Corporate Application Technical Lead (SAP Middleware/Cloud Platform Integration Developer)

• Job ID: 58384
• Job Category: Information & Technology
• Division & Section: Technology Services, Enterprise Services & Operations
• Work Location: Metro Hall, 55 John St., Toronto, ON, M5V 3C6 
• Job Type & Duration: Permanent, Full-Time Vacancy
• Hourly Rate: $56.11 - $61.51
• Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
• Affiliation: L79 Full-time
• Number of Positions Open: 1
• Posting Period: 22-Jul-2025 to 06-Aug-2025

Job Description:

Reporting to the SAP Senior System Integrator (Development), the Corporate Application Technical Lead (SAP Middleware/Cloud Platform Integration Developer) will provide technical leadership for the City’s SAP Sustainment Team for SAP Integration related development activities. The Corporate Application Technical Lead will offer expertise across the analysis, design, development, implementation, and maintenance of SAP’s Integration Solution to facilitate seamless data flow between systems. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the implementation and sustainment of SAP Integration solutions that leverage best practices. The position requires proficiency in next-generation SAP Integration technologies essential for the successful functioning of the SAP ERP system, collaborating closely with business clients, project teams, and stakeholders.

To lead the sustainment of SAP Integrations and provide technical guidance and expertise to deliver and sustain critical enterprise Integrations of SAP with other SAP and Non-SAP applications/products. The role includes developing and maintaining integration scenarios, performing functional testing, and ensuring solutions meet business requirements. Monitoring and troubleshooting to ensure optimal system operation and performance are also key responsibilities.

Major Responsibilities:

• Directs business and technical inter-divisional staff and professional services to deliver and sustain complex, critical enterprise business applications and information through the application life-cycle and reports progress to manager, stakeholders and team members and ensures successful delivery of solutions adhering to project management methodology
• Directs the day-to-day work output of staff and resources including the scheduling, assigning and reviewing of work tasks to ensure a continuing and consistent service by sustaining complex, critical enterprise business applications and information.
• Negotiates amongst divisional business and technical stakeholders with multiple points of view to drive consensus for corporate-wide solution designs.
• Brings together multiple stakeholders from across all divisions and provides expert advice within the context of corporate architectures, standards, policies, procedures and emerging technologies.
• Determines project requirements, analyzes and recommends feasible options, designs, builds and/or codes, acquires, tests, and implements enterprise information structures and applications, and sustains information technology solutions to meet critical City-wide and divisional business objectives and to provide scalable enterprise solutions.
• Completes preliminary analysis, system and functional design, workflow diagrams for quality systems development.
• Design, develop, deploy, maintain and conducts all levels of testing i.e., unit, system, integration, regression, performance, security, usability, and optimization/configuration and coordinates user acceptance testing.
• Applies technical expertise to recommend, develop and maintain corporate policies, procedures and standards that are consistent with legislation to ensure enterprise information and applications integrity.
• Applies technical expertise to ensure security, privacy and quality assurance requirements are implemented in a manner that delivers business requirements and is consistent with MFIPPA and legislation, thereby ensuring the integrity of complex enterprise information and applications.
• Applies project management expertise to lead and/or input to project management and procurement processes including the evaluation and recommendation of complex technical solutions and professional services.
• On a project basis, provides direction and assigns work to non I&T positions e.g. divisional unit staff (management & bargaining-unit).
• Applies technical expertise to develop and/or input to procurement and project management documentation. Examples include business cases, RFI/P/Qs, Sole Sources, statements of work, service level agreements, project charters, project plans, status reports, issue logs, change orders, resource plans, budgets, migration plans, contingency plans and risk assessments.
• Communicates effectively e.g. leading and facilitating meetings, preparing and delivering presentations and reports. Audiences include business/project managers, project team members and other orders of government and external parties.
• Develops and/or applies complex business and application models, information structures, data models, data schemas, technical program code, network and security interfaces, data and application design as governed by architectural frameworks, technology standards, information policies and legislative requirements.
• Applies a strong understanding of information and technology industry and City priorities over both the short and longer term to advise, develop and maintain City infrastructures, methodologies, tools and techniques; ensures conformance and adherence in daily practice among business and technical teams.
• Actively participates in corporate and cross-divisional initiatives to design, construct and implement business and application infrastructure solutions, such as; Integrations, data warehousing, document management and electronic service delivery.
• Analyzes and recommends changes to current business practices, business and information processes, data flows, performance measures, information delivery and knowledge utilization toward a more efficiently managed and coherently integrated information environment for all divisions in the City.
• Generates the plan and directs the project team in the execution of software upgrade activities.
• Applies technical expertise to perform analysis, development and testing for new or enhancements to existing complex, critical enterprise business applications and information.
• Applies technical expertise to support the development and testing environments of complex computing solutions.
• Identify, analyze and develop interfaces and integration flows using SAP BTP Integration Suite/CPI including Open Connectors and API management etc.
• Explain complex technical issues to project managers, developers, team leads and business analyst in an easy-to-understand manner, and recommend clearly thought-out solutions
• Develop solutions by designing system specifications, standards and programming
• Troubleshoot issues and provide bug fixes 

Key Qualifications: 

Your application for the role of CATL (SAP Middleware/Integration Developer) should describe your qualifications as they relate to:

1. Post-secondary education in computer science or a related discipline, or the approved equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
   
   
2. Extensive experience in SAP BTP Integration Suite to design, develop, test, deploy and sustain SAP Cloud Platform Integration (CPI)/ BTP Integration Suite iFlows. Relevant SAP certifications, such as SAP Certified Development Associate - SAP Integration Suite is considered as an asset.
   
   
3. Experience in designing, implementing integration solutions in SAP CPI/BTP Integration Suite. Capable to maintain and troubleshoot existing SAP integration components for applications and systems for City’s Enterprise Application.
   
   
4. Considerable experience in SAP Integration with SAP Human Capital Management, SAP Financial Accounting, Ariba and other modules/products of SAP.
   
   

5. Extensive experience in using SAP integration tools, technologies, and programming languages, including:
   
   

   • Tools: Demonstrated expertise in SAP CPI/BTP Integration Suite, API Management, and Open Connectors.
   • Middleware Technologies: Strong knowledge of middleware platforms and API-based integrations (SOAP, REST, OData), as well as common enterprise integration patterns.
   • Programming Languages: Hands-on experience with programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, or Groovy for custom development within integration environments.

You must also have:

• Experience with Java, Java Script, JSON and XML in SAP environment.
  
  
• Cross-functional collaboration with BASIS, Security, and functional teams to ensure the technical design aligns with the overall architecture, business requirements, SAP standards, and best/leading practices, while driving results.
  
  
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
  
• Proven ability to analyze workload and effectively collaborate with stakeholders to resolve and prioritize conflicting business requirements, ensuring resource optimization and on-time delivery.
  
  
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, enabling the assessment and resolution of issues while collaborating with stakeholders and, when necessary, utilizing SAP.
  
  
• Demonstrated relationship-building and interpersonal skills, with the ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, diverse teams, corporate clients, and vendors, while maintaining a strong customer service focus.
  
  
• Superior time management skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks and deliverables to meet client expectations and deadlines.
  
  
• Experience with activities across multiple SAP platforms and technologies including S/4 HANA, SAP NetWeaver Portals, ABAP, FIORI/ SAP UI5 and other SAP based technologies is an asset.
  

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