SAP Successfactors Architect

Ascendion; Ribble Valley; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking a Senior SAP SuccessFactors Solution Architect with 12+ years of IT experience, including 7+ years in SAP SuccessFactors and 5+ years in SF solution/integration architecture. The role provides E2E oversight across SuccessFactors and MuleSoft or other enterprise integration platforms, and it requires challenging designs to ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable integrations.

You will lead cross-functional teams, drive architectural decisions, mentor delivery staff, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of overall IT experience.
• 7+ years of SAP SuccessFactors experience.
• 5+ years of SuccessFactors solution/integration architecture experience.
• Strong SuccessFactors functional, technical and integration knowledge.
• Experience with large-scale, high-volume SF implementations and integrations.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration architecture and MuleSoft or other integration platforms/middleware.
• Experience integrating SF with multiple internal and external enterprise applications.
• Strong problem-solving, stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Understand and assess SuccessFactors processes and modules like Employee Central, Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning, Performance & Goals, Compensation, Time Tracking and Payroll.
• Review and challenge designs to meet business requirements and support scalable processes.
• Provide understanding of SuccessFactors integration mechanisms (OData APIs, REST/SOAP, Integration Centre, SFTP).
• Review integration architecture, data flows and patterns across MuleSoft or other middleware platforms.
• Ensure integrations across SF and other systems are scalable, secure and maintainable.
• Identify cross-system dependencies, architectural risks and performance issues.
• Act as E2E technical authority across functional, technical and integration teams.
• Lead triage and resolution of complex cross-system defects and root-cause analysis.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other architects and delivery teams.

Skills

SAP SuccessFactors

Solution architecture

Integration architecture

Enterprise integration

APIs REST/SOAP

Tools

MuleSoft

Integration Centre

Job description

We are looking for a Senior SAP SuccessFactors Solution Architect with 12+ years of overall IT experience, including 7+ years of SAP SuccessFactors experience and 5+ years in SuccessFactors solution/integration architecture.

The architect will provide E2E solution oversight across SuccessFactors, MuleSoft or other enterprise integration platforms/middleware, and connected internal/external systems. The role will act as an independent technical challenger to ensure business processes, application design and integrations are scalable, efficient and supportable.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand and assess SuccessFactors functional processes and modules, including Employee Central, Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning, Performance & Goals, Compensation, Time Tracking and Payroll.
• Review and challenge SuccessFactors functional, technical and configuration designs to ensure they meet business requirements and support scalable processes.
• Provide strong understanding of SuccessFactors integration mechanisms, including OData APIs, Compound Employee API, REST/SOAP, Integration Centre and SFTP.
• Review and challenge integration architecture, APIs, data flows and integration patterns across MuleSoft or other middleware/integration platforms.
• Ensure integrations across SuccessFactors and internal/external systems are scalable, efficient, reusable, secure and supportable.
• Identify cross-system dependencies, architectural risks, performance issues and opportunities for simplification.
• Act as the E2E technical authority and independent challenger across functional, technical and integration teams.
• Lead triage and resolution of complex cross-system defects and integration issues, including root-cause analysis.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to other architects and delivery teams.

Required Experience & Skills

• 12+ years of overall IT experience.
• 7+ years of SAP SuccessFactors experience.
• 5+ years of SuccessFactors solution/integration architecture experience.
• Strong SuccessFactors functional, technical and integration knowledge.
• Experience with large-scale, high-volume SuccessFactors implementations and integrations.
• Strong understanding of enterprise integration architecture and MuleSoft or other integration platforms/middleware.
• Experience integrating SuccessFactors with multiple internal and external enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of scalability, performance, data, security, error handling and supportability considerations.
• Proven ability to challenge and influence functional, technical and integration teams without direct authority.
• Strong problem-solving, stakeholder management and communication skills