to minimize business impact.

Governance, Documentation & Standards :

- Maintain high-quality :

- Integration design documents.

- Interface specifications.

- Support runbooks.

- Follow agreed naming conventions, transport strategies, and documentation standards.

- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and automation.

Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement :

- Work closely with :

a. Functional teams (Finance, HR, Procurement).

b. SAP Basis & Security.

c. SAP Architects and SI partners.

- Participate in design workshops and technical reviews.

- Support KT sessions and mentoring of junior consultants.

- Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.