SAP CPI-DS / CI-DS Integration Specialist

Role & responsibilities

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced SAP CPI-DS / CI-DS Integration Specialist to support the integration between on-premise data stores and SAP HCI/IBP using SAP CPI-DS agents. The role involves end-to-end ownership of integration design, development, testing, and production support, with a strong focus on SAP IBP, HANA, and ERP data flows.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the successful integration of SAP IBP with other enterprise systems, leading end-to-end coordination between source and target systems.
• Gather specifications from business and functional teams; interpret requirements and prepare technical specification documents and test scripts.
• Perform root cause analysis for recurring or critical issues and propose sustainable solutions.
• Design, build, test, and deploy CPI-DS agents; Configure CI-DS/CPI-DS Agents and Jobs, and integrate with Autosys for scheduling.
• Implement Real-Time Integration (RTI) for Order Based Planning.
• Set up web socket RFC communication between CI-DS and SAP IBP.
• Create and schedule application job templates and application jobs in IBP.
• Design and manage processes and datastores (including staging data stores) within CI-DS.
• Provide day-to-day production support for SAP CPI-DS, resolving user inquiries and issues.
• Identify test data for unit, integration, and user acceptance testing; validate results with functional consultants.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional, geographically distributed project teams, communicating clearly across varying technical levels.
• Work within an Agile delivery framework.

Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years of experience in SAP CI-DS/CPI-DS, with a total of 6+ years in the integration space.
• 2+ full lifecycle SAP IBP integration implementations and 3+ years of industry/consulting experience.
• Hands-on experience with standard SAP-provided templates in CPI-DS (tasks, data flows, mappings, data stores, preload/post-load scripts) for transferring master and transactional data between SAP HANA and IBP.
• Experience with ETL integrations of SAP CI-DS/CPI-DS with SAP and non-SAP systems and interfaces.
• Proficiency in debugging, analyzing, and resolving errors in CI-DS and IBP data integration jobs.
• Basic knowledge of SAP IBP Supply, Demand, and IO modules.
• Experience integrating with SAP S/4HANA and SaaS applications.
• Strong technical understanding and analytical capabilities in SAP HCI/CPI-DS.

Preferred Skills

• SAP BTP CI experience.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

Soft Skills

• Strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact across departments and organizational levels.
• Ability to drive solutions independently.
• Strong business acumen combined with in-depth technical capability.
• Ability to translate new process knowledge into practical, feasible technical solutions.

Preferred candidate profile