Systems Integrator German Speaking
JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Title:
Systems Integrator
Reports to:
Manager, Systems Integration
Location:
Germany
Org/Department:
Business Networks Professional Services
POSITION SUMMARY
(A brief description summarizing the overall purpose and scope of the position)
The Systems Integrator is responsible for design (and development) of solutions for OpenText/GXS Managed Services customers. Under direction of a Project Manager, the Systems Integrator will carry out client implementations in the hosted Managed Services environment. Extensive use of open communications standards such as ftp, http, AS2, SFTP will be required as part of the implementation activities. Integration tasks will be performed in a Linux environment using a combination of communication gateway, message translation engine & Perl and Korn Shell programming. Excellent written and oral communications skills in English & German are requirement.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES (For Managers include size of team they will be managing)
• Identify and design Managed Services solution to ensure it meets user requirements and specifications
• Configure Enterprise relationships and Application Integrator trading partnerships
• Work with Project Management to development functional specifications
• Interact with mapping development teams to create and execute Customer Acceptance Test Plans
• Deploy mappings on Pre-Production and Production Environments
• Create and review design documents for Solutions Management/Production Support handoffs
• Stabilize Managed Service Solution for turnover to Production Support.
• Interaction with clients & their trading partner communities.
• Ability to work on multiple projects & sometimes with tight schedules
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
(Identify specific critical knowledge, skills, education/qualifications and type of experience required. Also include here any language skills needed.)
- GXS Enterprise/Application Integrator Experience
- GXS TGMS and Biz
- Strong EDI experience
- Oracle, SQL, Perl and UNIX scripting is desirable.
- Web Methods / Web Services implementation experience.
- Hands on and Strong Knowledge of communications standards such as VANs, ftp, AS2, http, is a must.
- Hands on in any of the mapping tools
- Hands on and strong Knowledge of EDI standards format e.g. EDIFACT/TRADACOMS/X12/XML/IDOCs/CSV/VDA etc
- Knowledge of ERP system (SAP/ORACLE etc)
- BS in Computer Science or other technical discipline
- Systems analysis, design, integration and development experience
- Hands on experience of Strong Unix/Linux, and scripting (perl and shell) experience
- Excellent written and oral communications skills in English & German.
- Any additional European language (Dutch, French etc) is a definite plus
RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER JOBS/ORGANIZATIONS (What significant interactions are there between this role and other roles/teams):
Matrix management environment – day to day tasks assigned by Implementation Project Manager.
UNIQUE JOB REQUIREMENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS
(Identify unique job requirements/characteristics, if applicable to the position, i.e. local and international travel, work patterns (for example does the role have to cover different time zones) etc.
Occasional travel may be involved.
Note: This description of the role is a guide to the main responsibilities and current duties of the position. It does not form part of the contract of employment. The description is not exhaustive and may be amended in the light of changing circumstances within the company and in consultation with the jobholder.