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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IT Integration Architect Shape+ - **Company:** DHL - **Location:** Bonn, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Integration Architecture, Software as a Service, Data Mapping, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Middleware, SAP (Applications), SAP Project System, Data Streaming, Systems Integration, Sap Finance, Integration Tests, Legacy Systems - **Published:** September 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.de/jobad/dec8722c93a5bf3a1c5936c562ff9ea12d ## About the Role * Extensive experience (5+ years) in integration architecture within large-scale IT transformation programs in SAP Finance landscapes. * A strategic mindset with the ability to grasp the big picture while diving deep into technical and functional interface details. * Proven expertise in managing complex integration environments, including SAP, third-party systems, and legacy applications. * Strong analytical skills to grasp complex system interactions and dependencies * Strong understanding of data flows, interface technologies, data exchange protocols, and middleware platforms. * Experience with interface documentation (ideally LeanIX), data mapping, and integration testing. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to bridge business and technical perspectives across multiple departments and vendors. * Fluent in English; German language skills are a plus. ## Description Join our dynamic, globally connected Finance IT team for our SHAPE+ transformation program and help shape the future of financial systems and processes at DHL. We are driven, curious and highly delivery oriented, operating in a highly visible, dynamic project environment. Your tasks as IT Integration Architect Shape+ As an IT Integration Architect Shape+, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and managing the integration architecture of a large-scale finance transformation program. This program encompasses a complex landscape of SAP systems, third-party components, and legacy applications - all evolving towards a modern SaaS-based architecture. * Designing and managing the integration architecture across a diverse and evolving system landscape. * Ensuring end-to-end visibility and control of data flows and interfaces between all components-SAP, third-party tools, and legacy systems * Understanding and documenting both the functional logic and technical implementation of all interface processes. * Collaborating with cross-functional teams to align integration strategies with business and IT goals to ensure alignment and smooth delivery. * Aligning with multiple IT departments across the Group, each managing their own transformation roadmaps. * Maintaining a holistic view of the application landscape and its evolution, ensuring integration consistency and scalability. * Supporting interface testing, validation, monitoring and troubleshooting throughout the system lifecycle. * Acting as a trusted advisor on integration topics, promoting best practices and integration standards. * Supporting governance and compliance efforts related to data exchange. ## Related Videos - [Web-based Information Visualization](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/84-web-based-information-visualization) - [Intelligent Automation using Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/157-intelligent-automation-using-machine-learning) - [Developer’s Perspective: Overview of the Tezos Blockchain Ecosystem](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/237-developer-s-perspective-overview-of-the-tezos-blockchain-ecosystem) - [Why make use of an integration platform in today's software developments and infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/758-why-make-use-of-an-integration-platform-in-today-s-software-developments-and-infrastructure) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [Why Your AI Agent Keeps Hallucinating Your Data: Building Deterministic Context Layers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2055-why-your-ai-agent-keeps-hallucinating-your-data-building-deterministic-context-layers) ## Related Articles - [IT Salaries in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/287-it-salaries-in-germany) - [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Best Companies to Work For in Germany: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/33-best-companies-to-work-for-in-germany-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [German Business Culture and Etiquette](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/328-german-business-culture-and-etiquette) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries)