Who Is
INTEGRATION
CONSULTANT?

Who is INTEGRATION CONSULTANT?

Who is an Integration Consultant?

ERP, CRM, production, e-commerce, logistics, and finance applications should work together like links in a chain. The expert who correctly connects this chain is the integration consultant. Not just someone who writes code, but a consultant who understands business units, processes, and security requirements.

What Do They Do?

  • Needs Analysis & Solution Design: Listens to processes, identifies the appropriate integration type (IDoc, RFC, REST, SOAP, EDI, etc.); communicates with business units and IT.
  • Technical Development: Builds mapping, routing, and transformation scenarios on SAP PI/PO or CPI; develops custom functions with Java, Groovy, XSLT.
  • Security & Compliance: Provides encryption, certificates, authentication, access controls, logging, and ensures compliance with GDPR/ KVKK.
  • Testing & Go-Live: Performs end-to-end validation, reduces risks in production.
  • Support & Optimization: Monitors and improves performance/errors in live systems.

What Should an Integration Consultant Know?

  • Knowledge of SAP PI/PO and SAP Integration Suite (CPI)
  • Proficiency in EDI, IDoc, XML, JSON, CSV formats
  • Experience with REST, SOAP, JDBC, SFTP, AS2 protocols
  • Security: certificates, OAuth, token management, encryption
  • Knowledge of network, infrastructure, clustering, high-availability (HA), load balancing, and TCP/UDP basics
  • Ability to understand business processes and translate them into technical language
  • Strong communication and customer orientation

Integration Guide

Who is Integration Consultant?
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