SAP Integration Architect

Lead the integration work behind a multi-country ERP transformation, connecting systems that cannot simply be switched off and replaced.

SAP Integration Architect - France

Paris or Lyon, France · Permanent · Hybrid

What you'd actually work on

• Defining the integration architecture for a multi-country SAP S/4HANA programme
• Designing interfaces between SAP, legacy applications, SaaS platforms, and external partners
• Selecting appropriate patterns for synchronous, asynchronous, batch, and event-based integrations
• Translating business processes into clear technical integration requirements
• Defining API, interface, error-handling, security, and monitoring standards
• Reviewing technical designs produced by internal teams and implementation partners
• Supporting data migration and system transition planning
• Coordinating dependencies across finance, supply chain, sales, and HR workstreams
• Investigating integration failures across applications, middleware, networks, and data formats
• Supporting testing, cutover, and post-launch stabilisation
• Maintaining architecture decisions, interface inventories, and technical documentation
• Working directly with programme leaders, functional consultants, and engineering teams

Where it gets technically interesting

• Connecting a new SAP environment to legacy systems that remain business-critical
• Managing hundreds of interfaces with different owners, formats, and availability requirements
• Defining reusable integration patterns across several countries and business units
• Handling data consistency when transactions cross multiple systems
• Planning cutover sequences where systems cannot all migrate at the same time
• Balancing programme standards with local regulatory and operational requirements
• Identifying failures quickly across long chains of technical dependencies

What we're looking for

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise integration or ERP architecture
• Significant experience with SAP integration environments
• Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA and SAP Integration Suite or comparable middleware
• Strong understanding of APIs, messaging, events, and batch integration
• Experience working with complex legacy environments
• Understanding of authentication, encryption, access control, and data protection
• Experience contributing to large transformation or migration programmes
• Ability to document architecture decisions and integration standards clearly
• Confidence working with functional consultants, developers, vendors, and senior stakeholders
• Ability to distinguish necessary architecture from unnecessary complexity
• Professional French and English

The company

An international industrial group undertaking a multi-year transformation of its core business systems. The programme covers several European countries and involves the replacement of legacy platforms with SAP S/4HANA.

Health insurance, profit-sharing, pension plan, and a hybrid working policy.

Languages: Native or bilingual French and professional English.

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