SAP IBP Integration Consultant ABAP & CI-DS

Technical Skills & Experience

• SAP CI-DS Basics: Basic understanding of designing, configuring, testing, and maintaining complex integration tasks and data flows.


• Real-Time Integration (RTI): Hands-on experience executing and managing RTI scenarios for SAP IBP Response & Supply.


• Core ABAP Development: Strong proficiency in Reports, Extractors, Enhancements, BAdIs, User Exits, Function Modules, RFCs, and CDS Views.


• Integration Architecture: Proven understanding of end-to-end data connectivity between SAP S/4HANA, SAP IBP, SAP BW, and SAP APO.


• Planning Data Profiles: Experience processing both Time-Series-Based Planning and Order-Based Planning (OBP) data models.


• CI-DS Template Customization: Ability to utilize standard pre-built templates and develop custom integration flows for unique business requirements.


• SAP BTP Administration: Experience performing core platform administrative activities for IBP and CI-DS environments.


• Dual-Track Landscape Alignment: Ability to coordinate, synchronize, and promote technical changes between parallel Support and Project streams.


• Incident & Error Handling: Proficient in root-cause analysis, job failure investigations, and executing operational rerun protocols.


• Interface Optimization: Strong knowledge of troubleshooting and tuning CIF, qRFC, DRF, IDocs, APIs, and event-based integration concepts.


• ABAP Debugging: Skilled in advanced backend debugging and performance tuning to resolve complex replication issues.


• Data Stream Triage: Ability to identify and isolate real-time streaming issues across middleware layers such as Azure Logic Apps and SAP Integration Suite.


• Data Services Agent Coordination: Experience collaborating with Infrastructure and Basis teams on DS Agent hosting, memory allocation, and certificate updates.