Principal SAP Integration Architect

About the role

Rimini Street is hiring a Principal SAP Integration Architect for a remote position based in Brazil. The role owns the integration layer between Rimini Street's Agentic ERP Platform and SAP enterprise systems, focusing on SAP ECC and Enhancement Packages (EHP 5-8). It reports to the VP, Platform Engineering, and combines deep SAP ECC knowledge with modern integration engineering.

Key responsibilities

• Design and own the integration architecture between the Agentic ERP Platform and SAP ECC/EHP environments.
• Define the tool taxonomy for SAP: which BAPIs, RFCs and transactions become agent-consumable tools, and in what shape.
• Manage transaction boundaries: SAP LUW handling, commit/rollback strategies, concurrency controls and data consistency.
• Enforce the Park/Post pattern so every SAP write tool has safe (draft) and full (post) variants.
• Implement a tiered autonomy progression for SAP tools: Read, Draft, Supervised, Autonomous.
• Build and maintain SAP connectors (BAPI/RFC, IDoc, OData) with data validation, fallback mechanisms and connection pooling via SAP JCo.
• Act as SAP ECC subject matter expert, guide MCP Server Developers, design test strategies and document integration patterns.
• Collaborate with the Oracle integration lead, AI data engineers, QA engineers and the security lead.

Required profile

• 12+ years of experience with SAP systems, deep knowledge of SAP ECC and EHP.
• 8+ years of integration engineering experience building APIs, connectors or middleware.
• Hands-on experience with BAPIs, RFCs, IDocs, OData and CDS views; ABAP reading and debugging.
• Preferred: enterprise software support, SAP consulting or B2B platform background; SAP certifications; fluent English (Portuguese a plus).
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field is desired.

Required skills

• SAP ECC, BAPIs, RFCs, IDocs, OData, CDS views, SAP JCo, ABAP basics.
• Java 21 with Quarkus 3.x, RESTful APIs, PostgreSQL, OpenTelemetry, Git and CI/CD.
• Preferred: SAP CPI, SAP Gateway, MCP, durable execution patterns, SAP BTP, HANA, SAP authorisation objects, S/4HANA awareness.