Senior Associate - SAP CPI Enterprise Apps

Job Description & Summary:

At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives.

As a SAP consulting generalist at PwC, you will focus on providing consulting services across various SAP applications to clients, analysing their needs, implementing software solutions, and offering training and support for effective utilisation of SAP applications. Your versatile knowledge will allow you to assist clients in optimising operational efficiency and achieving their strategic objectives.

A career within SAP Consulting services will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients maximize the value of their SAP investment with offerings that address sales, finance, supply chain, engineering, and human capital. We provide comprehensive consulting, system integration and implementation services across multiple SAP applications, products and technologies. Simply put, we focus on delivering business-led, technology-enabled change for our clients including industry-specific enterprise resource planning and the latest in mobile, analytics and cloud solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, configure, and support SAP CPI integration scenarios between SAP and third-party/non-SAP applications.
• Develop mapping, scripting, routing, exception handling, and other required integration components in SAP CPI.
• Collaborate with business analysts, functional consultants, and IT teams to understand integration requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve SAP CPI integration issues and ensure timely response to incidents and service requests.
• Perform upgrades, patches, performance tuning, and preventive maintenance related to SAP CPI.
• Implement and support various integration patterns such as synchronous, asynchronous, message-based, API-based, file transfers, IDocs, and SOAP/REST web services.
• Develop and maintain detailed technical documentation for all integration processes and solutions.
• Coordinate with SAP Basis and security teams to ensure secure and compliant integrations.
• Participate in the planning and execution of SAP CPI-related development and migration projects.
• Stay updated with SAP CPI innovations and best practices to recommend improvements.
• Provide knowledge transfer and training to junior team members.
• Support disaster recovery and business continuity plans related to integration services.

Mandatory skill sets:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Experience in SAP integration with a focus on SAP CPI (Cloud Platform Integration).
• Strong experience in developing and supporting SAP CPI artifacts including iFlows, mappings, adapters, and data transformations.
• Familiarity with SAP PI/PO is an added advantage.
• Experience with various integration protocols such as SOAP, REST, OData, IDoc, RFC, SFTP, and JMS.
• Proficient in XSLT, Groovy scripting, JavaScript, XML, and JSON for integration development.
• Knowledge of SAP Cloud Platform (SCP) services and architecture.
• Understanding of SAP landscapes (on-premise and cloud) and hybrid integration approaches.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments is preferred.
• SAP CPI certification is a plus.

Preferred skill sets:

• Strong coding and debugging skills in integration tools.
• Good understanding of enterprise integration patterns.
• Ability to design scalable, reusable, and maintainable integration artifacts.
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage priorities effectively.

Education Qualification:

• BE/BTech/MBA/MCA/CAs
• Degrees/Field of Study required: Bachelor of Engineering