SAP Technical Architect

MBDA S.A.S.; Stevenage; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Bonus

Pension

Flexible working

Enhanced parental leave

Facilities

Job summary

MBDA UK is seeking an experienced SAP Technical Architect to lead the transformation from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, balancing ongoing ECC optimization with the design and execution of the migration. The role requires coordination across MBDA UK, France and Italy, with regular travel and a hybrid on-site work pattern.

You will own SAP technical governance, oversee readiness checks, data migration, and integration architecture, and work with security teams to ensure compliant SAP security.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as SAP Technical Architect or equivalent.
• Proven ECC to S/4HANA migration experience.
• Deep SAP HANA and S/4HANA architecture knowledge.
• Strong SAP Basis, integration and security skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and govern the SAP technical architecture for ECC and S/4HANA.
• Guide SAP Basis, HANA, and infrastructure decisions.
• Oversee readiness checks, data migration, and cutover activities.
• Manage integration architecture between SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure SAP security architecture.
• Coordinate with 3rd party suppliers and project teams.

Skills

SAP Architecture

S/4HANA Migration

HANA Database

SAP Basis

APIs & OData

Security & Governance

Stakeholder Mgmt

Project Mgmt

Job description

We are seeking an experienced SAP Technical Architect to provide strategic technical leadership across our current SAP ECC landscape and champion our transformation to SAP S/4HANA. In this role, you will balance the optimization of the existing ECC systems with the architectural design and execution of our S/4HANA migration. Salary: Circa £70,000 depending on experience. Dynamic (hybrid) working: 2-3 days per week on-site due to workload classification, as we approach S/4HANA go-live this will likely increase. The role will require regular travel to France and, on occasion, Italy. Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by the MBDA Personnel Security Team.

What we can offer you:

• Company Bonus: Bonus of up to 21% of base salary
• Pension: maximum total (employer and employee) contribution of up to 14%
• Flexible working: We welcome applicants who are looking for flexible working arrangements
• Enhanced parental leave: offers up to 26 weeks for maternity, adoption and shared parental leave -enhancements are available for paternity leave, neonatal leave and fertility testing and treatments
• Facilities: Fantastic site facilities including subsidised meals, free car parking and much more...

The opportunity:

MBDA is undergoing a major transformation programme migrating from a legacy SAP ECC6 system to SAP S/4HANA. The programme is taking place across MBDA UK, France and Italy presenting a unique opportunity to look at our process and ways of working. This role will directly influence the future system landscape at MBDA UK. In the UK, we are growing our SAP team and you will occupy a key position in this. The role will involve close collaboration with the SAP team in France and Italy as well as with third party system integrators.

In this role you can expect to:

• Support the maintenance of the technical architecture of the existing SAP ECC on-premises landscape.
• Provide technical guidance on SAP Basis, HANA database and application infrastructure.
• Provide technical oversight of activities include SAP Readiness Check, custom-code remediation and data migration.
• Support technical testing, cutover, go-live and post-migration activities.
• Own the integration architecture between SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Provide architectural guidance on APIs, OData, IDocs, RFC and middleware.
• Review and provide technical governance for RICEFW developments and technical specifications.
• Promote standard S/4HANA functionality and clean-core principles.
• Work closely with security and authorisation teams to ensure appropriate SAP security architecture.
• Work closely and project manage 3rd party suppliers.

What we're looking for from you (Essential Skills and Experience):

• Significant experience as an SAP Technical Architect, SAP Solution Architect or Senior SAP Basis/Technical Architect.
• Proven experience supporting or leading ECC to S/4HANA migration programmes.
• Deep understanding of SAP HANA database and S/4HANA architecture.
• Strong SAP Basis knowledge, including system administration and transport management.
• Strong SAP integration architecture experience.
• Good understanding of SAP Fiori, Gateway and OData.
• Experience with SAP security, authorisations, SoD and audit.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and architectural decision-making skills.
• Experience project managing third party suppliers to deliver SAP technical activities.

Desirable Technical knowledge:

• Technical knowledge of SAP BW, GTS and GRC.
• Knowledge of S/4HANA extensibility and clean-core principles.
• Experience in large-scale SAP transformation programmes.

Our company:

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