GDF/AF - Middleware Engineer - System Integration (EDI, SAP CPI) (M/F/D)

Main Tasks / Scope of Work

Consulting tasks
    Consults the BPI team in technical application questions during the solution design and functional specification phase
    Provides effort estimation for realization and contributes to project planning
    Creates Technical Design Document supported by the Business
    Performs configuration and development in systems (e.g. customizing in SAP and / or KAFKA and SAP HANA DB, or in technology stack e.g. java) 
    Manages development activities (internal and external resource planning for development)
    Supports testing and service transition
    Collaborates with support team to identify areas of process implementation issues /continuous improvement
Translates stakeholder requirements into concrete specifications for different Integration technologies, like SAP CPI, Kafka, API-Management, use of technology stack using java 

Software engineering tasks:
    Focus is software design and software architecture of components and applications.
    Independent development, enhancement, and migration of applications / modules / interfaces / tools / communication solutions
    Integration and testing of software components within the existing application landscape.
    Quality assurance and documentation of software developments.

Job Requirements 
Focus on the minimum requirements to carry out the work – 
you might want to point out “additional plus/nice to have skills” that are not mandatory
Education        Master's degree in computer science or STEM major with 4-6 years of IT or related field experience OR
    Bachelor's degree in computer science or STEM major with 6-8 years of IT or related field experience OR
    Diploma or comparable training with 6+ years of professional experience in IT/application development
Work Experience        Minimum 4 years related working experience
    Experiencing Agile way of working or agile implementation approach
    Work experience in an international company is a plus
Technical & Professional Knowledge (mandatory and nice to have)    Our main requirements:
    Experience with integration tools like SAP CPI, API Management, SAP HANA DB
    Experience in different integration scenarios (orders, invoices, etc.)
    Experience in Cloud Big Data technologies and architectures within AZURE or AWS
    Experience in Java, Python, SQL in general, SCALA
    Familiar with event-driven microservices
    Familiar with Azure DevOps (or GitHub or similar)
    Experience in operating/supporting systems as 2nd or 3rd level support 
(root cause analysis and provide solutions for production and development issues).
    Message monitoring to ensure solutions are performed as expected
    Document test plans and complete unit testing of developed object
    Participate in collaboration on break/fixes, enhancements, and projects
    Broad overview of integration technologies esp. regarding SAP

Personal traits:
    You can demonstrate fluent communication skills in English (spoken and written)
    Well-developed sense of teamwork in an international DevOps team with strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication and conflict resolution skills.
    Technical consulting skill with a focus on architecture and standardization
    Ambitious, proactive & entrepreneurial character
    Highly developed sense of responsibility
    High customer- and service-orientation
    Time flexibility to work across different time zones

Nice to have:
    Familiar with EDI, SAP IDOC
    Familiar with Kafka publish-subscribe principles
    Experience in Kafka connectors and integration scenarios on different hyperscalers
    Experience in transformation tools like KSQL Streams
    Experience in SAP SLT (or other ETL tools)
    Experience in any of the following SAP S/4 modules SD, MM or TM
    Experiences in AI supported coding and coding of AI agents / AI based communication
    Experience as a digital Product Owner
    Certifications in agile, SAP, Hyperscalers
Language Proficiency        Fluent spoken and written English proficiency