Senior Technical Consultant

Optis Consulting isactively seeking a Senior Technical Consultant to join their London team.  Working closely with the Project Manager, theSenior Technical Consultant will serve as the first point of contact betweentechnical clients integrating our partners' solutions (SAP Ariba, Coupa, GEP,Celonis and/or Ivalua) with their ERP and/or other internal and 3rd partysystems.  The Technical Consultant willbe responsible for developing technology solutions and mapping Optis customers'business requirements to systems/technical requirements to ensure they are inline with the enterprise architectural plan.  As a Technical Consultant, you will provide input to the strategicdirection of technology investments to assist Optis customers in thedevelopment of the enterprise architecture and maximize their return ontechnology investment. We need our  Senior Technical Consultants to be confident,versatile and passionate, with an ability to tackle new problems as we continueto help our customers to improve. They must be logical thinkers, have a strongability to collaborate as part of a team and manage ambiguous or uncertain situations.  They must have exceptional communicationskills, be adaptable, proactive and willing to take ownership.RESPONSIBILITIES•      Will be responsible to develop solutions for clients using service -orientedarchitecture patterns.•      Manage and implement an API -led strategy to connect data andapplications with APIs.•      Define and gather requirements and conduct design sessionsfor technical solutions.•  Own complete lifecycle of delivery including architecture,design, development, test, and documentation of integration, customdevelopment, and data migration solutions for business applications in the SaaSand other ERP systems•   Responsible for defining and documenting Integrationarchitecture, capturing, and documenting non -functional (architectural)requirements, preparing estimates, and defining technical solutions•      Estimate the tasks and resources required to design, build,and test the code.•      Develop new code or existing code for solutiondevelopment/enhancement.•      Maintain a sharp focus on system reliability and ensureoverall solution architecture can gracefully handle upstream and downstreamsystem failures.•    Provide in -depth expertise in the discipline of integrationarchitecture, data sources, security, technical design, programming, testing,and deployment. REQUIREMENTS•      Bachelor's Degree in ComputerScience or equivalent preferred. •      Proficient in developingintegrations with Web Services, XML, JSON, SQL and or other integration technologiesare mandatory.•      Experience facilitatingapplication integration architecture discussions and workshops.•      Proven experience in developingintegrations using REST API, SOAP Web Services and other integrationarchitectures.•      Experience with SAP Ariba, Coupa, GEP, Celonisand/or Ivalua Procurement solutions is mandatory.•      Additional experience usingother ETL tools is preferred.•    Should have 5+ years ofexperience as an Integration Architect or Lead Technical Architect capacity inan Agile/ Hybrid development environment for transformational programs in the Source -to -Payprograms or equivalent•      Proven skills as a team member,team lead or project manager on at least three full life cycle implementation•      Functional knowledge of Procurement business processes.•   Technical aptitude and comfort in understanding web -basedapplications and the SaaS, PaaS and IaaS Cloud models, and Integration conceptsas well as application of these technologies in the enterprise environment.•      Highly organized with the ability to manage multiplesimultaneous projects.•      Excellent written and verbal communication skills.•      Experience presenting a clear and concise technicalnarrative.•      ERP Knowledge – SAP / PeopleSoft / ORACLE or others ispreferred. SPECIALDEMANDS•      Ability to travel up to 35% of your time.  Travel may include Canada and the USA.