Integration & Architecture Consultant

Saudi Business Machines Limited; As Sudiyah; On-site; OMR 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Saudi Business Machines Limited seeks an Integration & Architecture Consultant with deep hands-on expertise in SAP CPI, iFlows and end-to-end integration across SAP BTP, CPI, R/3 and external systems.

You will design and implement secure, scalable integration solutions, develop mappings, and monitor performance. The role requires strong problem solving, architecture understanding and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with SAP Integration Suite (SAP CPI)
• Design and development of iFlows (integration flows)
• Knowledge of integration patterns (content-based routing, transformation)
• Experience with APIs: REST, SOAP, OData
• Adapters: SFTP, IDoc, SOAP, REST, OData, Ariba
• Experience with IDoc and RFC integrations
• Groovy scripting in CPI
• Security: OAuth, Basic Authentication, Client Certificates
• Monitoring, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis
• Performance optimization and tuning
• Transport management and version control
• Data formats: XML, JSON, CSV, EDI

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain SAP CPI integration solutions
• Create and optimize iFlows and mapping processes
• Implement secure connectivity and APIs across SAP and non-SAP systems
• Configure monitoring, logging and error handling
• Ensure data transformation accuracy across formats (XML/JSON/CSV/EDI)
• Oversee performance tuning and transport/version control

Skills

SAP CPI

iFlows

APIs & web services

Groovy scripting

Data transformation

Security

Monitoring

Performance tuning

R/3 integrations

Education

Computer Science / IT / Software Engineering

Tools

SFTP

IDoc

SOAP

REST

OData

Ariba

Job description

We are looking for an Integration & Architecture Consultant with strong hands-on experience in SAP Integration Suite (SAP CPI), integration architecture, iFlow development, SAP and non-SAP integrations, data transformation, security, monitoring, and performance optimization.

The consultant should have strong end-to-end understanding of integration architecture across SAP BTP, CPI, SAP R/3, and external systems.

Key Responsibilities & Areas of Expertise

1. Core Integration Skills

• Extensive knowledge of SAP Integration Suite (SAP CPI).
• Strong understanding of end-to-end integration architecture, including:
  • SAP BTP
  • SAP CPI
  • SAP R/3
  • External systems
• Strong experience designing and developing iFlows (integration flows).
• Extensive knowledge of integration patterns, including:
  • Content-based routing
  • Message transformation
  • Other enterprise integration patterns
• Strong experience with message mapping and transformation, including:
  • XML
  • JSON
  • XSLT
• Extensive knowledge of APIs and web services, including:
  • REST
  • SOAP
  • OData
• Strong experience with error handling and exception subprocesses.
• Extensive knowledge of synchronous and asynchronous integration scenarios.

2. Connectivity & Adapters

• Extensive knowledge of SAP CPI adapters, including:
  • SFTP
  • IDoc
  • SOAP
  • REST
  • OData
  • Ariba
  • Other relevant CPI adapters
• Strong experience setting up secure connectivity, including:
  • SAP Cloud Connector
  • VPN
  • Digital certificates
• Extensive knowledge of integration with SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Strong experience handling:
  • IDocs
  • RFC integrations

3. Data Transformation & Processing

• Extensive knowledge of message processing and routing mechanisms.
• Strong experience with Groovy scripting within SAP CPI.
• Extensive knowledge of data formats, including:
  • XML
  • JSON
  • CSV
  • EDI
• Strong experience with:
  • Value mapping
  • Parameterization
  • Data transformation

4. Security & Compliance

• Extensive knowledge of authentication and authorization mechanisms, including:
  • OAuth
  • Basic Authentication
  • Client Certificates
• Strong experience with:
  • Encryption
  • Decryption
  • Message security
• Extensive knowledge of secure credential management in SAP CPI.

5. Monitoring & Operations

• Strong experience monitoring iFlows and message-processing logs.
• Extensive knowledge of troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Strong experience in performance optimization and tuning.
• Extensive knowledge of transport management and version control.

Must-Have Technical Skills

Area
Required Expertise

SAP Integration
SAP Integration Suite / SAP CPI

iFlows
Design, development, routing and processing

Integration Patterns
Content-based routing, transformation and other patterns

APIs
REST, SOAP, OData

Adapters
SFTP, IDoc, SOAP, REST, OData, Ariba

SAP Integration
IDoc, RFC, SAP and non-SAP systems

Transformation
XML, JSON, CSV, EDI, XSLT

Scripting
Groovy scripting in CPI

Security
OAuth, Basic Authentication, Client Certificates

Message Security
Encryption, decryption and secure credential management

Operations
Monitoring, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis

Performance
Optimization and tuning

Lifecycle
Transport management and version control

Education

Relevant university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Experience

Strong hands-on experience in SAP CPI / SAP Integration Suite and enterprise integration architecture, with demonstrated experience in designing, developing, securing, monitoring, and troubleshooting integration solutions.