Senior SAP Solution Architect – S/4HANA Transformation & RISE

SoftNice UG; Köln; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftNice UG in Germany seeks a Solution Architect (SAP) to act as the technical backbone for evaluating the current technology landscape and defining a roadmap that drives business value. The role supports CIOs and Transformation Directors with clear pros/cons of architectural decisions and collaborates with offshore teams to deliver modernization initiatives.

Required: 20+ years in SAP with consulting, program management, and solutioning; strong experience in ECC to S/4 and cloud migrations;

Qualifications

• 20+ years of SAP experience as consultant, program management and solutioning.
• Experience defining digital modernization roadmaps for SAP environments.
• Experience with ECC to S/4 transformations and cloud strategies.
• Experience consolidating legacy apps with clean core approaches.
• Fluent German and English communication; stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder & Relationship Management
• Solution & Architecture Design
• Design Cloud Migration Approach, assess hyperscalers
• Make and justify build/buy/reuse and on-prem vs. cloud decisions
• Ensure architecture meets performance, scalability, security and compliance

Skills

SAP Consulting

Solution Architecture

Cloud Migration

S/4 Transformation

Offshore Team Management

AI / Automation

Tools

SAP CALM

ARIBA

CRM

Job description

Solution Architect (SAP) - As a Technology Solution Planning Architect specializing in SAP, this role will be the technical backbone for understanding and making an assessment of the existing Technology Landscape and help customer defining the road map which is aligned with technology advancement and helps bringing efficiency and value in business process.

This role will require helping CIO and Transformation director in making the right decision with clear understanding of the pros and cons of the architectural decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Stakeholder & Relationship Management

Establish trusted-advisor relationships with client executives and internal leadership. Communicate business outcomes and value realization in business (not just technical) language. Co-create solutions with client teams, delivery leads, and partner ecosystems.

• Solution & Architecture Design

• Design Cloud Migration Approach, assess different hyperscale’s.

• Make and justify build/buy/reuse and on-prem vs. RISE/cloud architecture decisions, articulating trade-offs and risks

• Ensure architecture meets performance, scalability, security, and compliance requirements.

Must-Have Skills

• Minimum 20 + Years of experience in SAP as Consultant, Program Management and Solutioning

• Experience as Solution Architecture helping customer in defining digital modernization roadmap involving

• oECC to S/4 Transformation (Different Approach)

• oCloud Migration (On prem – to Cloud) / SAP RISE

• oConsolidation legacy application, clean core strategy

• oExperience in dealing with SAP products such as SAP CALM, ARIBA, CRM

• oExperience in AI / Automation for Operations and Business Process

• Experience in working with Offshore Team (India)

• Experience in Delivering Implementation, Rollout and Application Management Services.

Language

• Native German Speaker with fluency in English