Electronic Data Integration Analyst – Sappi South Africa Careers


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Position Summary:

Sappi Limited requires a Electronic Data Integration Analyst to join our Global Service Team for Digital eBusiness. The role will be responsible for supporting, optimizing, and expanding our partner integrations using IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, SAP PI/PO, and other internal and third-party integration tools and platforms. The selected candidate will support our internal and external customers, business partners, internal stakeholders, and development teams to develop and implement new integrations and support existing integrations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Document specific integration processes as they’re developed, adjusted, or improved
  • Develop data mappings from custom and standards-based EDI and XML message formats to application specific API, database, and file-based data structures
  • Oversee daily monitoring of EDI systems and respond to various exception-based notifications and alerts generated by integration platforms and applications
  • Establishing B2B connections with internal and external trading partners using a variety of open and proprietary communication protocols
  • Provide systems analysis and technical support to business stakeholders.
  • Learn a variety of software applications, systems, standards, and technologies as required to develop solutions and support integration operations.
  • Onboard new customers and business partners onto existing integration flows and processes
  • Collaborate with internal and external customers to design, develop, and implement EDI integrations and automate business processes.
  • Communicate with internal and externals customers and business partners to resolve issues and maintain smooth operation of integration processes.

Required Education & Experience:

  • Demonstrated technical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Experience setting up secure data exchange using S/MIME, HTTPS, SFTP, REST and SOAP Web Services and EDI AS2
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • No prior EDI experience is necessary, and training will be provided.
  • Experience using mapping and translation tools such as SAP PI, Sterling Integrator, MuleSoft,
  • Informatica, or similar EDI, ETL and ESB platforms
  • Able to work well with people from many different backgrounds and cultures
  • 4 Year Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Computer Science or Information Management
  • Basic knowledge of HTTP, FTP, SSH, and other transport protocols
  • 5-8 years of work experience within the Information Technology environment.
  • Experience with JMS, ApacheMQ, RabbitMQ or other message brokers